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Advancing Genealogist - Law: Illinois

Resources for Lake County, Illinois; Illinois; historic law; post-adoption; continuing education; and forensic genealogy. Debbie Mieszala is a professional genealogist and popular lecturer for genealogical seminars and institutes.

Black code of Illinois (Internet Archive)

by Eastman, Zebina

Caselaw Access Project - Illinois

The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. The goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library.

Google Books - Illinois Statutes

Search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state. For each book, view the book within your web browser or hover over "EBOOK - FREE" and choose the ebook option you wish to download.

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Illinois Statutes

Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.

Historic Chicago Legal Periodicals

The Advancing Genealogist's library of linked digitized legal periodicals includes the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and the Chicago Legal News.

Historic Northwest Territory Law

The Advancing Genealogist's Online Law Library page of Historic Northwest Territory law links.

Illinois Black Codes

Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes

The current state statutory law.

Internet Archive Texts - American Libraries - Illinois Statutes

Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.

Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online - Illinois

A directory of law resources for the state: Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislative, Legal Guides, General Sources.

The Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols. | Online Library of Liberty

Francis Newton Thorpe was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to edit a 7 volume collection of Colonial, Federal and State constitutions in 1906. The volumes are in alphabetical order, with Volume 1 dealing with United States-Alabama-District of Columbia; Vol. 2 Florida-Kansas; Vol. 3 Kentucky-Massachusetts; Vol. 4 Michigan-New Hampshire; Vol. 5 New Jersey-Philippine Islands; Vol. 6 Porto Rico-Vermont; Vol. 7 Virginia-Wyoming.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. II Florida—Kansas (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Volumes I-VII (HathiTrust)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe. Various options for a full view of each volume.