The Bu Schuman conserves almost 5 km of periodicals and is a major player in the shared conservation plan for legal periodicals piloted by BIU Cujas: in 2021, the BU is in 3rd position after Cujas and Toulouse, with 548 titles out of the 1087 in the law PCP.
The collection also includes typewritten theses defended in Aix between 1943 and 2012 (the oldest theses are currently being digitized and the rightful owners researched), theses from other French universities since the 1880s (national exchanges until the 1960s), a selection of foreign theses (English, French, Belgian and Swiss) and Aix Master's theses in law and economics (1968-2012).
A number of special fonds complete the heritage collections:
- UN depository from 1971 to 2017 and FAO depository from 1981 to 2017.
Former private collections
- Fonds de la Faculté libre de droit de Marseille (late 19th-early 20th century): 300 volumes
- Fonds of the regional chamber of bailiffs: 180 volumes
- Albert de La Pradelle fonds (1871-1955), professor of international law, principal drafter of the statutes of the Permanent Court of International Justice: 2,200 volumes (selection currently being digitized, see https://odyssee.univ-amu.fr/exhibits/show/droit-provence/droit-international), to which may be added the Louis Le Fur (1870-1943) fonds, also a professor of public international law (120 volumes).
- Charles Durand fonds (1899-1992), professor of administrative law, specialist in the history of the 1st Empire and the 19th century: 500 volumes.
- Maurice Allais fonds (1911-2010), winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics: 230 volumes
- Pierre Kayser fonds (1904-2002), professor of private law: 120 volumes
- André Viala fonds (1923-2020), professor of legal history: currently being processed.
- Didier Maus fonds (1947-), professor, State Councillor and international expert in constitutional law: 150 volumes currently being processed.
Former associated libraries
- Fonds du CERSOI (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Océan Indien) https://odyssee.univ-amu.fr/items/show/102) and IDOM (Institut du Droit de l'Outre-Mer): 2,300 volumes.
- Fonds of the Centre d'Histoire des Sociétés: 500 volumes.
- Holdings of the former FEA (Faculté d'Economie Appliquée 1973-2011): 2,000 volumes.
- Former store of the private law department: 300 volumes.
- Fonds René Cassin: holdings of 7 former associated libraries: CERIC (international and European law); GERJC Institut Louis Favoreu (constitutional law); CDS (social law); CEFF (tax law); IREDIC (media law); IDA (business law); public law room: 15,000 volumes.
- CRA (Centre de recherches administratives) collection: 650 volumes
- Comparative law collection: 2,800 volumes
Public institution holdings :
- Fonds ancien du Tribunal Administratif de Marseille: 200 volumes
- Bibliothèque administrative des inspecteurs des colonies: 150 volumes
- Bibliothèque administrative de l'ancienne école normale: 50 volumes
