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The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT)
Includes digitized images of court records from c.1272-1650.
The Court of Chivalry
Contains records of cases from 1634-1640 relating to social, political and cultural issues.
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
Contains the texts (with English translation) of the rolls of parliament sessions from 1272-1509.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,752 trials held at London's central criminal court, and 475 Ordinary’s Accounts of the lives of executed convicts.
Legal Texts and Commentaries
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
Includes texts of classics such as Blackstone's Commentaries.
The Constitution Society - Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
Contains classic works including Bouvier’s Law Dictionary (1856 edition).
Bibliographies and Catalogues
English Medieval Legal Documents Database AD 600 - AD 1535
Lists published sources of English medieval legal documents, and provide links to online sources.
English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC)
Covers monographs printed between 1475 and 1800.
Government and Parliamentary Records
British Parliamentary Papers Research Guide.- Duke U
Research Guides and Overviews
H-LAW
A site sponsored by the American Society for Legal History, includes links to English legal history materials.
Legal History on the Web
Provides an annotated overview of online legal history resources.
Early Modern English Manuscripts Collection
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Legal History Blog
Discussions on a variety of topics, including English legal history.
Medieval Legal History
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Institutional and Official Resources
History of the Judiciary in England and Wales
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