Code of Hammurabi - The Avalon Project
- Translation of the Code of Hammurabi, with commentary.
- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hammenu.htm
History of Law
- Overview of the development of law in various nations and time periods.
- http://www.historyoflaw.info/
The Legal History Project
- Promoting an understanding of legal history.
- http://www.legalhistory.com/
LONANG Library
- Presenting historical writings in the natural law tradition.
- http://www.lonang.com/
Aztec and Mayan Law
- A bibliography, with summaries, from the Tarlton Law Library.
- http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec.html
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.
- http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/magnatranslation.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. Site includes information about the American Society for Legal History, an archive of postings, book
- http://www.h-net.org/~law/
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 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
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
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.com/~sewis/McCaffreyFrame1Source1.htm
The Women's Legal History Project
- Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
- http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/
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
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
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/
American Legal History
- Documents from American legal history, with commentary and questions for your consideration.
- http://vi.uh.edu/pages/alh.html