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ForgeMesh Library — Law & Criminology Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library — Law & Criminology Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books in the Law & Criminology category with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Law & Criminology — 527 public-domain books including By Advice of Counsel, The Life of John Marshall, Volume 4: The building of the nation, 1815-1835, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books in the Law & Criminology category, including titles (e.g. 'By Advice of Counsel', 'The Life of John Marshall Volume 4', 'The Journal of Negro History Volume 6'), along with drill-down routes that allow full-text retrieval of each book. No license or API key is required.
Example use cases
Legal history research assistant
“Pull me the top 20 public-domain law and criminology books from the ForgeMesh library so I can find historical legal treatises for my research paper.”
Classic criminology reading list
“Give me a list of up to 50 free public-domain criminology books — I'm building a reading list for a criminology course and need titles I can access the full text of.”
John Marshall biography sourcing
“I need to track down The Life of John Marshall in the ForgeMesh law shelf — can you list all the law and criminology books available there so I can find the right volume?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/law-criminologyWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain law and criminology texts without needing a search query — ideal for building reading lists, discovering classic legal works, or exploring the breadth of available titles. Prefer the full-text search sibling endpoint when you have a specific question or keyword to look up across the corpus.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may return an error or cap results silently
- Network timeout if the library index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment failure via x402 protocol resulting in 402 status before content is returned
- Empty result if the shelf index is being rebuilt or is temporarily unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "By Advice of Counsel",
"author": "Train, Arthur Cheney",
"book_id": 11987,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 29402
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Law & Criminology",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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