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• Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #374, 5 volumes, 1926-1937), ed. by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall and James J. Hayden, contrib. by David Maydole Matteson (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Panis: An Historical Outline of Canadian Indian Slavery in the Eighteenth Century, by James Cleland Hamilton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood (Coloured Man): Giving an Account of His Birth; The Period He Was Held in Slavery; His Release, and Removal to Canada, etc; Together With an Account of the Underground Railroad (Toronto: Smallwood; James Stephens, 1851), by Thomas Smallwood (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, Related by Themselves; With an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada (Boston: J. P. Jewett and Co.; et al.,, 1856), by Benjamin Drew (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Hair-Breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom (Manchester: W. Bremner, 1861), by William Troy (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"), From 1789 to 1881 (revised and enlarged edition; London, ON: Schuyler, Smith, and Co., 1881), by Josiah Henson, ed. by John Lobb, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sturge, S. Morley, Wendell Phillips, and John Greenleaf Whittier (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Josiah, The Maimed Fugitive: A True Tale (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873), by Henry Bleby
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (Boston: A. D. Phelps, 1849), by Josiah Henson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Truth Stranger Than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1858), by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876 (London: Christian Age Office, 1876), by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sturge, and S. Morley (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, by Josiah Henson, ed. by Samuel Atkins Eliot (Gutenberg ebook)
• Father Henson's Story of His Own Life: Truth Stranger Than Fiction, by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg ebook)

• The refugees from slavery in Canada West. (Boston, Wright & Potter, printers, 1864), by S. G. Howe (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave (London: W. Tweedie, 1863), ed. by Harper Twelvetrees (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• Die Fortschritte der kinetischen Gastheorie. (Braunschweig, F. Vieweg & Sohn, 1919), by Gustav Jäger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Commentario alle Pandette (Milano, L. Vallardi, 1888-1909), by Christian Friedrich von Glück, Carlo Fadda, Filippo Serafini, August Ubbelohde, Carl Salkowski, Karl Czyhlarz, Hugo Burckhard, Burkard Wilhelm Leist, Christian Friedrich Mühlenbruch, Johann August Hellfeld, Karl Ludwig Arndts von Arnesberg, and Pietro Cogliolo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Private law among the Romans from the Pandects / (Littleton, Colo. : F.B. Rothman, 1994), by John George Phillimore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Diritto delle pandette. Prima traduzione sola consentita dall'autore e dagli editori, (Torino, Unione tipografico-editrice, 1902-<1904>), by Bernhard Windscheid (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ausführliche Erläuterung der Pandecten nach Hellfeld ein Commentar (Erlangen, Verlag von Palm & Enke (Adolph Enke), 1871-1881), by Christian Friedrich von Glück, Hugo Burckhard, Eduard Fein, Christian Friedrich Mühlenbruch, Johann August Hellfeld, and Karl Ludwig Arndts von Arnesberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ausführliche erläuterung der Pandecten nach Hellfeld : ein commentar / (Erlangen : Johann Jacob Palm, 1797-1896), by Christian Friedrich von Glück (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey, Relative to The Manumission of Negroes and Others Holden in Bondage (Burlington, NJ: Printed for "The New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," by I. Neale, 1794), by New Jersey Supreme Court, ed. by Joseph Bloomfield and New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
  • 1940 facsimile reprint: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • page images (which might not be in order) at hsp.org

• The Case of Dred Scott in The United States Supreme Court: The Full Opinions of Chief Justice Taney And Justice Curtis, and Abstracts of the Opinions of the Other Judges; With an Analysis of the Points Ruled, and Some Concluding Observations (New York: Greeley and McElrath, 1857), by United States Supreme Court, contrib. by Roger Brooke Taney and Benjamin Robbins Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Cases on Principal and Agent, Selected from Decisions of English and American Courts (St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1914), ed. by Edwin C. Goddard (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Pasicrisie Internationale: Historie Documentaire des Arbitrages Internationaux (in French; Berne: Impr. Stämpfli et cie., 1902), by Henri La Fontaine
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Decisiones Seu Sententiae (in Latin; volumes online for 1909-1922), by Catholic Church Rota Romana (partial serial archives)

