[We have the following "plea for help from the legal history community," from Edward J. Balleisen, Duke University, about his invaluable website.]
Some
of you may have had occasion to make use of “Legal History on the Web,”
a gateway to online resources related to legal history. Several years
ago, Mitch Fraas (then a
Duke History doctoral student, now Curator of Digital Research Services and
Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania)
and I put this website together, which includes annotated links to
- Other Web Gateways to Legal History
- Library Research Guides
- Primary Source Databases/Web Archives
- Chronologies
- Journals
- Publishers with Legal History Lists
- Blogs
- Workshops, Seminars, and Working Groups
- Scholarly Associations and Networks
- Doctoral Programs in Legal History/Law and Society
- Reading Lists
- Syllabi
- Fellowships
- Grants
- Prizes
- Job Market for Legal History Positions
Since the initial construction of the site, the links and
descriptions have predictably crept more and more into the mists of the online
past. Some content has migrated or become unavailable; still extant sites
have morphed in new directions. This summer, Duke History doctoral
student Ashton Merck is taking on the task of bringing the site up to date.
If you are responsible for (or even just know about)
sites/webpages that require updates or that you think merit inclusion on “Legal
History on the Web,” please send along the relevant information to: Ashton
Merck at ashton.merck@duke.edu.
It would be helpful if you could also send along suggested text for the
annotation to the link, which needs to be short – just a few lines that convey
what the site has to offer (see current annotations for examples).
We especially would like current links to LEGAL HISTORY
SYLLABI, as these are especially prone to disappear with time.
Thanks in advance for your help in improving a community
resource for scholars/students/aficionados of legal history.
Ed Balleisen, Duke University