American Legal History
Documents from American legal history, with commentary and questions for your consideration.
Capital Crime and Federal Justice in Western Missouri
An examination of four high profile capital cases, between 1854 and 1956.
English Legal History Materials
Materials for a history course presented at the University of Houston.
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…
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 HistoryChannel.com.
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 o…
LII Supreme Court Collection: Decisions by Justice
United States Supreme Court decisions, categorized by the Justice who authored them.
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.