Additional Resources

This page contains a curated list of resources on the history of the Montana 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

Larry M. Ellison & Fritz Snyder, The Montana State Constitution (2011)

Larry M. Elison, The Montana State Constitution: A Reference Guide (2001)

Anthony Johnstone, The Montana Constitution in the State Constitutional Tradition (2022)

Michael P. Malone, Richard B. Roeder, & William L. Lang, Montana: A History of Two Centuries (1991)

Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, A History of Montana, Vol. 1 (1913)

Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, A History of Montana, Vol. 2 (1913)

Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, A History of Montana, Vol. 3 (1913)

Articles

Diana S. Dowling, Implementation and Amendment of the 1972 Constitution, 51 Mont. L. Rev. 282 (1990)

Harry W. Fritz, The 1972 Constitution in a Contemporary Context, 51 Mont. L. Rev. 270 (1990)

James H. Goetz, Interpretations of the Montana Constitution, 51 Mont. L. Rev. 289 (1990)

Anthony Johnstone, The Constitutional Initiative in Montana, 71 Mont. L. Rev. 325 (2010)

Anthony Johnston, A Past and Future of Judicial Elections: The Case of Montana, 16 J. App. Prac. & Process 47 (2015)

Robert G. Natelson, Constitutional Coup? The Case that Promulgated a New Constitution for Montana, 7 Br. J. Am. Leg. Studies 317 (2018)

Richard Roeder, The 1972 Montana Constitution in Historical Context, 51 Mont. L. Rev. 260 (1990)

Jack Tuholske, Going with the Flow: The Montana Court’s Conservative Approach to Constitutional Interpretation, 72 Mont. L. Rev. 237 (2011)

Robert F. Williams, Toward the End of the Law Wave: The Montana Constitution at 50, 84 Mont. L. Rev. 1 (2023)

Convention Records

Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention (1889)

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 1

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 2

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 3

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 4

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 5

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 6

Montana Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1971-1972), Vol. 7

Legislative Publications

JNO. W. Pace and H.J. Mock, The Montana Blue Book: A Biographical, Historical, and Statistical Book of Reference (1891)

Additional Databases

Archived Election Results and Voter Information Pamphlets, Montana Secretary of State

The Montana Constitution Collection, University of Montana Mansfield Center

Montana Legal Research Guide, University of Montana Law Library