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Historical American Documents
- U.S. Founding Documents: HTML and scanned-in originals of early American documents through Emory University School of Law.
- Historical Documents: U.S. founding documents and links to numerous other historical documents sites; from Project Vote-Smart.
Declaration of Independence
- The Declaration of Independence: Text and historical information from the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Declaration of Independence: From Emory University School of Law.
The Federalist
Papers
A total of 85 papers
were written and published in New York newspapers from 1878 to
1788 by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to defend
and promote ratification of the new Constitution.
- The Federalist Papers: From Emory University School of Law.
- The Federalist Papers: From Project Vote-Smart
U.S. Constitution
- The Constitution of the United States. Text and background historical information on the Constitution, including biogaphies about delegates to the Constitutional Convention and signers of the Constitution, in-depth information at the Constitutional Convention, and facts about the Constitution; from the National Archives and Records Administration.
- U.S. Constitution: Through Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
- U.S. Constitution: With annotations from the Congressional Research Service Library, with links to cited U.S. Supreme Court cases to June 29, 1992. Through Findlaw.
- About the Constitution: Historical and background information about from the Library of Congress.
- "Student Knowledge of the U.S. Constitution" by Lawrence C. Trostle. Alaska Justice Forum 19(1), Spring 2002.
Public Laws
United States federal
laws recently enacted.
- Public and Private Laws Database. Through GPO Access.
U.S. Code
Official codification
of United States federal laws of a general and permanent nature.
- U.S. Code (USC). Through GPO Access.
- U.S. Code (USC). Through Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
- U.S. Code (USC). Through Findlaw.
U.S. Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR)
Official codification
of United States federal regulations of a general and permanent
nature.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Through GPO Access.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Through Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CRF). Through Findlaw.
Federal Register
Official publication
of presidential documents and executive orders as well as notices,
rules, and proposed rules from federal agencies and organizations.
- Federal Register. Through GPO Access.
- Federal Register. 1995 through 2001. Through Findlaw.