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Primary Sources: Cases
Primary Sources:
Statutes and Legislative History
Primary Sources: Treatises
- Printed Year Books Reports Database, 1268-1535
- Palmer's Plea Rolls (University of Houston)
- Palmer's Writs and Cases (University of Houston)
- English Law Reports, vols. 1-176 (HeinOnline )
- Old Bailey Proceedings (London, 1674-1834) (search)
- United Kingdom Cases, Combined Courts on Lexis (UK; ALLCAS, 1865-present)
- The Law Reports on Lexis (England and Wales) (UK;ICLR, 1865-present)
- England and Wales Reported and Unreported Cases on Lexis (UK;CASES, reported cases from 1558, unreported from 1980-present)
- United Kingdom Reports-All on Westlaw (UK-RPTS-ALL, 1865-present)
- All Reports on Westlaw (ALL-RPTS, 1865-present)
- Records of Eyres (British History Online)
- Assize Records of London (1301-1431 and 1501-1558) (British History Online)
- Justis (UK Statutes, 1235-present) (BU Law only)
- Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (cd-rom) (BU only)
- Anglo-Saxon Law (extracts from Early Laws of the English) (Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
- English Bill of Rights, 1689 (Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
- United Kingdom Statutes on Westlaw (UK-ST, 1267-present)
- House of Commons: Grey's Debates (British History Online)
- Journal of the House of Commons (British History Online, vols. 1-12, and 85)
- The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons (British History Online, 1660-1680 and 1695-1739)
- Journal of the House of Lords (British History Online, vols. 1-20, 62-64)
- Journals of Parliament (d'Ewes) (1559-1601)
- Thomas Burton's Diary (British History Online, all vols., 1-4)
- Roger Whitley's Diary (British History Online)
- Bracton Online (search)
- Hein Legal Classics Library (BU only)
- Institutes of the Laws of England, by Edward Coke (HeinOnline, BU only)
- Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the Lawsof England (HeinOnline, BU only)
- The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke (ed. by Steve Sheppard): Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
- Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1769 (Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
- Early English Books Online (BU only)
- Eighteenth-Century Collection Online (BU Only)
Primary Sources: Comparative
Secondary Sources (Periodicals and Books
in Full Text)
Reference Works
- Bible (Latin Vulgate) (University of Chicago) and from Internet Sacred Texts Archive)
- Roman Law Texts (University of Montana)
- Roman Law Portal (University of Glasgow)
- Annotated Justinian Code (University of Wyoming)
- Code of Canon Law (Vatican)
- Talmud (Jewish Virtual Library, translated into English)
- Library of Congress: American Memory Project collections
- HeinOnline Law Journal Library (BU only)
- Cambridge Law Journal (1921-2002)
- Juridical Review (1889-1925, vols. 1-37 (all))
- Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (1981-1998, vols. 1-18)
- JSTOR (BU only)
- English Historical Review (1886-2000, vols. 1-115)
- Making of Modern Law (BU only)
- History Cooperative
- Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.) (BU only)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (BU only)
- Bouvier's Law Dictionary (rev. 6th ed., 1856)
- Google Scholar
Secondary Sources: other helpful websites
research guides, and print resources
- Duke University Legal History Portal
- Roman, Civil and Ancient Law portals
- The Roman Law Library
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- British History Online (First-Time Users: register for free)
- Robert Palmer's site: English Legal History Materials (university of Houston)
- British-American Diplomacy Collection (1782-1863, Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
- English Reports CD-ROM Research Guide (Harvard Law School Library) (provides helpful tips on how to search by citation, case name, and topic, as well as how to copy, paste, and print results)
- English Reports CD-Rom User Manual, Law CD-Rom Network, KD270 1220 .E65a (Pappas)
- Request an Appointment with a Reference Librarian
- Email a question to the reference staff
- Reference Desk Hours
- Law Research Guides, A-Z
- e-Journals A-Z
- Search the BU Catalog
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