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• The Foundational Documents of the American Legal System (Chicago: eLangdell Press, 2014), contrib. by United States (multiple formats at cali.org)
• British Statutes in American Law, 1776-1836 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1964), by Elizabeth Gaspar Brown, contrib. by William Wirt Blume and Allan F. Smith (PDF with commentary at Michigan)
• Ye Olden Blue Laws (New York: The Century Co., 1921), by Gustavus Myers (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The American Judiciary, by Simeon E. Baldwin (Gutenberg text)

• Managing Legal Uncertainty: Elite Lawyers in the New Deal (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1995), by Ronen Shamir (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, the Death of Teddy's Bear, and the Sovereign Exception of Guantánamo (Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, c2003), by Magnus Fiskesjö (PDF at prickly-paradigm.com)
• Sources of American Law: An Introduction to Legal Research (current edition; at time of last catalog update Chicago: CALI eLangdell Press, 2019), by Beau B. Steenken and Tina M. Brooks (multiple formats with commentary at cali.org)
• Our Legal System and How it Operates: Five Lectures Delivered at the University of Michigan, February 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, 1948 on the Thomas M. Cooley Lectureship, Enlarged and Revised (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1951), by Burke Shartel (PDF with commentary at Michigan)
• Law and Lawyers in the United States: The Common Law Under Stress (Hamlyn Lectures, #16; London: Stevens and Sons, 1964), by Erwin N. Griswold (PDF in the UK)
• Commentaries on American Law (new and thoroughly revised edition, 4 volumes; Philadelphia: Blackstone Pub. Co., 1889), by James Kent, ed. by William M. Lacy
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
• The Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story (Boston: C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1852), by Joseph Story, ed. by William Wetmore Story (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas F. Marshall (Cincinnati: Applegate and Co., 1858), by Thomas Francis Marshall, ed. by W. L. Barre (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States Code (current or near-current edition), by United States
  • searchable HTML at house.gov
  • searchable HTML at Cornell
• Blackstone's Commentaries, With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Gederal Government of the United State and of the Commonwealth of Virginia (4 volumes in 5; Philadelphia: Birch and Small, 1803), by William Blackstone, contrib. by St. George Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Check List of Legislative Journals Issued Since 1937 by the States of the United States of America (Chicago: American Library Association, 1955), by William R. Pullen (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union (6th edition, 1856), by John Bouvier (text files at constitution.org)
• A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern (second edition; St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1910), by Henry Campbell Black
  • PDF files at Georgetown
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Radin Law Dictionary (New York: Oceana, c1955), by Max Radin, ed. by Lawrence G. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)

• United States Statutes at Large, by United States (partial serial archives)

• British Statutes in American Law, 1776-1836 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1964), by Elizabeth Gaspar Brown, contrib. by William Wirt Blume and Allan F. Smith (PDF with commentary at Michigan)

• Congressional Record, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• Judicature (partial serial archives)
• Law and Contemporary Problems (full serial archives)
• Law Library Journal (partial serial archives)
• Annual Survey of American Law (partial serial archives)
• Women Lawyers' Journal (partial serial archives)
• American Bar Association Journal (partial serial archives)
• Law Notes (E. Thompson Co., 1897-1946) (partial serial archives)
• Case and Comment (partial serial archives)
• American Civil Law Journal (partial serial archives)
• The American Law Review (partial serial archives)
• Congressional Globe, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• Register of Debates in Congress, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• United States Code (1925-1988 editions), by United States (partial serial archives)
• The Denver Bar Association Record (partial serial archives)
• The Western Jurist (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the American Judicature Society (partial serial archives)
• The Central Law Journal (partial serial archives)

• Law in Everyday Life (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1993), ed. by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union (6th edition, 1856), by John Bouvier (text files at constitution.org)

• Business Law and the Legal Environment (derived from Creative Commons licensed edition published by Flat World Knowledge, ca. 2011), by Don Mayer, Daniel Warner, George J. Siedel, and Jethro Koller Lieberman (PDF at saylor.org)
• Manual on Commercial Law: Based on New York C. P. A. Law Questions With Answers (fourth edition; New York: Professional Publications, c1940), by A. Lincoln Lavine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Business Hints for Men and Women, by A. R. Calhoun (Gutenberg text)
• Laws of Business for All the States of the Union, With Forms and Directions for All Transactions (Cincinnati, OH: National Publishing Co., 1869), by Theophilus Parsons (page images at MOA)
• Manual of Law and Forms: A Practical Hand-Book of the Law; Business Forms, for the Use of Industrial Classes (Detroit: Darling Bros. and Co., 1887), by Henry A. Haigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Lawyer, and Business-Man's Form Book (New York: Phelps, Fanning, and Co., 1852), by Delos W. Beadle (page images at HathiTrust)

• Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (2006), by Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (PDF with commentary at Brown)
• Compensation for Vaccine-Related Injuries (1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Our Constitution (free online edition; original edition published 2006), by Donald A. Ritchie (HTML and PDF with commentary at annenbergclassroom.org)
• The Constitution of the United States (US government printing, with notes, topical index, and first 15 amendments; Washington: GPO, 1908), by United States
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Constitution of the United States of America, by United States
  • hypertext at Cornell
  • HTML with commentary at findlaw.com
• The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (editions and supplements from 1992 to the present), by United States (PDF files at govinfo.gov)
• The Constitution of the United States of America, Translated Into Chinese (in Chinese; Shanghai: Won-Ming Book Co., 1902), trans. by Chang Tsung Yeun (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Constitution of the United States, With Amendments, and the Constitution of the State of Mississippi: Adopted in Convention 15th day of May, A.D. 1868 and Ratified by the People 1st day of December, A.D. 1869 (Jackson, MS: Fisher and Kimball, 1870), by United States and Mississippi (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Declaration of Independence, and Constitution of the United States, To Which is Prefixed the Constitution of the State of New-York (New York: Printed by J. Bull, 1796), by United States and New York (State)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Our Dishonest Constitution (New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1914), by Allan L. Benson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A View of the Constitution of the United States of America (second edition; Philadelphia: P. H. Nicklin, 1829), by William Rawle (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The U.S. Constitution: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study, by Harry A. Butowsky (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

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