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What’s New in HeinOnline: April 2025 Content Release

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Whether you’re venturing into new areas of study or deepening your existing expertise, HeinOnline has a wealth of fresh resources you need to support and inspire your research. We’re excited to share our latest content release where you’ll discover valuable content for every stage of your scholarly journey.

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APRIL 2025 CONTENT RELEASE SUMMARY
Updated databases: 72
New titles: 
1,610
New volumes: 
2,137
New pages added last month: 
413,042
Total pages in HeinOnline: 
238,078,828

Major Database Updates

We’ve added a ton of content to some of our most popular HeinOnline databases! Check out the substantial additions this month:

  • Law Journal Library: 6 new active serials
  • U.S. Congressional Documents:
    • 79 congressional service reports
    • 243 congressional hearings
    • 18 committee prints
  • UK Parliamentary & Government Publications (Public Information Online): 623 new titles
  • Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases: 153 new titles
  • West Academic Casebooks Archive: 76 new titles
  • Legal Classics: 73 new titles
  • American Law Institute Library: 42 new titles

Expand each collection below to discover additional updates and our favorite titles from each addition.

With the April content release, we added seven new journals, six of which are active serials. These new journals cover subjects including water law, criminal law and procedure, education law, and more!

Environmental Forum
Vols. 1-42#2 (1982-2025)
Published by Environmental Law Institute
Subjects: Environmental Law; Climate Change; Water Law; Administrative Law

The Environmental Forum, an award-winning membership journal, delivers more than soundbites with in-depth articles, columns by the profession’s thought leaders, and the inside story on today’s critical challenges and tomorrow’s sunrise issues.

Gaziantep University Faculty of Law Journal
2023-2024
Published by Gaziantep University Faculty of Law
Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Criminal Procedure; Legal Practice and Procedure; Evidence

Gaziantep University Faculty of Law Journal is a refereed national academic journal published twice a year (December, June). Gaziantep University Faculty of Law Journal accepts articles from all areas of law and original and scientific studies of an interdisciplinary nature prepared on issues related to the field of law for publication. It also includes works in the form of articles, translations, book reviews, and decision reviews. Its publication languages are Turkish and English.

LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research
Vols. 1-3#1 (2023-2025)
Published by Mr. Pranjal Rai
Subjects: Education Law; Research; Intellectual Property Law; Gender and the Law

The LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research is your gateway to scholarly legal exploration and enlightenment. It stands as a beacon of open access knowledge, offering an online platform for the exchange of cutting-edge legal research. This quarterly, peer-reviewed international journal is committed to fostering intellectual dialogue and disseminating high-quality legal scholarship. It is dedicated to providing a dynamic forum for legal experts, scholars, and enthusiasts to share their insights, findings, and perspectives with a global audience.

Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
Vols. 1-13#1 (2009-2025)
Published by Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Faculty of Syariah and Law
Subjects: Islamic Law; Human Rights Law; Religion and the Law; Judges

The Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law attracts a diverse international audience, showcasing multidisciplinary research across all topical themes of Syariah and law. It addresses issues that transcend both intellectual and geographic boundaries and reports empirical results with broad implications. With guidance from an esteemed editorial board and meticulously selected reviewers, it focuses on exploring significant, contemporary, and ground-breaking discussions in the areas of Syariah and law, as well as welcomes new insights and directions for study in both fields. Published three times per year by the faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law is essential reading for academics, regulators, and experts in Syariah and law. The editorial team is committed to open and critical dialogue and encourages scholarly papers from different disciplines, using diverse methodologies, and from all corners of the globe.

Revista do Centro Academico Afonso Pena
Vols. 1-29 (1996-2024)
Published by Centro Academico Afonso Pena
Subjects: Human Rights Law; Environmental Law; Criminal Law and Procedure, Jurisprudence

Centro Acadêmico Afonso Pena views scientific research as a tool for reflection, the advancement of legal experience, individual development, and societal progress. Accordingly, it emphasizes topics related to law, both theoretical and practical. It also welcomes work from related fields such as philosophy, political science, international relations, sociology, history, economics, urban studies, anthropology, and others.

Suffolk University Law Review Online Edition
2013-2024; 2013-2016 Article 2 are External to HeinOnline
Published by Suffolk University
Subjects: Administrative Law; Business and the Law; Consumer Protection Law; Education Law

In 2012, Suffolk University Law Review started publishing the Online Edition, an online-only journal featuring in-depth commentary on major cases from across the country. Beginning in 2015, the Online Edition will also become the exclusive place to find the Court Monitor, in which you will find weekly digests of regional appellate decisions as well as breaking news related to major cases from around New England. With the Court Monitor, the Suffolk University Law Review Online Edition aims to become a valuable resource for professionals and students.

Two titles were updated and 42 titles were added, including:

Developments in Legal Ethics: Representing a Corporate Employee as an Individual during an Investigation; Current Issues regarding the Attorney-Client Privilege: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials, May 14, 2006, Washington, D.C.
1v. Philadelphia: American Law Institute – American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 2006

Fundamentals of Condemnation Law and Land Valuation: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials
1v. Philadelphia: American Law Institute – American Bar Association Continuing Professional Education, 2006

Resource Materials for Securities Litigation
1v. Philadelphia: The Committee, 1975

Seven titles were added, including:

America’s Race Heritage
1v. New York: Arno Press, 1977
Burr, Clinton Stoddard

American Civil Liberties Union: Annual Reports
44v. New York: New York Times, 1920-1969

Near Side of the Mexican Question
1v. New York: George H. Doran, 1921
Stowell, Jay S.

