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Topics – Books for Law Students PDF – Legal Books Online
The topic links below lead to Internet Archive search results related to law books online and books for legal practice. Each link opens a books-and-documents search focused on a particular topic.
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- Administration of Justice
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- Bible and law
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- Children – Legal status, laws, etc.
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- Duty of loyalty
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- Espionage – Law and legislation
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- Executive Power
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- Family Law – Divorce Books
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- Women – Legal status, laws, etc.
Court Document Collections
RECAP US Federal Court Documents
US Federal Courts
The documents in this collection are from the US Federal Courts. A large collection come from the federal government’s project for Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). The PACER Service Center is the Federal Judiciary’s centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records. For more information on the RECAP project, visit https://free.law/recap . Here are links to the document collections from a few well-known cases: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010. Bernie Madoff $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme, Arrested 2008. Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Financial Services 2008. Inappropriate Distribution of Prescription Opiates 2017. U.S. v. Google 2020 (Search Engine Monopoly). State of California v. Trump 2026 (Interference in Elections). Dominion Voting Systems v. My Pillow, Inc. 2021.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs 1830-2010
U.S. Government Documents
Supreme Court materials fall into two broad categories: the opinions issued by the Court and the much larger body of briefs and filings submitted in each case. The briefs, petitions, and supporting documents submitted to the Court across this long history provide a detailed record of how legal arguments, social concerns, and political priorities have evolved over time. As a corpus, these materials offer a rich window into the development of American law and public policy. 124,000 documents.
Open Access – Books for Law Students PDF – Legal Books Free Download
The Open Access books and other materials below are modern works made freely available online by universities, academic publishers, the Library of Congress, and other organizations. Many reflect current scholarship and research. They include pdf books for law students and legal books.
Some works may only be read online, but many can also be downloaded as PDF or EPUB files.
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