This document provides a brief history of law books and law libraries and their impact on Western civilization. It discusses some of the earliest legal texts from ancient Mesopotamia including the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurabi. It then covers the development of law libraries and legal education at various universities in Europe and the spread of Roman and common law traditions. The document concludes by noting the transition to electronic legal research through services like LexisNexis and Westlaw and the increasing role of the internet and web resources.