FW: Texas Constitutions on UT Law Library web site

[Volokh, Eugene]

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> From: Steve Russell [SMTP:SRussell at utsa.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:24 PM
> To:   'Volokh at mail.law.ucla.edu'
> Subject:      Texas Constitutions on UT Law Library web site
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> >
> > DIGITIZED TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS NOW AVAILABLE
> > FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LAW LIBRARY
> >
> >
> > The Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas at
> > Austin, is proud to announce the completion of its Texas
> > Constitutions Digitization Project.
> >
> > The website, located at <http://www.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/>,
> > provides access to a complete collection of the seven constitutions
> > that have governed Texas in its days as a Mexican state, as an
> > independent republic, and as a state up to the adoption of the
> > present constitution in 1876. It also includes the Mexican
> > Constitution of 1824, the Texas Declaration of Independence and some
> > proposed constitutions that were never enacted. The Spanish-language
> > editions of several of these documents are also available.
> >
> > The constitutions are available both as searchable text and as image
> > files. "Students, faculty and researchers across Texas and around the
> > world now have access to these important historical and legal
> > documents," said Professor Roy M. Mersky, director of the Jamail
> > Center. "The project also helps to preserve the rare and fragile
> > originals."
> >
> > Also available is a bibliography of the original editions of the
> > Texas constitutions, as well as a bibliography of historical works on
> > Texas constitutional history. In addition, there is a selected set of
> > links to other Internet sites with related materials.
> >
> > Texas is still governed by the 1876 Constitution, which has now been
> > amended 308 times. The project includes only the original, unamended
> > version of the 1876 Constitution.
> >
> > The Internet Scout Project recently highlighted the Texas
> > Constitutions Digitization Project in its weekly Scout Report, one of
> > the Internet's oldest and most respected publications. The selection
> > was based on the site's usefulness, depth of content,
> > authoritativeness, and presentation.
> >
> > The Texas Constitutions Digitization Project was made possible by a
> > $20,000 TexTreasures grant from the Texas State Library and Archives
> > Commission. The Center for American History at The University of
> > Texas at Austin provided several of the documents from its
> > collections.
> >
> > The scanning and indexing was done by Information Access Institute of
> > Georgetown, Texas, a nonprofit corporation that works with libraries,
> > museums, archives, and others to plan and implement Internet services.
> >
> > For additional information, contact Mike Widener at the Jamail Center
> > for Legal Research, The University of Texas at Austin, (512)
> > 471-7263; e-mail <mwidener at mail.law.utexas.edu>.
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> >   DOCUMENTS IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS
> >   DIGITIZATION PROJECT
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States, 1824
> >     (English & Spanish)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Coahuila and Texas, 1827
> >     (English & Spanish)
> >
> > Constitution of the Proposed Mexican State of Texas, 1833
> >
> > Declaration, with Plan and Powers of the Provisional
> >     Government of Texas, 1836 (English & Spanish)
> >
> > Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 (English & Spanish)
> >
> > Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 1836
> >     (English & Spanish)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Texas, 1845 (English
> >     & Spanish, plus title page of the German edition)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Texas, 1861 (seceding
> >     from the U.S. and joining the Confederate States)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Texas, 1866 (rejoining the U.S.)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of West Texas, 1868
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Texas, 1869 (Reconstruction
> >     constitution) (plus title page of the German edition)
> >
> > Constitution of the State of Texas, 1876 (English & Spanish,
> >     plus title page of the German & Czech editions)
> >
> >
> >                                            ###
> >
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