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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis

Constitutions and the Design of Government

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Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation, maintained by the Congressional Research Service
This site offers annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court, as they impact different aspects of the American Constitution. Various historical and current files can be downloaded as text or Adobe-type files, including the text of the Constitution, the amendments, and proposed but unratified amendments. The major contribution of this official government site is that it allows you to focus in on a particular article (section) of the Constitution and browse its relevant cases.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/toc.html

International Constitutional Law Project
Simply, this site has the recent constitutions, amendments, commentaries, etc. associated with the constitutions of a long list of countries.
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/index.html

Foreign and International Law Resources on the Internet: Annotated List, maintained by the Cornell Law Library
This is an excellent site for all aspects of foreign and international law. There are easy to browse guides on foreign law, American law, supranational organizations, and various other topics. The annotations make surfing quite efficient.
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/International_Resources/default.htm

FindLaw: International Legal Resources
This is a well-organized site for all aspects of law (including firms, laws, legal news, etc.). This site on international law fits better into this chapter than in the chapter on "international law" because it lists most countries of the world, providing one the opportunity to browse through the laws of each different countries. Thus, this site has less of an emphasis on laws between countries (international law), but rather laws within countries - which either draw directly or indirectly from their various constitutions.
http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/

University of Michigan Documents Center: Foreign Government Resources
Michigan's site is probably the best overall in terms of ease of use and coverage. For anyone interested in any aspect of comparative government (and that would probably include any of you in the course browsing right now!), this is an excellent starting place for research or browsing in any area. Foreign government Web sites are listed by region, while related information is available such as constitutions, embassies, and other various statistics.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html