Research Guides: HIST 495: Trials in History: U.S. Government Resources

U.S. Government Resources

Numerous U.S. Government and commercial resources provide documentary access to U.S. civil, criminal, and military trials including:

Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Features biographies of presidentially appointed federal judges from 1789-present.
Federal Rules of Evidence
Rules governing introduction of evidence in civil and criminal trials in U.S. federal courts.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Established by Congress in 1978, this Court entertains applications made by the United States Government for approval of electronic surveillance, physical search, and certain other forms of investigative actions for foreign intelligence purposes.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rules
Historic Federal Courthouses
Courtesy: Federal Judicial Center
United States Code
U.S. laws broken into 54 different title areas or subjects.

NexisUni
Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis -- including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
ProQuest Congressional Publications
Provides access to historic and recent U.S. Government publications from 1789-1969 on including U.S. Congressional Serial Set documents, federal agency reports, congressional committee publications including reports on legislation, statistics, maps, and congressional debates.
Coverage includes Congressional Record and predecessor publication debates from 1789-1997 and Executive branch agency publications not included in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1789-1932.

Manual for Courts Martials-United States
2019 edition.
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Laws governing U.S. military personnel.
United States Sentencing Commission
Establishes sentencing policies & practices for federal courts.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Highest court for U.S. military personnel. Features text of legal opinions from Oct. 1996-present.