The Harvard Law School library has approximately 40 million pages of case law, which is currently being digitized and scanned so the public can view it for free.

It's the second-largest collection in the country, following the one at the Library of Congress. It includes civil and criminal case law decisions from every state and federal court, WBUR reports.

"We want the law, as expressed in court decisions, to be as widely distributed and as available as possible online to promote access to justice by means of access to legal information," Adam Ziegler, managing director of the school's Library Innovation Lab, told the Boston's National Public Radio station. He leads the lab's Caselaw Access Project. Continue Reading