The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

This site contains the text of the constitution, with annotations to court cases interpreting the constitution, and useful features such as lists of laws held unconstitutional and unratified proposed amendments.

The full text of the Constitution of the USA (1994).

A resource of American constitutional law on such topics as: executive privilege, war powers, presidential inherent powers, state secrets privilege, and military tribunals.

As the Constitution is the foundation of the United States, constitutional law deals with fundamental social relationships, such as relationships among the states, the states and the federal government, the three branches of the federal government, and the rights of the individual. The study of constitutional law focuses heavily on Supreme Court rulings, as they are very crucial for interpreting the Constitution.

United States constitutional law defines the scope and application of the terms of the Constitution. It covers areas of law such as the relationship between the federal government and state governments, the rights of individuals, and other fundamental aspects of the application of government authority in the United States.

In the preparation of this work, the aim has been to give a logical and complete exposition of the general principles of the constitutional law of the United States. The effort has been to ascertain and to discuss critically the broad principles upon which have been founded the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States in the leading cases, and thus to present, as a systematic whole, a statement of the underlying doctrines by which our complex system of constitutional jurisprudence is governed.

The original text of the Federalist Papers (also known as The Federalist), provided by the Library of Congress.

The documents in this online version of The Founders' Constitution by Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, range from the early 17th century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day. The original book has proved to be an invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of the US Constitution.

This manual presents succinctly the general principles of constitutional law, whether they pertain to the federal system, to the state system, or both. Some general principles of constitutional law, which formerly were left exclusively to state protection, are now brought within the purview of the federal power, and this manual attempts to show the part they take in federal as well as state government.

This page explores the history of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the ratification debates, the adoption of the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment.

The LII collection of state legal materials gathers, state by state, Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and regulations for the fifty states, plus D.C., and the U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions.

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

This website provides information on the Constitution of European countries.

Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe submitted to the European Council meeting in Thessaloniki on 20 June 2003.

A list of links to various documents regarding the establishment of a constitution for Europe, provided by the European Constitutional Law Network (ECLN).

This website is aimed at researchers, journalists and citizens interested in learning about the European constitutional process. It brings together facts, official documents, analysis, bibliographies, links and other resources relevant to the main steps in this process.

This website for Bills of Rights Comparative Law Materials provides access to constitutional law cases from jurisdictions around the world.

A list of links to some of the most fundamental constitutional documents of Canada, along with subsidiary documents and proposals for constitutional change. Provided by Professor Joseph E. Magnet, a professor of law at the University of Ottawa

Constitutional law is the study of foundational or basic laws of nation states and other political organizations. This page includes information on such things as the types of constitutions, the functions of constitutions, the study of constitutional law, and a list of the constitutions by region.

This page, provided by the Council of Europe, is a full list of hyperlinks to the official web sites of the world's constitutional courts.

The full text of the Magna Carta (The Great Charter), the text that formed the basis of Constitutional Law as we know it today, translated into English.

International Constitutional Law (ICL) provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions. Paragraphs are numbered, unofficial titles put in square brackets to be included into the table of contents.

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS), founded in 2001, is one of USA's leading non-partisan, non-profit legal organizations. ACS a network of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, policymakers and other individuals, with a mission to ensure that fundamental principles enjoy a central place in American law. Click here to learn more about our goals.

The Center is a non-profit, public interest legal foundation dedicated to furthering and protecting the civil, constitutional, and human rights of immigrants, refugees, children, and the poor.

The IACL is a worldwide association of constitutional scholars and jurists grappling with the unprecedented challenges of a new world order. Its objective is to provide a forum in which constitutionalists from all parts of the world can begin to understand each other’s systems, explain and reflect on their own, and engage in fruitful comparison.

This Project is a cooperative effort among the University of Oklahoma Law Center and the National Indian Law Library(NILL), and Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and other legal documents. Project Coordinators are David Selden (NILL) and Marilyn Nicely (OU).

The Constitutional Law and Separation of Powers Committee focuses on constitutional issues relevant to practitioners and scholars who concentrate on administrative and regulatory matters. The Committee considers the constitutional parameters of federal-state relationships; most particularly, the scope of the federal government's regulatory powers and its powers to impose liabilities or responsibilities upon states.

This site aims to provide almost everything needed to decide what is and is not constitutional in most situations, and what applicable constitutions require one to do. The Constitution Society is a private non-profit organization dedicated to research and public education; it publishes documentation, engages in litigation, and organizes local citizens groups to work for reform.

The EECR tracks the constitutional development of the region through quarterly offering of academic articles, roundtables and symposia by regional and foreign scholars.

The Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly is the USA's oldest law journal devoted exclusively to constitutional law. Its aim is to produce an innovative and scholarly review of current constitutional issues and to provide a ready forum for a broad and interdisciplinary discussion of all aspects of constitutional law.

Published in association with the New York University School of Law, the journal is dedicated to international and comparative constitutional law. It has an international focus, and examines theoretical and practical issues, offering critical analyses of current issues. It features scholarly articles by international legal scholars, judges, and people from related fields.

The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law provides a forum for the study and analysis of constitutional law. It has relationships with the National Constitution Center and with Penn’s Political Science Department, School of Social Work, the Medical School, and the Wharton School. From this site you can read the current issue, browse back issues, and access the online supplement.

The Vienna Online Journal on International Constitutional Law is a quarterly-published eJournal bringing articles on recent developments in international constitutional law from researchers, scholars and other professionals. Besides putting the spotlight on constitutional developments, it serves as a window on Austrian Constitutional Law to the English speaking world and offers an insight into interesting books on international constitutional law.

Articles written by attorneys and experts worldwide discussing legal aspects related to Civil Rights including: constitutional law, consumer law, discrimination, human rights, native populations, privacy law, public law and sexual harassment.

In civil law jurisdictions, a civil right is a right or power which can be exercised under civil law, which includes things such as the ability to contract. In civil law jurisdictions, lawsuits between private parties for things such as breach of contract or a tort are usually expressed in terms of infringement of a civil right. In common law jurisdiction, the term civil right is distinguished from "human rights" or "natural rights". Civil rights are rights that are bestowed by nations on those within their terr boundaries, while natural or human rights are rights that many scholars claim that individuals have by nature of being born.

Consumer Law: The rights of consumers are becoming increasingly important around the world. Governments have passed numerous laws to assure that end users have the same rights as manufacturers and providers of services.

Human rights: basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled such as civil and political rights, the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, equality before the law, social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education.