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State Constitutions – Collected Texts
- Constitutions of the United States, National and StateCall Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 4530 .C65Publication Date: 1969, 1974Current full-text of the 50 state constitutions plus 15 U.S. territories (compiled by Columbia University's Legislative Drafting Research Fund).
Volumes must be used on-site. State Constitutions of the United States by
Call Number: KF 4530 .M33 1998ISBN: 1568023731Publication Date: 1998Complete reprint of all 50 state constitutions as they existed in 1998; also online e-book via HBLL library webpage.
A brief comparative survey of the constitutions of all 50 states (plus U.S. territories). Arranged alphabetically by state, each seven- to nine-page profile includes the constitution's history, influences and division of powers. The full text of the constitutions is not provided.Sources and Documents of U. S. Constitutions by
Call Number: KF 4530 .S94Publication Date: 1973, 1982-Excellent source for full-text of all 50 state constitutions as originally adopted (including later state constitutions).
State Constitutional Legal Research
The Constitutionalism of American States by Call Number: KF 4530 .C5855 2008Publication Date: 2008A comparative study of state constitutions in the United States, including theory, history, structure and content of each state.
Also available as a ProQuest eBook.- State Constitutional Law: Litigating individual rights, claims, and defenses byCall Number: KF 4750 .Z95 .F75Publication Date: 2006Attorney's guide to civil rights, actions, defenses and trial practice issues related to state constitutional law.
Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, and Amendments by Call Number: KF 4550 .Z95 .S682 2006 V.2Publication Date: 2006Volume two of State Constitutions for the Twenty-First Century – covers the unique issues in drafting, revising and interpreting state constitutional amendments.
Also available as a ProQuest eBook.
Framed: America's Fifty-One Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance by Call Number: KF 4530 .L48 2012Publication Date: 2012Argues that state constitutions are a better model for procedural fairness than the U.S. Constitution.
Abortion under State Constitutions: A state-by-state analysis by Call Number: KF 3771 .L56 2012ISBN: 9781611630695Publication Date: 2012- Call Number: KF 4530 .M33 1998ISBN: 1568023731Publication Date: 1998Complete reprint of all 50 state constitutions as they existed in 1998; also online e-book via HBLL library webpage.
A brief comparative survey of the constitutions of all 50 states (plus U.S. territories). Arranged alphabetically by state, each seven- to nine-page profile includes the constitution's history, influences and division of powers. The full text of the constitutions is not provided. 
State Constitutional Law in a Nutshell by Call Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 4550 .Z95 .M28 2003Publication Date: 2003Introductory text on state constitutional law. Most recent edition must be used on-site.
Older editions may be available in the main collection.
The American Constitutions and Religion by Call Number: KF 4783 .Z95 .M64 1938rISBN: 9781584777366Publication Date: 2007Reprint of original edition published by the author in 1938. Religious references in the Charters of the thirteen colonies and the constitutions of the forty-eight states : a source book on church and state in the United States.
Equality and Liberty in the Golden Age of State Constitutional Law by Call Number: KF 4749 .S52 2008ISBN: 9780195334340Publication Date: 2008Also available as an Oxford eBook.
Still Coequal? State Courts, Legislatures, and the Separation of Powers: report of the 2004 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges. by Call Number: KF 4655 .A75 .F67 2006ISBN: 0933067267Publication Date: 2006
The Politics of State Constitutional Reform by Call Number: KF 4550 .Z95 .S682 2006 V.1Publication Date: 2006Volume 1 of State Constitutions for the Twenty-First Century. Includes chapters on state constitutional reform in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, New York and Virginia.
Also available as a ProQuest eBook.
The Agenda of State Constitutional Reform by Call Number: KF 4550.Z95 .S682 2006 V.3ISBN: 0791467112Publication Date: 2006Volume 3 of State Constitutions for the Twenty-First Century. ncludes chapters on rights, different branches of government, local issues, voting, finance, education and the environment in the context of state constitutional reform.
Also available as a ProQuest eBook.
A Doubtful and Perilous Experiment: Advisory opinions, state constitutions, and judicial supremacy by Call Number: KF 4579 .A38 .T67 2011Publication Date: 2011Historical and legal analysis of the judicial advisory opinons in the ten states that allow them.
Also available as an Oxford eBook.
The Law of American State Constitutions by Call Number: KF 4530 .W538 2009ISBN: 9780195343083Publication Date: 2009Comprehensive analysis of state constitutional law, with historical and political theory perspectives.
Also available as an Oxford eBook.
Reference Guides to the State Constitutions
The Law Library has 45 volumes of two related series about state constitutions (as listed in the table below). [North Carolina (1993) and West Virginia (1995) were not purchased. No volumes were published for Missouri, Oregon, or Pennsylvania.]
Each contains the full-text of the constitution at the time, with legal, political and historical commentary on the various provisions.
The books from 1990 to 2003 have the same title (except for the state name): [_____] State Constitution: A Reference Guide, [published by Greenwood Press]. The books after 2004 have the title (except for the state name): The [_____] State Constitution [published by Oxford University Press].
All of these are located on the First Floor in the State Materials Collection. Use the online catalog to find the specific call numbers. Utah's is located at First Floor State KFU 401 1895 .A6 .W48 1998.
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Alabama (1994) |
Illinois (2011) |
Mississippi (1993) | Rhode Island (2007) |
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Alaska (1997) |
Indiana (1996) |
Montana (2001) |
South Carolina (2007) |
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Arizona (1993) |
Iowa (1998) |
Nebraska (1993) |
South Dakota (2014) |
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Arkansas (1993) |
Kansas (1993) |
Nevada (1993) |
Tennessee (1990) |
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California (1993) |
Kentucky (1999) |
New Hampshire (2004) |
Texas (1996) |
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Colorado (2002) |
Louisiana (1990) |
New Jersey (1997) |
Utah (1998) |
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Connecticut (2012) |
Maine (1992) |
New Mexico (1996) |
Vermont (1992) |
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Delaware (2002) |
Maryland (2006) |
New York (1991) |
Virginia (2006) |
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Florida (1991) |
Massachusetts (2010) |
North Dakota (2003) |
Washington (2002) |
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Georgia (1994) |
Michigan (1996) |
Ohio (2004) |
Wisconsin (1997) |
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Hawaii (1993) |
Minnesota (2002) |
Oklahoma (2001) |
Wyoming (1993) |
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Idaho (1994) |
