The first House of Commons meeting in 1833 after the Reform Act, which expanded representation. Painting by Sir George Hayter.

Constitutional Limits on Government

Constitutional Limits on Government: Resources

Resources

Essential Principles and History

Documents

The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy. New Haven, CT: Yale Law School, 2008.

English Bill of Rights (UK Archival Description of Document and Text).

Magna Carta (Text, The British Library; Description of, US National Archives).

US Congress “Concurrent Resolution to Recognize the Contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the Development of the US Constitution” (1988).

United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Articles and Other Resources

Grinde, Donald and Johnson, Bruce, Chapters 2 and 9
Exemplars of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA (1990).

Hansen, Teri 
How the Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy,” Native America/Native Voices, PBS, Dec. 17, 2018.

King, Martin Luther
Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963. Available at African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Luttig, Michael and Tribe, Lawrence

Paine, Thomas. Common Sense (1776). Available online at USHistory.org.

France

Economist magazine: Topics Index: France.

The New York Times: Times Topics: France. See, e.g.,

Freedom in the World 2024 France Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 France Country Report.

Other Resources

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, 1789. The Avalon Project.

Constitution of 4 October, 1958 (5th Republic), Constitutional Council of France.

Hacken, Richard. "EuroDocs—History of France: Primary Documents" (2006). Brigham Young University.

Jones, Colin. The Cambridge Illustrated History of France (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Europe and Eurasia/France).

Guatemala

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Guatemala.

The New York Times: World: Times Topics: Guatemala. See, e.g.:

Freedom House 2024 Guatemala Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Guatemala Country Report.

Other Resources

Foreign Affairs
The Guatemalan Counterinsurgency Never Ended,” by Will Stroman, June 23, 2023.

International Crisis Group, “From Crutch to Catalyst: The [U.N.] International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala,” (Jan. 25, 2016).

Open Society Justice Initiative
Guatemala’s Search for Justice Continues: Beyond the Rios Montt Trial,” by Emi Maclean (January 12, 2015).

International Prosecutors . . . Ordered Out,” by Eric White (January 10, 2019).

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Western Hemisphere/Guatemala).

Uzbekistan

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Uzbekistan.

The New York Times: World: Times Topics: Uzbekistan.

Freedom House 2024 Uzbekistan Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Uzbekistan Country Report.

Other Resources

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Uzbekistan’s Untouchable President,” by Chris Rickleton, July 6, 2023.

Transparency International: Uzbekistan Page.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Europe and Eurasia/Uzbekistan).

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