A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: United States Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1873.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774 - 1875.
American Legal History: Documents from American legal history, with commentary and questions for your consideration.
Ancient Law: Henry Sumner Maine's 1861 compilation of ancient laws dealing with property, inheritance, crime, and civil law.
Aztec and Mayan Law: A bibliography, with summaries, from the Tarlton Law Library.
British Library - Magna Carta: Translation of the Magna Carta into modern English, intended to convey the sense rather than the precise wording of the original Latin.
Capital Crime and Federal Justice in Western Missouri: An examination of four high profile capital cases, between 1854 and 1956.
Code of Hammurabi - The Avalon Project: Translation of the Code of Hammurabi, with commentary.
Connections: Unannotated links with an emphasis on ancient law, from Bernard J. Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
English Legal History Materials: Materials for a history course presented at the University of Houston.
Famous American Trials: Accounts, maps, photos, transcript excerpts and other materials relating to famous American trials. Assembled by Professor Douglas Linder, UMKC School of Law.
H-Law Discussion Network: List covering teaching and research in the history of all legal traditions, although participants generally focus on common-law and other Western systems. Site includes information about the American Society for Legal History, an archive of postings, book reviews and a substantial selection of well-annotated links.
History of Law: Overview of the development of law in various nations and time periods.
History on Trial: Information and discussion about some of the most famous and controversial trials in American history, from HistoryChannel.com.
John McCaffary and the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Wisconsin: Transcripts, images and links to primary and secondary sources addressing the state's experience with the death penalty and why it has eschewed capital punishment longer than any other.
LawBuzz: Stories of famous (and infamous) trials and legal events, with commentary, political cartoons, and information about legal history and legal rights.
LII Supreme Court Collection: Decisions by Justice: United States Supreme Court decisions, categorized by the Justice who authored them.
LONANG Library: Presenting historical writings in the natural law tradition.
Lynette's Legal History page: British legal history links.
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in law, history and diplomacy.
The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox: Excerpts from the memoir of a Supreme Court clerk who served the notorious Justice James C. McReynolds during the year that FDR threatened to pack the Court.
The Legal History Project: Promoting an understanding of legal history.
The Women's Legal History Project: Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
Western Legal Tradition: Web links to resources on Western law, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt through 17th century England.