Principles of Legal Research (4th ed. 2025)

Chapter 4. Constitutional Law

§ 4.1 The United States Constitution

(b) Reference Sources

• The Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (Govinfo) [page 72]
• Constitution Annotated [page 72]

(d) Historical Background

• Madison's Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention (Avalon Project) [page 78]
• Brandon J. Murrill, Congressional Research Service, R45129, Modes of Constitutional Interpretation (2018) [page 78, note 9]
• Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 (1911 edition, Library of Congress) [page 79]
• The Federalist (Library of Congress) [page 79]
• The Federalist (Avalon Project) [page 79]
• Founders Online [page 79, note 14]
• The Founders' Constitution [page 80]
• Elliot's Debates in the Several State Conventions (Library of Congress) [page 80]
• The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution [page 80]

§ 4.2  State Constitutions

• Book of the States [page 82, note 21]

(a) Texts

• State Constitutions Research Guide (Indiana University) [page 83]

(b) Cases and Secondary Sources

• Book of the States [page 85]

(c) Historical Research

• State Constitutional Convention Documents (Rutgers University) [page 87]