FACULTY OF LAW OER LIST

General Collections

Mason OER Metafinder

Searches across notable OER collections including MERLOT, OASIS, and OER Commons

MERLOT: Law

Searches 90,000+ records with the option to search other OER collections and the web

OASIS: Law

Searches 380,000+ records from 90+ reputable OER sites

OASIS: Legal

Searches 380,000+ records from 90+ reputable OER sites

OER Commons: Law

Searches 50,000+ records of curated, high-quality OERs

Harvard Free Legal Research Sites

Free online legal research resources

The Teaching Commons

It brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.

H2O Open Casebooks (Harvard)

Make and share open-licensed casebooks and course materials. Over 180 casebooks have already been added to the collection. All materials are licensed to freely copy, reuse, and remix. Cases available via the CaseLaw Access Project.

Textbook

Open Textbook Library: Law

Textbooks used at higher education institutions

Law Textbooks and Full Courses

Books & Journals

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB): Law

Directory of academic, peer-reviewed books

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Legal Studies

Directory of high quality, peer-reviewed journals

E-Books Directory: Law

Books, documents, and lecture notes

Freebookcentre.net: Law

Technical books

Law Review Commons

The largest collection of free and open law review scholarship

University of California Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Law

Books from academic presses

Courses and Related Materials

BNC OER+

Courseware focused on holistic courses with easy customization

MIT OpenCourseWare: Legal Studies

Course content from MIT In addition to textbooks, students pay for access codes to gain access their course materials such as homework. There are now affordable alternative courseware available that work with OERs.

Subject List of Free & Low-Cost Textbooks

This list of free and low-cost textbooks is organized by subject.

Images, Videos, and Audio

Creative Commons Search

Images under creative commons licenses from museums and other sites (Wikimedia Commons, Flickr)

TED Talks: Law

TED Talks from experts on various topics.

Primary Sources

Legal Information Institute

The publication of various laws with explanations.

The United States Government Manual

Information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

World Legal Information Institute

This website offers free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.

Avalon Project

Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government

Google Dataset Search

Search across thousands of data repositories across the Web

Others

LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/criminal-law 
  2. https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=International%20Law 
  3. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/global-corruption-law-theory-practice-third-edition-ferguson
  4. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-the-american-criminal-justice-system 
  5. https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0c9b47a1-9309-470c-b83c-ed55f5e2a9ea 

 

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/DEMOCRACY

  1. https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=19377e5c-92cf-4214-b06e-ce6c7b007f62&contributor=&keyword=&subject 
  2. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/liberty-equality-and-due-process-cases-controversies-and-contexts-in-constitutional-law 

 

FINANCE

  1. https://libraryguides.lib.iup.edu/oer/business#s-lg-box-23668192 
  2. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/legal-aspects-of-corporate-management-and-finance 

 

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ BUSINESS LAW

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks?term=Law+of+Commercial+Transactions&commit=Go 
  2. https://cnx.org/contents/Rko_umjB@8.9:MXTQeFW9@6/Introduction https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/advanced-business-law-and-the-legal-environment
  3. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/foundations-of-business-law-and-legal-environment
  4. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/fundamentals-of-business-law-randall
  5.  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/law-of-commercial-transactions 



CONTRACTS

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/contract-doctrine-theory-practice-volume-1 
  2. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/contract-doctrine-theory-practice-volume-2 
  3. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/contract-doctrine-theory-and-practice-volume-3
  4.  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-story-of-contract-law-implementing-the-bargain
  5.  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-contracts-sales-and-product-liability 
  6. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-story-of-contract-law-formation
  7. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/american-contract-law-for-a-global-age
  8.  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/computer-aided-exercises-in-civil-procedure
  9. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/law-of-wills 
  10. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-law-of-trusts 

 

MARINE LAW

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/marine-law-and-policy-for-scientists-and-managers-1st-edition-campbell 

PROPERTY LAW

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-the-law-of-property-estate-planning-and-insurance 
  2. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/sales-and-leases-a-problem-based-approach 
  3. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/open-source-property-a-free-casebook 

 

 INTELLECTUAL PROPERETY

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/united-states-copyright-law 
  2. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/united-states-patent-law  
  3. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/united-states-trademark-law
  4. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/trademark-law-an-open-source-casebook-version-6-0  




GENDER

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-employment-discrimination 

TAXATION

  1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-ethics-of-tax-lawyering