The purpose of this web site is to provide insight into the history and judicial process of Maryland based on the surviving evidence contained in Maryland court cases at all levels of decision making within the Maryland Judiciary.   It is an independent web site edited by us, and by other  scholars who express an interest in participating.  It has no current institutional affiliation but all papers or abstracts on line here are also intended to be available through the Social Science Research Network (http://www.ssrn.com/).  It presents papers or abstracts of papers on Maryland history derived from court records and linked to images of the actual documentary sources upon which they are based. The site is intended to encourage clear, accurate, and effective use of historical evidence in the writing of history, and in the preparation of legal briefs.  It is meant to help supply the need within the Social Sciences (which includes Law and History) for clearly delineating and documenting what we know about the past and how we know it.  Too much of what is called 'history' in today's world is poorly documented and inadequately researched.  By readable example, we hope to promote better standards of research and documentation among scholars and commercial writers of Maryland's past.

We begin with the work of our seminars, but welcome submissions from other professors, as long as they meet the minimal criteria:  they begin with a Maryland court case, are clearly written,  and are well-documented.

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See also:  http://mdhistory.net