Legal Databases by Subject: Legal History
Legal History Databases
This is a selective list. Other databases may include additional resources relevant to the topic.
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowA vast collection of American historical periodicals, 17th-20th century. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Founding Era Collection (Rotunda) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the papers of some of the major figures of the early republic such as: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and more. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School LibraryDigitized documents in law, history and diplomacy.
Collections include:
--Ancient Documents 4000bce - 399
--Medieval Documents, 400 - 1399
--15th Century Documents, 1400 - 1499
--16th Century Documents, 1500 - 1599
--17th Century Documents, 1600 - 1699
--18th Century Documents, 1700 - 1799
--19th Century Documents, 1800 - 1899
--20th Century Documents, 1900 - 1999
--21st Century Documents, 2000 -
--Major Document Collections
--Project DIANA - An Online Human Rights Archive
--International Military Tribunal for Germany - A Document Collection
- British History Online This link opens in a new windowA database of primary and secondary English and Irish history resources. More InfoUB ONLY
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowsee Cambridge Core More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Early American Imprints I This link opens in a new windowDefinitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window22 million digital page images of every work printed in the English language as well as works printed in Great Britain and its dependencies from 1473-1700 in any language. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowThis collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowSee these databases in HeinOnline:
Legal Classics
History of International Law
World Trials Library
World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents and Resources
Early American Case Law
Prestatehood Legal Materials
State Reports: A Historical Archive
State Statutes: A Historical Archive
Session Laws Library
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
Congress and the Courts
History of Supreme Court Nominations
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
History of Bankruptcy: Taxation & Economic Reform in America Part III
English Reports
Scottish Legal History: Featuring Publications of the Stair Society
Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law
Statutes of the Realm
More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, c. 1600-1926 This link opens in a new windowCollection of legal treatises, historical records and written material. More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970 This link opens in a new windowCollection of foreign codes and laws. More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 This link opens in a new windowCollection of British and American treatises. More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: Primary Sources I & II, 1620-1970 This link opens in a new windowInformation for researchers of American legal history. More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents focused on court activities in America, the British Empire, and the world. More InfoUB ONLYMaking of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new windowRecords and briefs brought before the United States Supreme Court. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLYOxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History This link opens in a new windowCovers legal history from ancient to modern times. More InfoUB ONLYProQuest British Parliamentary Papers Collection, 18th-21st Centuries This link opens in a new windowThe Parliamentary Papers empowers researchers to explore the British perspective on historical and contemporary events through a vast and authoritative archive of official government documents spanning three centuries. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLYProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new windowProQuest® History Vault provides access to millions of primary source, cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history. The vast majority of the content in History Vault is not available elsewhere. The content in History Vault is perfect for researchers in history, African American studies, women’s studies, political science, social sciences, sociology, and international studies. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLYSabin Americana This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to the contents of a legendary bibliography covering every aspect of the history and culture of the Americas.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLYSeventeenth & Eighteenth Century BURNEY Collection of UK Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSee 17th & 18th Century BURNEY Collection of UK Newspapers More InfoFull-Text UB ONLYWomen’s Studies Archive: Issues and Identities This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents from the 19th and 20th centuries covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives and spanning multiple regions. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
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