The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 16hInteresting findings from a day of hacking on legal search: 001
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There's an urban (rural?) myth that James I passed a law requiring the planting of Mulberry trees. He did promote them, but there was no statutory requirement. Rabbit hole here: shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/01... #History 136
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectSimon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thank you @statutes.bsky.social for enabling me to find the 1925 Statutory Rules and Orders on Lunacy buried deep within a Google Books pdf. I salute you!🫡🙏🖖https://statutes.org.uk/site/collections/british-and-irish/statutory-rules-orders-instruments/statutes.org.ukStatutory Rules, Orders, InstrumentsStatutory Instruments (known, prior to 1948, as Statutory Rules or Orders) are delegated legislation, powers allowed to the executive by the actual statutes. For a concise introduction, see Wikiped… 152
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectOpen Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 07/09/2026We’re delighted to announce that the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ) will join OLH in Spring 2027, moving from Taylor & Francis to our diamond open access model and becoming OLH’s first law journal! Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/986/openlibhums.orgOLH flips Oxford University journal away from a commercial publisherThis September, OLH welcomes another journal that is flipping from a commercial publishing model. The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ) will leave Taylor and Francis and move to OLH … 0183
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The text of this equivocal act: statutes.org.uk/site/the-sta... #LegalHistory #EnslavedHistory 047
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Really good map interface to Elizabethan Court of Requests cases, based on the National Archives catalogue, from @sharonhoward.bsky.social : inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/pos... #History #LegalHistoryinhermindseye.github.ioA Map of the Elizabethan Court of Requests – In Her Mind’s EyeTNA REQ 2 Pleadings by English and Welsh counties, 1558-1603 086
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 03/08/2026You can now quickly identify single female plaintiffs in Court of Requests cases by searching REQ 2 for the code "SFP". Over 2,500 hits. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_s...discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk 41511
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk 26934
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Text of the act here: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/4... #LegalHistorylegislation.gov.ukLegislation.gov.ukThe official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present. This website is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. Publishing all UK legislation is a core part of t... 053
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Statutes site currently down, due to problems with my hosts server. More news as I get it. 100
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The Irish Legislation Database is back, at a new URL: resources.qub.ac.uk/ild/ Be warned: there seem to be quite a few broken links. #LegalHistory #Historyresources.qub.ac.ukIrish Legislation Database : Home 034
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I had a blast at this year's British Legal History Conference at the University of Nottingham, where I was talking about my early findings from surveying the whole of the Star Chamber estreats of fines in TNA E 159. [1/3] 1168
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDr James Peate @jamesepeate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Today the government repealed the 1824 Vagrancy Act. The focus has been on rough sleeping but the government has also accidentality repealed one of the most anti-Romani pieces of legislation. I've been researching the act and here's why its interesting www.gov.uk/government/n... 1/5gov.ukRough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealedThe government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging. 36536
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026But a note of caution: bsky.app/profile/benj... 031
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Good riddance to this awful law: statutes.org.uk/site/the-sta... #LegalHistory 152
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectIrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I found a quite interesting book today. It's well indexed too, for example in case you were wondering if you were obliged to let a tiger stay in your establishment? I can see how that would be a gray area, but seemingly no... 2213
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectInternet Archive @archive.org · 12/06/2026On #LovingDay, explore the legal records behind Loving v. Virginia (1967), the Supreme Court case that struck down laws banning interracial marriage. The Internet Archive has digitized and made available the briefs, lower-court opinions, and related documents. archive.org/details/micr...archive.orgLoving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) (No. 395) : Supreme Court of the United States : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveCase name: Loving v. VirginiaOpinion filed: 1967-06-12Docket No.: 395Citations:• 18 L. Ed. 2d 1010• 87 S. Ct. 1817• 388 U.S. 1• 1967 U.S. LEXIS... 321870
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectLaw and Humanities @law-and-humanities.bsky.social · 09/06/2026New issue marks 100 years since first publication of Kafka's brilliant unfinished novel 'The Castle': guest editorial (Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko) and all research articles, essays, arts and book reviews now available on the website: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 12217
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectPeter Webster @peterwebster.bsky.social · 11/06/2026It's taken a while, but there's now an Open Access version of an essay of mine (the publisher offered no route to OA, with or without embargo). Come and satisfy all your canon law history needs: 'Parliament and the law of the Church of England, 1943–74 peterwebster.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...peterwebster.wordpress.com 113
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A case of LLM vs LLM: Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case www.404media.co/judge-learns... #LegalAI404media.coJudge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the CaseWhen two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses. 036
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectMitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026For anyone who published a book, article, or digital project on legal history between Jan.2025 and Dec.2026: you should apply to be featured in the ASLH's virtual event series for next yr--"Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27." Due June 30, 2026: aslh.net/virtual-book... (1/2)aslh.netMaking Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27 | American Society for Legal HistoryMaking Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Sponsored by the American Society for Legal History Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2026 The ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal Histo... 11815
