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Constitutions

Wisconsin

• Constitution (Revisor of Statutes Bureau)
• Opinions
  • On Point Case Summaries (WI State Public Defender)

U.S. Constitution

• U.S. Constitution (Findlaw)
  Select from list of articles & amendments or search by keyword. Includes annotations.
• Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (GPO Access)
  Includes: Proposed, unratified amendments; Acts held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; State & municipal provisions held unconstitutional; Supreme Court decisions overruled by subsequent decision.

U.S. Constitution: Amendments

• Unratified Amendments: Constitution of the United States of America

U.S. Constitution-related Documents

• Articles of Confederation (Findlaw)
• Bill of Rights (Avalon Project/Yale Law School)
• Declaration of Independence (Avalon Project/Yale Law School)
• Federalist Papers (Avalon Project/Yale Law School)

U.S. Constitutional Law & History

• The American Constitution: A Documentary Record (Avalon Project/Yale Law School)
  Provides chronological links to major documents leading up to the Constitution. Covers 1215 (Magna Carta)-1799. Sections include: Roots of the Constitution, Revolution & Independence, Credentials of the Members of the Federal Convention, The Constitutional Convention, and Ratification & Formation of the Government.
• Charters of Freedom (National Archives)
  Text, history & images of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution & Bill of Rights.
• Constitutional Law (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to U.S. Constitution, federal opinions, and background documents.
• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 (American Memory/Library of Congress)
  Digital collection of 274 documents chronicling the founding of our nation, the Revolutionary War & the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Documents include the Articles of Confederation, treaties, proclamations, debates, convention records, and early versions of the United States Constitution & Declaration of Independence. Search the collection by keyword or browse through the subject index. Text & document images may be viewed. 
• The Founders' Constitution (P.B. Kurland & R.Lerner)
  Compilation of 17th and 18th century documents which influenced or were authored by the writers of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and amendments.
• History of the Constitution (Findlaw)
  Brief overview

Other Countries

• International Constitutional Law

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