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A vast digital archive of historical and legal documents from around the world.

For nearly 50 years, LLMC has collected, preserved, and digitized historical documents from around the world to safeguard these valuable resources and create a comprehensive, searchable digital archive.

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What is LLMC?

LLMC is a nonprofit library consortium which provides provides access to global historic and legal documents through our database. As a nonprofit organization, we focus on the preservation and digitization of at-risk materials, ensuring their longevity and accessibility. Our collection spans jurisdictions, historical periods, and legal systems, offering a rich collection and resource for historians, researchers, attorneys, and scholars.

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What can you expect to find in LLMC’s digital archive of rare historical texts? Check out an overview of the archive below.

Source Types

Agencies
Codes
Constitutional
Executive
Judicial
Laws
Legislative
Newspapers
Periodicals
References
Treatises
Trials

Source Locations

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bohemia (Kingdom) (To 1918)
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cameroon (Republic)
Canada
Cape Verde
Chad
Chile
China (Historic & The People’s Republic)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Periodicals
Reference
United Kingdom
United States
Kiribati
Korea (To 1948)
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia (including Macedonia (Republic))
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Portuguese Timor (1702-1975)
Qatar
Romania
Russia (Empire to 1917)
Russia (Federation, 1991- )
Russia (Soviet Republic, 1917-1991)
Rwanda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa (1873-1899)
Samoa (Western)
São Tomé e Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union (1917-1991)
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts/Nevis (federated with Anguilla to 1980)
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan (ROC)
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Togo (British)
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia (1918-2006)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Special Collections

Ancient Legal Systems
Anglo-American Case Reporters/Encyclopedias
Anglo-American Legal Periodicals
Anglo-American Legal Reference
Anglo-American Legal Treatises
British Empire Studies
Canon Law Collection
Comparative Law
Drew Days III Archive
Dutch Colonial Studies/Nederlands-koloniale Rijk Studies
Early State Records
Foreign Official Gazettes
General Works
Hindu Law
Historic Jurisdictions
Islamic Law
Jewish Law
Legal Bibliography
Legal Philosophy
Legal Reports (Publications of the Law Library of Congress)
Military Law Collection
Native American Collection
Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources
Pacific Studies Collection
Roman Law
Social Law Library’s Massachusetts Collection
Yale Blackstone Collection
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I was able to access the database [LLMC Digital]! And holy cow,
it is exactly what I needed — I’ve been looking for some of this material for weeks and your site it’s taken me five minutes to find. I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to personally help me out here, I am beyond impressed with this service!

Jack Kieffaber

Harvard Law Student

*Thank you* to everyone at LLMC Digital responsible for adding material from South Asia (especially India). You have created the best collection of digitized law reports from colonial India that I know of–anywhere. These materials are hard to find even in India, and are in fragile condition here in the US (and in the UK), so this is a huge service you are doing for scholars worldwide. I am a huge fan of LLMC. In fact, I could not do my research without it, especially during the pandemic!

Dr. Mitra Sharafi

Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School

I want to congratulate LLMC for having a rare online publication we needed: La Graunde Abridgement, Anthony Fitzherbert, 1470-1538. It was a wonderful find for us to be able to pass along to our Legal History Professor. Much appreciated.

Judy Janes

Director of the Law Library & Lecturer in Law,
UC Davis School of Law

With access to LLMC Digital, Creighton University Law Library has been able to fill gaps in its historical materials that we would otherwise have to try and borrow from other libraries. By having the cataloging records in our ILS, we have given our patrons full access to a wealth of information that otherwise they would not discover.

Heather Buckwalter

Serials/Acquisitions Librarian,
Creighton University Law Library

LLMC-Digital provides an extremely valuable service by preserving legal titles in multiple formats for future generations. As a law librarian, I believe it is my responsibility to the public to support these efforts.

Stefanie S. Pearlman

Professor of Law Library & Reference Librarian,
Schmid Law Library University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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