Additional Resources

This page contains a curated list of resources on the history of the Idaho Constitution. To the extent possible, links are to publicly accessible copies of the sources listed. Where that is not possible, the link directs to an online database.

Books

Gordon M. Bakken, Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1850-1912 (1987)

Dennis Colson, Idaho’s Constitution: The Tie that Binds (1991)

Donald Crowley & Florence A. Heffron, The Idaho State Constitution (2011)

Donald Crowley & Florence A. Heffron, The Idaho State Constitution: A Reference Guide (1994)

Jasper M. Licalzi, Idaho Politics & Government (2019)

H.L. Talkington, Political History, State Constitution and School Laws of Idaho (1911)

Articles

Patrick L. Baude, Interstate Dialogue in State Constitutional Law, 28 Rutgers L.J. 835 (1997)

Raymond L. Givens & Henry S. Martin, Idaho Constitutional Revision: Two Views, 7 Idaho L. Rev. 87 (1970)

Cathy R. Silak, The People Act, the Courts React: A Proposed Model for Interpreting Initiatives in Idaho, 33 Idaho L. Rev. 1 (1996)

Clay V. Spear, Court Reorganization in Idaho, 7 Idaho L. Rev. 17 (1970)

Dennis L. Thompson, Religion and the Idaho Constitution, 58 Pacific N.W. Q. 169 (1967)

Merle W. Wells, The Idaho Admission Movement, 1888-1890, 56 Or. Hist. Q. 27 (1955)

Convention Records

Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of Idaho, 1889, Vol. 2 (1912)

Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of Idaho, 1889, Vol. 2 (1912)

Legislative & Other Government Publications

Constitutional Provision History Research Guide

Idaho Blue Book

Additional Databases

University of Idaho College of Law, Idaho Constitution Research Guide