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Not before time: France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery National assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #LegalHistory #EnslavedHistorytheguardian.comFrance overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slaveryNational assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed 121
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Precisely why I started the Statutes Project: to make legislation discoverable, useable and citable. Whilst there's some very bad citation practices by historians, it is also needlessly difficult, and the infrastructure is lacking. 093
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectTyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/05/2026🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjar.bsky.social's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below) 14754335
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026A bit easier to scroll: statutes.org.uk/site/the-sta... #LegalHistory 172
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 11/05/2026At the Restoration in 1660, it was agreed that Charles II's reign began immediately following the death of Charles I a decade earlier, essentially ignoring the Interregnum. Some documents were even retroactively given a regnal year, like this 1649 Commonwealth record dated 1 Car. 2 [E 133/145/72] 22913
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Do let me know if you hear from the project lead, and what they say. 120
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Some of this at least is on the Internet Archive, eg: web.archive.org/web/20250303... What exactly do you need from the ILD? Might be worth scraping the IA for the data. 131
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectIrishPhilosophy @irishphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Does anyone know what's happened to the Irish Legislation Database? When I go to www.qub.ac.uk/ild/ I get a not found message and a search isn't yielding anything. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Panicking just a little here...qub.ac.uk 7166
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectBritish History Online @bho.bsky.social · 21/04/2026For #NationalTeaDay, what I think is the first statute to mention Tea. Taxes it, of course. A Grant of certaine Impositions upon Beere Ale and other Liquors for the encrease of His Majestyes Revenue dureing His Life. www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-rea... #History 294
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectMerrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via @archive.org I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection. blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...blog.archive.orgU.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available | Internet Archive Blogs 4620234
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectRe:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🚨Tomorrow, @JudiciaryGOP & @HouseJudiciary hold a hearing on the PRO CODES Act. As SCOTUS has already ruled: “No one can own the law.” This bill threatens that precedent by extending copyright to public laws and standards, restricting your right to access the rules we live by. ⚖️🏛️ 103
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDr Zack White @zwhitehistory.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Race, Law and Empire, 1750-1850 Conference University of Southampton AND online 17th - 18th July 2026 Call for Papers extended by popular request. Full details below. Please share widely. Established, emerging researchers are very welcome. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk 01011
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 12/04/2026On 11 June 2026, I'm running an online intro to early modern legal records, part of The National Archives' Practical Archival Skills Training #TNAPAST workshops. More details can be found via the link. For accompanying on-site workshops, see the below thread www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-early...eventbrite.co.ukPAST Early Modern Legal: Online OverviewA one-day online introduction to Early Modern Legal records. 18969
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectMike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com · 16/04/2026Story time. Back in 2009, when I started CourtListener, I had the goal of collecting all the case law. I was young, naive, and I worked really hard at it. I gathered data from places like Public.Resource.org, and scraped what I could from other sources. 1/4 171
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Do you mean the continued use of regnals after his execution? They are used in the texts of the Acts & Ordnances to refer to previously passed laws. Or the use of plain dates? The Acts & Ordnances don't have regnals but are dated. www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac... 100
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026By my count, there's 122 subscribers named there. According to www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-londo... There were 353 by August 1799, a list of them being in the Port and River archive @ the Museum of London. 010
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The Port of London act 1799 www.legislation.gov.uk/gbla/Geo3/39... Lists (some?) subscribers in clause 38, and Commissioners in clause 130. HTH. 110
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectArthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Happily, our regnal year calculator - niche even by our standards - only covers the lifespan of the UK Parliament, so does not need to cope with regicide api.parliament.uk/regnal-yearsapi.parliament.ukUK Parliament session citationsSession citations for the UK Parliament. 031
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A fine instance of how problematic regnal calendars are. 142
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 08/04/2026In 1660, judges couldn't agree on which regnal year to use in the indictment against the regicides, as the crime of killing Charles I occurred on the last regnal day of Charles I's reign but also the first of Charles II's. So they just went with "30 Jan 1649" [from Sir John Kelyng's Reports] 48526
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectRhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 26/03/2026For the first time ever, **in 2026**, it will be legal in Missouri for pregnant women to divorce their husbands. divorce.law/guides/news/...divorce.lawMissouri Passes HB 1908: Pregnant Women Can Now Finalize DivorceMissouri Senate votes 29-0 to pass HB 1908 letting pregnant women finalize divorce. Takes effect August 28, 2026. First state to address this issue in 2026. 411950
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectSarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 22/03/2026And he's now offering an even more comprehensive list at: statutes.org.uk/site/collect...statutes.org.ukChronologicalThis page lists volumes of statutes in chronological order, from the Act of Union between England and Scotland, up to fifty years ago when government publications come into the public domain. The v… 244
Reposted by The Statutes ProjectDaniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Look, Statutes of the Realm is nice and all, but let's be honest, this illuminated 15th Century statute book is nicer. TNA E 164/10 1277
