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New on HeinOnline: World Constitutions Illustrated

World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources

World Constitutions Illustrated is now available on HeinOnline. This library brings together constitutional documents, books, articles, bibliographic references, and web sites. The initial release includes the current constitution for 193 countries and substantial constitutional hierarchies for the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and Colombia.

Every country includes:
? The current constitution in its original language format
? Links to commentaries and other relevant sources
? Direct links to relevant chapters within classic constitutional books
? Links to scholarly articles that discuss the constitutional and political development of the country
? A bibliography of other select constitutional books about the constitutional development or the history of the government
? Links to online sources such as the Portals of the World and the official government website for the country

In addition to the four substantial constitutional hierarchies for the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and Colombia, World Constitutions Illustrated includes thousands of other historical constitutional documents from the British & Foreign State Papers, Peaslee's Constitutions of Nations, Dodd's Modern Constitutions, and other sources. The initial release will allow you to link to hundreds of historical constitutions from within these resources at the country level.

Additionally, this collection features for the first time in an online digital format the complete set of the British & Foreign State Papers, one of the greatest collections of legal and political documents ever published. The collection also includes more than 800 classic constitutional books from some of the greatest legal minds in history, including Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Max Farrand, Henry Hallam, Karl Marx, Thomas Paine, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and many more.

The initial release of this library is only the framework for this project, and constitutional documents, books, periodicals, articles, and links to expand the constitutional timeline for every country will be added over time.

Full post as published by LexLibris on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).