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7.9 Recommended Sources of Compact Law and Information

Chapter 7.9
Effective April 1, 2026

     For additional information on interstate compact law and interstate compacts generally, see Michael L. Buenger, et al., The Evolving Law and Use of Interstate Compacts 2d ed. (ABA Publ’g 2016), and Jeffrey B. Litwak, Interstate Compact Law: Cases and Materials 4th ed. (Semaphore Press 2020). Two ABA publications have published annual new developments in interstate compact law for many years. Between 2007 and 2019, the annual update was part the annual Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice book. Beginning in 2020, the annual update has appeared in The Urban Lawyer.

     The Council of State Governments, National Center for Interstate Compacts, has a database of all current compacts and other information about compacts on its website, https://compacts.csg.org.

     For historical context on interstate Compacts, see Felix Frankfurter & James M. Landis, The Compact Clause of the Constitution—A Study in Interstate Adjustments, 34 Yale L.J. 685 (1925).

     For historical context on compacts and as applicable to transfer of supervision of individuals on probation and parole under the ICAOS, see Michael L. Buenger & Richard L. Masters, The Interstate Compact on Adult Offender Supervision: Using Old Tools to Solve New Problems, 9 ROGER WILLIAMS U. L. REV. 71 (2003), and James G. Gentry, The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision: Parole and Probation Supervision Enters the Twenty-First Century, 32 MCGEORGE L. REV. 533 (2001).

     For a report on interstate compact agencies and good governance, see U.S. Gov’t Accountability Office, No. GAO-07-519, Interstate Compacts: An Overview of the Structure and Governance of Environment and Natural Resource Compacts (2007). 

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