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The following research guide is intended to be used as a starting point for research in civil rights and constitutional law at the UNM Law Library. It includes both primary and secondary materials, in both print and electronic formats. If you have any questions, please contact the Law Library’s reference desk at (505) 277-0935 or at reference@law.unm.edu.
Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Research Guide |
Primary Sources |
Subscription Databases |
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Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Historical
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Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
- United States Code Annotated and United States Code Service
Law Upper Level Shelf 21A and 22A
- State Constitutions
Law Upper Level, Northwest Corner (Alabama – Wyoming)
- West’s New Mexico Statutes Annotated
Law Pro Se KFN 3630 1978 A22
- New Mexico Constitution and Michie’s Annotated Statutes of New Mexico
Law New Mex., Shelf 35
Historical
- Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870: derived from the records, manuscripts, and rolls deposited in the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State
Law Lower Floor KF 4502 R63 1998 (3 vols.)
- James Madison, John Jay & Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist
Law Lower Floor KF 4515 F4 2001
- Merrill Jensen, The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
Law Lower Floor KF4502.D63 (20 vols.)
- William F. Swindler (editor and annotator), Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions
Law Lower Floor KF 4530 S68 (1st Series - 11 vols; 2nd Series, 5 vols.)
- Max Farrand, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
Law Lower Floor JK141 F37 1966 (4 vols.)
Also available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwfr.html
- Jonathan Elliott, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Law Lower Floor JK141.E46 ( 5 vols.)
Also available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwed.html
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The American Constitution
- Philip B. Kurland & Ralph Lerner, The Founder’s Constitution
- Library of Congress, Primary Documents in American History: United States Constitution
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Secondary Sources |
Subscription Databases
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Historical
Print and Free Online Resources
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
- Chester James Antieau, Modern Constitutional Law
Law Upper Floor Treatises KF4550.A75 1997 (3 vols.)
- Laurence H. Tribe, American Constitutional Law
Law Lower Floor KF4550.T785 1999
- John J. Dinan, The American State Constitutional Tradition
Law Lower Floor KF 4541 D56 2006
- Jennifer Friesen, State Constitutional Law: Litigating Individual Rights, Claims, and Defenses
Law Upper Floor Treatises KF 4750 Z95F75 2006
- Robert L. Maddex, State Constitutions of the United States
Law Ref. KF 4530 M33 2006
- Constitution of the United States, Analysis and Interpretation: 2002 Edition & Supplements (2004, 2006, 2008)
- Other titles can be found by searching LIBROS using the following subject headings:
Civil rights -- United States
Civil rights -- United States – States
Civil rights -- United States -- Cases
Constitutional law -- United States
Constitutional law -- United States -- States
State action (Civil rights) -- United States
Compiled by Ernesto Longa (updated October 18, 2009) |
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