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Guide to Free Online Legal Resources: Constitutions

This guide directs legal researchers to the best websites for locating legal information for free on the Web. It includes finding tools and legal search engines as well as primary sources from our three branches of government, both state and federal.

Introduction to Constitutions

Our country and every state in it has a Constitution. A constitution is a key set of principles. All other laws are based on these principles. The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land and the source of all government powers. The Louisiana Constitution is structured like the U.S. Constitution but it only governs the state.

Constitutions