This Thursday, September 17th is Constitution Day, a day to commemorate the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution. Georgetown Law Library has compiled a Research Guide featuring resources available on the Web for the study of the Constitution. One such resource is the Interactive Constitution, available from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Both the Williams and Wolff libraries have put up displays to observe this significant day for the legal community.  You can stop by the Robert Oakley Reading Room of the Williams library and pick up a handout detailing the legislative history of Constitution Day, as well as fun facts on the Constitutional Convention. While you're there, help yourself to a pocket copy of the Constitution too!

In the Wolff library, check out the display which supports the Law Center’s Constitution Day Panel discussion on “Defining Human Rights: What Role Does International Law Play in Our Constitutional System?” Included are relevant cases, such as the Supreme Court’s Paquette Habana decision (175 U.S. 677 (1900)), as well as books by law professors, David Cole, of Georgetown Law and Jordan Paust, of University of Houston Law Center.

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