World Constitutions Illustrated Online

The Mendik Library now subscribes to HeinOnline’s World Constitutions Illustrated, an excellent resource for anyone researching constitutional history. Organized by country, the site provides links to historical constitutional documents throughout the world in reverse chronological order.  Additional resources include Country Studies, the CIA World Factbook and the Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia. Researchers will also find selected scholarly articles for download or print, a bibliography of constitutional works, as well as news feeds and external links relating to each country. HeinOnline plans to provide constitutions in every official language, and at least one English translation, for each of the 195 countries in the world.

To link directly to this terrific new source, search “World Constitutions Illustrated” in the Mendik Library Catalog, or go to the alphabetical list of libraries in HeinOnline (found on the Library’s home page under Electronic Resources)and click “World Constitutions Illustrated.”