- Famous Trials
In-depth accounts of some of the world's most famous trials. Presented by the UMKC School of Law, and Professor Doug Linder.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey, The
Contains accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court from 1674 to 1834.
www.oldbaileyonline.org
- Code of Hammurabi@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/Code_of_Hammurabi
- CommonLaw.com
For all who enjoy legal history and theory.
www.commonlaw.com
- Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia, c. 2300 - 428 BCE
Ancient History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.html
- Crime Through Time
Museum in Newent, U.K., looking at criminals and warfare through the ages, including serial killers, the Holocaust, fetishism, prison, and more.
www.crimethroughtime.com
- Web Directory: Western Legal Tradition
Including information on Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ancient Hebrews, and Greeks.
gurukul.ucc.american.edu/dgolash/wltlink1.htm
- Criminal Justice History Resources
Directory of related sites.
arapaho.nsuok.edu/~dreveskr/cjhr.html-ssi
- English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (1854)
By Caroline Norton.
www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/norton/englaw.html
- British 20th Century Criminal and Military History
Various war crimes trials, military courts martials, spying, and U.K. capital punishment cases.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk
- Hebrew Law
Ethics of Judaism and Christianity are based primarily on the Ten Commandments, but in fact Jews are called to observe some six hundred commandments.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/hebrew_law.htm...
- H-Law Discussion Network
Solicits discussion of issues relating to teaching and research in the history of legal traditions, including common law and civil law systems.
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~law
- Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia
From Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/kovalm.htm
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