Voice of the Negro, 1919
1v. New York: E. P. Dutton Company, 1920
Kerlin, Robert T.

Four titles were added, including:

Cases with Opinions of Eminent Counsel, in Matters of Law, Equity, and Conveyancing: Alphabetically Arranged and Digested under Distinct Heads
2v. London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, 1791
Burton, Philip

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty: Commencing with the Judgments of the Right Hon. Sir William Scott
6v. London: J. Butterworth and J. White, 1801-1808 2nd ed.
Robinson, Christopher; Scott, William

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the Time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke
3v. London: Printed for J. Wenman, 1781-1782 2nd ed., rev., corr.
Atkyns, John Tracy; Hardwicke, Philip Yorke

Three titles were added, including:

History of Virginia, in Four Parts
1v. Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1855
Beverley, Robert

73 titles were added, including:

American Precedents of Declarations
1v. Salem: Barnard B. Macanulty, Printed by Manning & Loring, 1802
Perham, Benoni

American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy
11v. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927-1963
Bemis, Samuel Flagg; et al., Editors

Analytical Digest of the Equity Cases Decided in the Courts of the Several States, and of the United States, from the Earliest Period: And of the Decisions in Equity, in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, in England and Ireland
3v. Springfield: G. and C. Merriam, 1837
Barbour, O. L.; Harrington, E. B.

Crown Circuit Companion: In Which Is Incorporated the Crown Circuit Assistant
1v. London: S. Sweet, 1836 10th ed.
Stubbs, W.; et al.

Dominion Winding-up Act
1v. Montreal: Wilson & Lafleur, Limited, 1913
Lord, Fortunat, Editor

Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice
1v. New York: J. Cockcroft & Company, 1874
Greenleaf, Simon; Tischendorf, Constantin

Trial of Jesus: A Judicial Review of the Law and Facts of the World’s Most Tragic Court Room Trial
1v. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1927
Thompson, George W.

11 titles were added, including:

Battles of the United States, by Sea and Land
2v. New York: Johnson, Fry, and Company, 1858
Dawson, Henry B.

Records of the Revolutionary War: Containing the Military and Financial Correspondence of Distinguished Officers
1v. New York: Pudney & Russell, 1858
Saffell, W. T. R.

Two titles were updated and 20 titles were added, including:

Government of the City of New York: A Survey of Its Organization and Functions
1v. New York: J.J. Little & Ives, 1915
Wallstein, Leonard M.

Three titles were added, including:

History of New Amsterdam; or, New York as It Was in the Days of the Dutch Governors
1v. New York: R.T. Young, 1854
Davis, A.

Seven titles were added, including:

History of the Popes, Their Church and State, and Especially of Their Conflicts with Protestantism in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
3v. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896
Ranke, Leopold von; Foster, E., Translator

Inquiry into the Principles of Church Authority; or Reasons for Recalling My Subscription to the Royal Supremacy
1v. Baltimore: Hedian & O’Brien, 1855
Wilberforce, Robert Isaac

One title was updated and 21 titles were added, including:

Federal Securities Act Handbook
1v. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1977 4th ed.
Thomas, Eliot B.; Shields, Robert E.

Reports of Cases Decided in the Oregon Tax Court
18v. Salem: State Printing, 1962-2006

Subprime Mortgage Crisis: From A to Z: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials
1v. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 2008

There was a large update to the U.S. Congressional Documents database. See below for a breakdown:

79 new congressional hearings
243 new Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports
18 new committee prints

Here are some notable titles:

Congressional Hearings

1000 Days of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Hearing Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation In Europe U.S. Helsinki Commission, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Second Session
Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2025

Need for Transparency in Artificial Intelligence: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, First Session
Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2025

Congressional Research Service Reports

Noncitizen Eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP
Updated March 10, 2025 IF11912
Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Kolker, Abigail F.

Social Media: Content Dissemination and Moderation Practices
Updated March 20, 2025 R46662
Cho, Clare Y.; Zhu, Ling

Committee Prints

Tax Reform (Administration and Public Witnesses): Public Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, on the Subject of Tax Reform, Part 3
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1975

76 titles were added, including:

International Finance: Transactions, Policy, and Regulation
1v. New York: Foundation Press, 1999 6th ed.
Scott, Hal S.; Wellons, Philip A.

Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz’s Torts: Cases and Materials
1v. New York: Foundation Press, 2015 13th ed.
Schwartz, Victor E.; et al.

23 titles were added, including:

Indian States and Indian Federation
1v. Cambridge: The University Press, 1942
De Montmorency, Geoffrey

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Researchers can explore landmark opinions, analyze the evolution of constitutional doctrine, and trace judicial reasoning across centuries. Whether you’re a legal scholar, student, or history enthusiast, this library provides valuable insight into the inner workings and enduring influence of the Supreme Court. Delve into the decisions that have shaped American law and society, just in time for the Court’s spring session.

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