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Researching Legal History. Research Assistant Classes May 2009. Historical Materials. Finding older legal materials Hein, other subscription databases, some on the web Find most in Electronic Resources: Legal History Few older materials on Lexis and Westlaw Secondary sources
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Researching Legal History Research Assistant Classes May 2009
Historical Materials • Finding older legal materials • Hein, other subscription databases, some on the web • Find most in Electronic Resources: Legal History • Few older materials on Lexis and Westlaw • Secondary sources • Older versions of codes and regulations • Statutes and legislative history • English law
Treatises • Reliance in early U.S. law on noted treatises • Making of Modern Law: U.S. and British, 1800-1926, searchable full-text or within works • Hein Online Legal Classics: important historical works • Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Making of the Modern World: Economic Literature (Emory Databases) • Univ. of Michigan: Making of America Books (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/)
Law Journals • Hein Online Law Journal Library: Journals usually from vol. 1, searchable, citator • Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 1908-1981: SFX links to full-text • Jones & Chipman’s Index 1786-1922: Select Index to Legal Periodical Literature
Historical Documents • Some collections of historical documents are on the web • Emory Law Ready Reference • Yale Law Avalon Project • Univ. of Okl. Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents • Library of Congress American Memory Collection
U.S. Code • Official U.S. Code: published every 6 years, beginning with 1926 • Previous codification Revised Statutes (1875 & 1878) • In the library: 2000-current Range 301, 1976-1994 in Docs, 1926-2000 in fiche • Hein Online US Code 1925-2006 plus Revised Statutes, browse or citation search tool • Westlaw USCA versions from 1990 • Lexis USCS versions from 1992
Statutes at Large and Public Laws • U.S. Public Laws, later compiled in Stat. volumes in P.L. order • First published 1845 • Law Library: AE 2.111 • Hein Statutes at Large 1789-2006, browse by volume, PL No., Popular Name, citation navigator • Lexis Congressional 1789-current, searchable • Westlaw :Stat. from 1789, searchable • Lexis : Stat or PL, retrieve pdf by citation using Lexsee, find citations using the Statutes at Large or Popular Name tables • Thomas and GPO Access/FDsys: Public Laws • Library of Congress: 1789-1873
Federal Legislative History • Hein Online: Legislative History (sources & some full-text), Congressional Documents (Cong. Record) • Readex US Congressional Serial Set • Lexis Congressional: hearings, Cong. Record • Westlaw: FED-LH, USCCAN • Library of Congress: Cong. Record 1789-1875 • In the Library: USCCAN, Cong. Index, Cong. Record, Serial Set • At Woodruff: Serial Set, Cong. Record
State Session Laws • Georgia Code: Previous Codes Ranges 355 & 366 • Codes of 1933, 1926, 1914, and earlier • Note that code numbers vary, use tables • Fiche: Superseded State Codes & Session Laws • Hein State Session Laws : most states from 1995, a few states with older statutes • LLMC: includes some state codes and session laws
State Legislative History • Indiana Univ.: State Legislative History Research Guides http://www.law.indiana.edu/library/services/sta_leg.shtml • Westlaw: State Legislative History tab • State Legislative Sourcebook: Ref. Office
Federal Regulations • CFR: • Sets in storage • Hein CFR: 1938-2008 • Westlaw from 1984 • Lexis from 1981 • GPO Access from 1996 in pdf • Federal Register: • Volumes in storage • Hein Federal Register: 1936-2009, with citation navigator • GPO Access/FDsys from 1994 • Westlaw from 1936 (1936-1980 pdf) • Lexis from 1980
English Statutes • Statutes at Large 1225-1867: by year of reign • In the library: Hansell Rm. and Spec. Collections • Eighteenth Century Collections & Early English Books: Search 1st for “Statutes at Large” • OPSI: statutes as enacted 1837-present, in pdf: http://www.opsi.gov/uk/acts.htm • Hein: Statutes of the Realm by year 1235-1713 • Lexis and Westlaw: if still in force, find in UK databases
English Caselaw • Official: The Law Reports 1865-present • Unofficial: English Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865, All England Law Reports 1558-present w/ headnotes 1558-current • Hein: English Reports Full Reprint: 1220-1865 w/ citation navigator & case locator • LLMC digital 1220-1865 • Lexis: • The Law Reports 1865-current • UK Cases and England & Wales cases 1558-current • Westlaw: • England Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865 • All Reports and UK Reports 1919-current
Research Guides • Emory Law Library: Legal History Resources • Univ. of Michigan: American Legal History Resources • Univ. of Chicago: Legal History Sources • Duke Law Library: English Legal History