Legal Information -> Legal History

Accounts, maps, photos, transcript excerpts and other materials relating to famous American trials. Assembled by Professor Douglas Linder, UMKC School of Law.

Materials for a history course presented at the University of Houston.

Documents from American legal history, with commentary and questions for your consideration.

Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

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.

Unannotated links with an emphasis on ancient law, from Bernard J. Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

A bibliography, with summaries, from the Tarlton Law Library.

Stories of famous (and infamous) trials and legal events, with commentary, political cartoons, and information about legal history and legal rights.

An examination of four high profile capital cases, between 1854 and 1956.

British legal history links.

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