LibGuides: Constitutional law in Canada: Foreign constitutional law

Databases

World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)
A resource for contemporary and historical documents concerning world constitutions.
Constitute
Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions that users can systematically compare them across a broad set of topics.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (MPECCoL) is a comprehensive online resource containing analytical comparative articles offering a global overview of constitutional law
Oxford Constitutions of the World
Oxford Constitutions of the World' contains fully-translated English-language versions of all the world's constitutions (both national and sub-national), accompanied by individual commentaries, supplementary materials, including foundation documents, historical constitutions, and amendment Acts/laws.

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General and Comparative Works

A History of Western Public Law by Bruno Aguilera Barchet
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Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9783319118031
Publication Date: 2014
The book outlines the historical development of Public Law and the state from ancient times to the modern day, offering an account of relevant events in parallel with a general historical background, establishing and explaining the relationships between political, religious, and economic events.
Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law 2nd ed by Mark Tushnet
Call Number: K3165 T87 2018
ISBN: 9781781007310
Publication Date: 2018
This book investigates constitution making, forms of constitutional review, proportionality analysis and its alternatives, and the development of a new ‘transparency’ branch in constitutions around the world.
Constituent Power and Constitutional Order by Mikael Spång
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Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9781137382993
Publication Date: 2014
Constituent power of the people is a core concept of modern politics but what does this concept actually mean? This book addresses this question, sketching how constituent power of the people has been conceived since the early modern revolutions.
The rights of women in comparative constitutional law by Irene Spigno et al
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2023
This book explores the constitutional protection of equality and women's rights in 15 countries drawn from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. The work focuses on formal constitutional provisions as well as the substantial level of protection women's equality has achieved in the systems analysed

Selected Works - Specific Countries/Regions

Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China by Quanxi Gao
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Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9783662456378
Publication Date: 2015
This book is a review of the centurial development of rule of law in China
The Classical Liberal Constitution by Richard A. Epstein
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Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780674724891
Publication Date: 2014
Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State by Megan Ming Francis
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Call Number: Mearns-McPherson Library JC599 U5F73 2014
ISBN: 9781107037106
Publication Date: 2014
This book looks at how the African American civil rights movement impacted constitutional law.
Political and Constitutional Transitions in North Africa by Justin Frosini (Editor); Francesco Biagi (Editor)
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Call Number: JQ3198 A58P64 2015
ISBN: 9781138816381
Publication Date: 2014
This book focuses on Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Algeria- examining specific institutions and actors participating in the political upheavals in North Africa since 2011, and placing them in a comparative perspective in order to better understand the processes at work
The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani by Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh
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Call Number: Mearns-McPherson Library DS313 F37 2015
ISBN: 9780815633884
Publication Date: 2015