Constitutions
Find constitutions and information on the structure of government for the United States and foreign countries to help support comparative political science research.
- U.S. Constitution
- U.S. State Constitutions
- Constitutions and Government Structure for Other Countries
- Background Information by Country
- Journal Articles
Constitutions of the World
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World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)Contains the current constitution of every country in the world (193 countries) in its original language. For countries where multiple original-language versions exist, each language is provided. At least one English translation will also be provided.
Information on the governments of other countries
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CIA World FactbookProvides brief information on 266 world entities.
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Political Handbook of the World 2024-2025The Political Handbook of the World contains entries on countries and territories around the world. It covers each country's political parties and includes names of key ambassadors, international memberships, and profiles intergovernmental organizations.
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BBC MonitoringProvides information on cabinets, parliaments, political parties and national elections.
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Europa World PlusOnline version of the Europa World Year Book and all nine volumes of the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series, containing political, economic, and geographic information on over 250 countries and territories, including recent statistics and directory information.
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CIA World LeadersOnline directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments:
Researching Policy in other Countries
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PAIS Index (Public Affairs Information Service)Contains references to nearly 2 million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research and conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, etc. concerning public affairs and public policy worldwide.
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CIAOFull text of conference proceedings, think tank articles, some journals, and working papers on international affairs.
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Index to Foreign Legal PeriodicalsIndexes 450 legal periodicals published outside the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain since 1985. Covers international law (public and private), comparative law, and municipal law.
Finding Sources of Foreign Law
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Foreign Law GuideAn online database continuing the reference work created by Reynolds and Flores this database provides information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered.
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GlobaLex Foreign Law ResearchFreely available online resources for researching a country's law
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WorldLII: CountriesLinks to freely available websites with legal information for many of the countries of the world
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