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Precedent from lectlaw.com
http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p069.htm

The text of the Code of Hammurabi
http://www.ushistory.org/civ/4c.asp

Colonial Period English Common Law
http://law.jrank.org/pages/11876/Colonial-Period-English-Common-Law.html

The Power of Precedent
http://www.wired.com/2013/10/nsa-smith-purse-snatching/