Court & Legal Records: Values & Uses

Laws and legal decisions reflect all aspects of society.

The potential value and uses of court records may be used for:

Examples:

The potential value and uses of court records may be used for:

  • Business history (patent law, etc)
  • Legal history. How did the judiciary of the day interpret and apply specific laws? (ie. aboriginal land claims)
  • Labour history (unions, strikes, etc.)
  • Social history (poor law, divorce law, medical relief, etc.)
  • Biography/Genealogy

         Value and uses of private legal papers:

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