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Law & Philosophy (DELPHI)

Resources for Law and Legal Studies

Databases

  • Military Legal Resources - Explore this collection from the Library of Congress which includes material from the William Winthrop Memorial Library at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School External in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

  • HeinOnline U.S. Congressional Documents Library - Users can access more than 3,300 scholarly journals, U.S. government documents, books, case law, international resources, and more.

  • The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1823–1978 - Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. Users will find transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

  • Criminal Justice Collection - Browse articles on law, law enforcement, security, terrorism, and more.

 

Websites

  • DiscoverGov - DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo

  • Federal Laws by Popular Name from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School

  • NOLO's Free Dictionary of Law Terms

  • Beginners' Guides - Blog postings by Library of Congress Law Librarians outlining the process of conducting legal research in various subjects.
  • The Articles of War - From the Lieber Institute at West Point
    •  Articles of War is a curated digital publication that offers a platform for timely analysis, debate and commentary around legal challenges arising from the contemporary battlefield. We aim to identify practical issues, provide clarity on the law, and bring operational perspectives into the U.S. and international discussions around the law of armed conflict.

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