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Information and resources to help you celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th

Read the Constitution

H. Doc. 112-129 - Constitution of the United States with Index and the Declaration of Independence, Pocket Edition
Congress.gov - Constitution Annotated The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (popularly known as the Constitution Annotated) contains legal analysis and interpretation of the United States Constitution, based primarily on Supreme Court case law. This regularly updated resource is especially useful when researching the constitutional implications of a specific issue or topic.
Govinfo.gov: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, popularly known as the Constitution Annotated, encompasses the U.S. Constitution and analysis and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution with in-text annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.

National Constitution Center Resources

The US Constitution - Constitution Center
On this site, constitutional experts interact with each other to explore the Constitution’s history and what it means today. For each provision of the Constitution, scholars of different perspectives discuss what they agree upon, and what they disagree about.

Constitution Day

Celebrate Constitution Day with the New Jersey State Library on September 17th!

For as long as they last, free pocket Constitutions will be available in the Law Library, Level 3, New Jersey State Library,

185 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ

National Archives Resources

Books about the Constitution

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution by edited by Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst.
Call Number: KF 4548 E53 2000

ISBN: 0028648803

Publication Date: 2000-06-19
The Encyclopedia of American Political History by Paul Finkelman; Peter Wallenstein (Editor)
Call Number: R973.03 E57

ISBN: 1568025114

Publication Date: 2001-03-02
The U. S. Constitution A to Z by Robert L. Maddex
Call Number: R342.73 M179

ISBN: 1568026994

Publication Date: 2002-01-01
The Velvet Coup by Daniel Lazare
Call Number: KF 4541 L39 2001

ISBN: 1859846335

Publication Date: 2001-10-17
Encyclopedia of the Continental Congress by Mark Grossman (Editor)
Call Number: R973.312 G878

ISBN: 9781619251755

Publication Date: 2014-10-30
A Leap in the Dark by John Ferling
Call Number: 973.3 Fer

ISBN: 0195159241

Publication Date: 2003-06-12
The Broken Constitution by Noah Feldman
Call Number: 973.709 Fel

ISBN: 9780374116644

Publication Date: 2021-11-02

About America : the Constitution of the United States of America with explanatory notes.
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, 2004.
SuDoc Number: S 20.2:AM 3/2
Online

A Constitutional History of the United States by Forrest McDonald
Call Number: KF 4541 M35

ISBN: 0531054209

Publication Date: 1982-02-01
Active Liberty by Stephen G. Breyer
Call Number: KF 4552 B74 2005

ISBN: 0307263134

Publication Date: 2005-09-13
Six Amendments by John Paul Stevens
Call Number: KF 4557 S74 2014

ISBN: 9780316373722

Publication Date: 2014-04-22
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton
Call Number: KF 4541 H58 2007

ISBN: 9780809080618

Publication Date: 2007-10-02
Understanding the Constitution by Sue Davis; J. W. Peltason
Call Number: KF 4528 C67 1991

ISBN: 9780495007548

Publication Date: 2007-02-13
The Origins of the American Constitution by Michael Kammen (Editor)
Call Number: KF 4502 O73 1986

ISBN: 0140087443

Publication Date: 1986-11-04

Constitutional authority statements and the powers of Congress: an overview
Online , [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service. 2019

A Bicentennial bookshelf : historians analyze the constitutional era by Jack P. Greene
Call Number: KF 4530 G731 1986

Publication Date: 1986
The intellectual heritage of the Constitutional era : the delegates' library by Jack P. Greene
Call Number: KF 4530 G732 1986

Publication Date: 1986
The Constitutional Law Dictionary by Ralph C. Chandler; Richard A. Enslen; Peter G. Renstrom
Call Number: KF 4548.5 C47 1985

ISBN: 0874363667

Publication Date: 1985-06-30
The Constitution of the United States : a guide and bibliography to current scholarly research by Bernard D. Reams, Jr. and Stuart D. Yoak
Call Number: KF 4546 A1 R4 1987

Publication Date: 1987
Essays on the Constitution of the United States by M. Judd Harmon (Editor)
Call Number: KF 4550 A2 E8

ISBN: 0804692106:

Publication Date: 1978-10-01
Modern Constitutional Law by William Rich; Chester James Antieau
Call Number: KF 4450 R47 2011

ISBN: 031493572X

Publication Date: 2011-01-01
The Supreme Court and the Allocation of Constitutional Power by Otis H. Stephens; Gregory Rathjen
Call Number: KF 4565 A7 S96

ISBN: 0716711540

Publication Date: 1980-03-01
Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments by John R. Vile
Call Number: KF 4557 V555 1996

ISBN: 0874367832

Publication Date: 1996-08-20

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