Legal History

American Legal History
Documents from American legal history, with commentary and questions for your consideration.
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/alh.html

Ancient Law
Henry Sumner Maine's 1861 compilation of ancient laws dealing with property, inheritance, crime, and civil law.
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/maine/anclaw/index.html

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
Documents in law, history and diplomacy.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/

Aztec and Mayan Law
A bibliography, with summaries, from the Tarlton Law Library.
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec.html

Capital Crime and Federal Justice in Western Missouri
An examination of four high profile capital cases, between 1854 and 1956.
http://www.geocities.com/mike_donnelly_umkc/main.html

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774 - 1875.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/index.html

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
United States Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1873.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Code of Hammurabi - The Avalon Project
Translation of the Code of Hammurabi, with commentary.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hammenu.htm

Connections
Unannotated links with an emphasis on ancient law, from Bernard J. Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/connect.htm

English Legal History Materials
Materials for a history course presented at the University of Houston.
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/elhmat.html

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.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm

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.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/448622.html

History of Law
Overview of the development of law in various nations and time periods.
http://www.historyoflaw.info/

History on Trial
Information and discussion about some of the most famous and controversial trials in American history, from History.com.
http://www.history.com/exhibits/trial/index.html

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.
http://www.h-net.org/~law/

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.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sewis/McCaffreyFrame1Source1.htm

LawBuzz
Stories of famous (and infamous) trials and legal events, with commentary, political cartoons, and information about legal history and legal rights.
http://www.lawbuzz.com/

The Legal History Project
Promoting an understanding of legal history.
http://www.legalhistory.com/

LII Supreme Court Collection: Decisions by Justice
United States Supreme Court decisions, categorized by the Justice who authored them.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/judges.htm

LONANG Library
Presenting historical writings in the natural law tradition.
http://www.lonang.com/

Lynette's Legal History page
British legal history links.
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/lawlinks/history.htm

Western Legal Tradition
Web links to resources on Western law, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt through 17th century England.
http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/dgolash/wltlink1.htm

The Women's Legal History Project
Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/