Legal History Electronic Resources
19th Century Masterfile
A comprehensive resource for finding English and foreign language primary materials published prior to 1930. It brings together many authoritative indexes for 19th century studies. Includes over 70 core indexes to over 8,000 periodicals, millions of books, along with newspapers, patents and US and UK Government Documents. Some linking to full text is available through JSTOR, American Periodical Series, Hein Online, Accessible Archives and additional public sites. Access is by genre: I) Multi-title Periodical Indexes; II) Book Indexes; III) Newspaper Indexes; IV) Complete Individual Periodical Indexes; V) US Patents; Hansard’s; US and UK Historical Government Documents.
The Early Republic: Critical Editions on the Founding of the United States (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress (1789 – 1791) and its members were compiled by the First Federal Congress Project and published in 17 volumes by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Now, these important documents are accessible electronically. Comprising 17,000 annotated pages and 250 images, this source features a cumulative index and a search engine. At least two new volumes are planned for future publication, and The Early Republic will eventually incorporate digital editions of over 20 other publications relating to the colonial period and revolution.
The Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926 (Gale Cengage)
Based on holdings of the law libraries of Harvard and Yale, and the Library of the Bar of the City of New York, this product offers online access to more than 10,000 titles describing courtroom dramas in America, the British Empire and the world. It contains two million pages of searchable content from unofficially published trial accounts, official trial documents, administrative proceedings and arbitrations. Includes works on the famous trials of Dred Scott, Lizzie Borden, Oscar Wilde, John Scopes (Scopes “Monkey Trial”), and John Brown.
The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 (Gale Cengage)
Provides digital images of 22,000 US and British legal treatises published from 1800 through 1926. Full-text searching of more than 10 million pages is available.
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs 1832-1978 (Gale Cengage)
Includes nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court during the final years of Chief Justice John Marshall’s Court through the first ten years of the Warren Court. It contains scanned images, so documents appear just as they do in the printed sources. Full-text searching is available.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources I, 1620-1926 (Gale Cengage)
Based primarily on holdings of the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University, this product offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources II, 1763-1970
Extends scholarly access to essential documents in American legal history into the second half of the twentieth century. Comprised of United States codes, constitutional conventions and compilations, and municipal codes scanned from the Harvard Law School Library, the Yale Law Library, and the Law Library of Congress. Part II is fully cross-searchable with Primary Sources, Part I.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
Covers legal history from ancient to modern times. Approximately 1,000 articles explore the traditions of Ancient Greek Law, Ancient Roman Law, Medieval Roman Law, Chinese Law, English Common Law, Islamic Law, United States Law, and the laws of such other regions as Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Major categories of law explained in detail include private law (contract, tort, civil procedure), public law (statutory, criminal, etc.), and higher or constitutional law.
