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Examine the documents of American Legal History from this web site by Cullen Professor of History and Law, Robert C. Palmer of the University of Houston.
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In this article by Greg Bailey you will learn how Blackstone's lectures on the law became the blueprints for America's laws and leaders.
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Learn about Blackstone's view of the law on this sight.
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From Professor Robert C. Palmer, examine these documents on English Legal History. These are the course materials he uses in his class on English law.
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This is the act that gave the Supreme Court of the United States its powers to hear more cases. This act was passed into law in 1801. This is the same act that Marshall used to strengthen the Supreme Court.
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This web site is a compilation of the debates in Congress over our Nations laws. This is supplied by the United States The Library of Congress National Digital Library Program and the Law Library of Congress, as part of the American Memory Collections.
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The Avalon Project of Yale University contains information and historic Law documents.
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This is a one page description of what flogging was all about in Germany during the 18th and 19th centuries. These are extracts from old German Books. This is from Colin Farrell's World Corporal Punishment Research Web site.
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From the Federal Judicial Center Web site you can learn about the history of the Federal Judiciary of the United states.
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From the United States Marshall's Service Web site, read this short history of the service and what their duties are.
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Read this treaties on French law according to Charles de Montesquieu. This particular edition is located on the Constitution Society Web site.
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This page found on the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of the Continental line's Web site, contains information on the crimes and punishments of the Continental army of 1777 and 1778. This information is from the Orderly book of Jacob Turner, member of the 3rd NC Regt of the NC Brigade.
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A good resource to discover the law of the United States as it's applied in the cases of the Supreme Court. It also has a good history of the Court.
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The Oyez Project, has information about all the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Here.
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From the Maryland State Archives read the transcribed minutes of the Admiralty court (1754-1775). It takes a while to download though, but worth the wait.
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In this essay by Philip D. Jones, you will learn about this riot over official incompetence and deception, according to the author. This article is from the Journal of British Studies.
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Take a look at Fries Rebellion over taxes in 1799.
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From the Catholic Encyclopedia Web site, read about the Gordon Riots in England from June 2nd to June 9th, 1780.
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This article by Mike Hall, gives us a quick look at the life of Blackbeard,a.k.a, Edward Teach.
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This page from the National Park Service describes the infamous hangout of Americas River Pirates of the 18th century.
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A look at Pirates in the Caribbean in the 18th century. This page has short biographies of some of the most famous pirates of that time.
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From the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, read about the pirates of the Bahamas.
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This site has a collection of Images of famous, or if you prefer, infamous pirates of the 18th century.
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This article takes a look at the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution as it relates to today's application. In this instance, the contriversial spying by the N.S.A. on American citizens without proper cause and warrants.