• The Case of Dred Scott in The United States Supreme Court: The Full Opinions of Chief Justice Taney And Justice Curtis, and Abstracts of the Opinions of the Other Judges; With an Analysis of the Points Ruled, and Some Concluding Observations (New York: Greeley and McElrath, 1857), by United States Supreme Court, contrib. by Roger Brooke Taney and Benjamin Robbins Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Collection of Problems and Exercises in the Civil and Commercial Law of Egypt (Cairo: National Printing Dept., 1904), by Maurice Sheldon Amos and Pierre Arminjon
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The Court of Chivalry, 1634-1640, by Richard Cust and Andrew Hopper (illustrated HTML at British History Online)

• Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Trial Practice (Chicago: Callaghan and Co., 1912), ed. by Edson R. Sunderland (multiple formats at archive.org)

• African Human Rights Law Reports (2000-2011), by University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights (partial serial archives)

• A Collection of Problems and Exercises in the Civil and Commercial Law of Egypt (Cairo: National Printing Dept., 1904), by Maurice Sheldon Amos and Pierre Arminjon
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals, by United States Court of Military Appeals (partial serial archives)

• Dignity and Rights of the Sewerage and Allied Workers (New Delhi: Human Rights Law Network, 2011), ed. by Sarita Bhoi, contrib. by India Supreme Court (PDF at hrln.org)

• The Case of William Eyre, Esq. concerning his right to the half barony of Shelelah, and castle of Carnow in Ireland, now in the possession of the Right Honourable William Earl of Strafford, truly stated, and humbly presented to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, and both Houses of Parliament. ([London : s.n., 1670?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• In Liberty's Shadow: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security (New York: Human Rights First, 2004), by Eleanor Acer and Archana Pyati (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• The Confessions of the Countess of Strathmore, Written by Herself, Carefully Copied from the Original, Lodged in Doctor's Commons (London: Printed for W. Locke, 1793), by Mary Eleanor Bowes Strathmore (page images at HathiTrust)

• Society sensations, (New York, E. P. Dutton & company, [1922]), by Charles Kingston (page images at HathiTrust)

• The effect of a bill exhibited in Parliament by Sir Francis Englefield, Barronet ([London : s.n., 1621]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Seuerall answers to the said points. ([London : s.n., 1621]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Case of Jonathan Robbins, examined by Charles Pinckney, Esq. senator in Congress for South Carolina, and late governor of that state. ; To the citizens of the United States. (Baltimore: : --printed by Warner & Hanna no. 2, N. Gay-Street., 1799), by Charles Pinckney (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A true account how Mr. Reading's house at Santost happened to be burnt ([London : s.n., 1700?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Cases of Habeas Corpus, Decided by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, at the June Term, 1863, by North Carolina Supreme Court (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Insurance Law Journal (partial serial archives)

• Lumber Legal Opinions, contrib. by National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association. Bureau of Information. Legal Department (Gutenberg ebook)

• Lumber Legal Opinions, contrib. by National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association. Bureau of Information. Legal Department (Gutenberg ebook)

• To the most honourable assembly of knights, citizens, and burgesses of the House of Parliament the humble petition of the adventurers in the ship called the Pearle. ([London : s.n., 1621?]), by Pearle (Ship) and England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Decisiones Seu Sententiae (in Latin; volumes online for 1909-1922), by Catholic Church Rota Romana (partial serial archives)

• Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism Within the Law (Israel: Israel Supreme Court, 2004), by Israel Supreme Court (PDF with commentary at Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

• Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals, by United States Court of Military Appeals (partial serial archives)

• Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism Within the Law (Israel: Israel Supreme Court, 2004), by Israel Supreme Court (PDF with commentary at Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

• Decisions of the United States Department of the Interior, by United States Department of the Interior (full serial archives)

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