The sites and databases listed below are all open access. The databases listed may not include the current version of a country's constitution. If it is important that you refer to the current version, ensure you access constitutions from the individual countries' official government legislation websites. Also note that English translations will rarely be official.
The databases listed in this box may not include the current version of a country's constitution. If it is important that you refer to the current version, ensure you access constitutions from the individual countries' official government legislation websites. Also note that English translations will rarely be official.
The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law by 
Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis and Critique by 
The Referendum and Other Essays on Constitutional Politics by 
Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking and Changing Constitutions by 
The Law and Legitimacy of Imposed Constitutions by 
National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law by 
Comparative Constitutional Studies: Between Magic and Deceit by 
The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism by 
Reconsidering Constitutional Formation II Decisive Constitutional Normativity: From Old Liberties to New Precedence by 
The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective by 
Constitutional Law and Regionalism: a comparative analysis of regionalist negotiations by 
Global Constitutionalism and Its Challenges to the Westphalian Constitutional Law by 
Constitutional Preambles: A Comparative Analysis by 
Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America by 
Comparative Constitutionalism: Cases and Materials by 
Constitutions Compared: an introduction to comparative constitutional law by 
Reconsidering Constitutional Formation I National Sovereignty: A Comparative Analysis of the Juridification by Constitution by 
An Inquiry into the Existence of Global Values by 
Making We the People: democratic constitutional founding in postwar Japan and South Korea by 
Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes by 
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law by 
Comparative Constitutional Design by
The Global Review of Constitutional Law began in 2017 with the publication of the 2016 volume. It is an annual publication published by I-CONnect and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. The Global Review assembles detailed but relatively brief reports on constitutional developments and cases during the past calendar year. The reports are authored by academic and/or judicial experts, and are often co-authored by judges and scholars. The Global Review is available on open access on SSRN. Individual global and comparative constitutional law journal titles held by the Library (UniMelb staff & student access) include the following:
Democratic Decay Resource (DEM-DEC) is a global resource containing a range of materials related to the incremental deterioration of democratic rule worldwide ('democratic decay'). The site includes a very useful bibliography of published research on democratic decay. The bibliography is updated regularly based on new additions and suggestions from users of the site.
The annual Global Constitutionalism Seminar is a forum where some of the world’s foremost jurists discuss the most important legal issues of the day with leading academic lawyers. The Seminar brings together a small group of Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judges from around the world and Yale Law School faculty members.
Publications from the Seminars are available in full text on open access:
The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (CCCS) undertakes and promotes research on the constitutional law and government of Australia and of other countries and provides a focal point for scholars and practitioners interested in these areas. The Centre seeks to focus greater attention on Australian constitutional law and government and of other countries whose systems are most relevant to Australia. This is reflected in the Centre's current objectives which it pursues through its many activities.
