The following law library databases are available for Liberty University residential and online use.
Directory with biographical information for more than 20,000 judges in all levels of federal, state, and local courts with jurisdictional, structural, and geographical facts on the courts they serve, as provided by federal sources and by the individual states.
The Aspen Learning Library includes the complete collection of titles from the most popular study aids and also offers over 200 videos with coverage of 21 course areas. Each video covering a fundamental legal concept is written and presented by a law professor or legal practitioner, providing you with additional tools and resources that can be accessed 24/7 to succeed in today’s challenging law school environment.
Law school access only; registration and password required for extended features. For more information see Aspen Libguide
Full-text primary materials such as the Internal Revenue Code as well as editorial research materials, productivity tools, and news related to tax, accounting, finance, and trade.
Combined search of 12 EBSCO databases that focus on law and allied disciplines of philosophy, politics, and economics. Provides journal and magazine articles supplemented by other sources (book reviews, conference papers, government documents, etc.).
Clear and succinct introductions to major areas of law from a global and comparative perspective, written by the world’s leading scholars.
Current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world. Provides the researcher with relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, indications of currency of the legal materials listed, and selected references to secondary sources in English.
Retrospective database known for its coverage of more than 3,200 law reviews and journals. Also provides access to U.S. congressional documents and serials, state session laws, legal classics, federal regulations, and federal agency case law, among many other sources.
Provides a collection of legal treatises, historical records, and works from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Providing broad coverage, the collection enables detailed research on centuries of major events of legal history, from public policy and taxation to contract law, sustainable development concerns, and issues of war and peace.
Full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection comprises over 21,000 monographs and materials regarding British Commonwealth and American law, with 14,900 titles from the 19th century and 7,100 titles from 1900-1926. The collection includes casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches. The collection is of interest to scholars and patrons interested in domestic and international law, legal history, business and economics, politics and government, national defense, criminology, religion, education, labor and social welfare, and military justice.
This collection complements the Making of Modern Law treatise collection. Based on holdings of the law libraries of Harvard, Yale, and the Library of the Bar of the City of New York, this collection comprises thousands of books, pamphlets, transcripts, and other unofficially published accounts of trials.
Analytic coverage of constitutional law topics in a comparative context. The encyclopedia articles address the essence, character, development, and history of constitutional law from a global perspective.
Peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of international law, both substantive and procedural.
The complete text of twenty National Consumer Law Center treatises, integrating pleadings, practice tips, and analysis of 50 states’ law. Topics include credit reporting, debt collection, consumer credit, foreclosures, mortgage servicing, and student loans.
Law school access only; registration and password required.
Home of peer-reviewed journals published by Oxford University Press and learned societies from around the world. Covers several disciplines, but Subject filter allows results to be limited to those in the broad category of law or in various specialized areas of law.
Full-text collection containing nearly 11 million pages of over 350,000 records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court during the period 1832-1978. Approximately 150,000 U.S. Supreme Court cases are featured, the majority consisting of those for which the Court did not give a full opinion.
Full-text business-related research database. Libraries include Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking, Corporate Governance, Exchanges & SROs, Federal Energy Guidelines, Government Contracts, Human Resources, International Business, IP/IT, Mergers & Acquisitions, Law Practice, Products Liability & Safety, Securities, and Transportation Law.
These law specific databases and more can be found through Jerry Falwell Library
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The following websites provide government legal resources online for free.