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• Society: Crime: Trials  (72)
• Society: History  (12,147)

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.

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: - Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

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.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: - U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774 - 1875.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: - United States Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1873.

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.

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.

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 History.com.

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. Information about the American Society for Legal History, an archive of postings, book reviews and a substantial selection of well-annotated links.

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.




The Legal History Project: - Promoting an understanding of legal history.

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.

Western Legal Tradition: - Web links to resources on Western law, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt through 17th century England.

The Women's Legal History Project: - Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.