Famous American Trials: Boston Massacre Trial
Resources relating to the trials of British soldiers who fired on a Boston crowd in 1770 (Douglas Linder)
The Court Structure of Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1860
A basic guide to the courts: ‘the intention is that researchers knowing only the name of the court whose documents they are consulting can easily determine its position in the judicial hierarchy, its predecessors and successors, and its general competence’ (Donald Fyson)
Dartford assizes in the sixteenth century
An abstract of criminal cases from Dartford tried at the Assize courts: gives a flavour of the types of offence tried at these important English courts (Dartford Archive)
Early Modern Crime, Law and Order bibliography
a broad-ranging themed bibliography of published secondary sources, searchable (EMR)
Famous American Trials: John Peter Zenger Trial
Resources relating to the 1735 trial of a Boston printer that is regarded as a landmark in the development of a free press (Douglas Linder)
Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the 18th Century
An essay examining the eighteenth-century English criminal justice system (David Friedman)
Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials
Selected materials for a useful teaching resource (Douglas Linder)
