Kathleen Commons has published, open access, Discovering ‘Immigration Control’ in England, c. 1540 – c. 1640 in The Historical Journal:
Migration history is a growing field – yet the legal status of migrants in early modern England has not
Michael L. Smith, University of Oklahoma College of Law, and Yoo Jung Chang, a cellist, have posted Stravinsky’s National Anthem:Igor Stravinsky (LC)In January 1944, famed composer Igor Stravinsky was scheduled to conduct the Boston
Joshua E. Kastenberg, University of New Mexico, has published, in the St. Louis University Law Journal, The Past May Be Uncomfortable: Frick v. Stevens, the Protection of Scholarly Inquiry, Knowledge, and a Free Society as a
[We have the following announcement. DRE]
Notre Dame Legal History Colloquium to Begin Third Year of Meetings, Now Accepting Presenter ApplicationsThe Notre Dame Legal History Colloquium will again convene a series of workshops during the 2026-2027 academic year for
Mark Hanna has published From Claudette Colvin’s expectation to bus desegregation in Browder v Gayle in the American Journal of Legal History:
In March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to move from her seat on a Montgomery bus, setting
Khiara M. Bridges, UC Berkeley School of Law, has published the review essay Originalism Without History in the Yale Law Journal:Originalism, the Supreme Court’s ascendant theory of constitutional interpretation, claims to dive deep into the historical archives to
Michael Allan Wolf, University of Florida Levin College of Law, has posted Property Law as History, which is forthcoming in The Urban Lawyer:Because property law and history are so inextricably intertwined, it has become even more important
Lutz-Christian Wolff, Chinese University of Hong Kong, has published an article entitled Legal History and Comparative Law: Just the Flip Side of the Same Coin? in the Independent Law Journal:The relationship between legal history and comparative law
Ger Coffey, University of Limerick, has posted A History of the Common Law Double Jeopardy Principle: From Classical Antiquity to Modern Era:The double jeopardy principle is a guarantee of individual liberty that has ancient origins. The development of
Thomas A. Smith, University of San Diego School of Law, has posted a reconsideration of Eire Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, entitled, Overruled from the Chair: A Study in UmbesetzungThis Article reads Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) not
