Josiah M. Daniel III has posted The Affinity of Lawyers and History: The Dallas Bar Association’s Legal History Discussion Group as a Case in Point, which appears in the Journal of Texas Supreme Court History:Legal history may be
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The Legal History Blog is a publication associated with the American Society for Legal History that focuses on scholarly discussions and developments in legal history. It features announcements of academic conferences, awards, and dissertation prizes recognizing significant contributions to the field. The blog covers a wide range of topics including constitutional history, European and global legal history, American legal history, and intersections of law with social issues such as gender and sexuality. It also highlights calls for papers and conferences that explore emerging areas like queer theory in private law. The content is primarily academic and aimed at legal historians, scholars, and students interested in the historical dimensions of law.
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Niedrist on Criminal Justice in Habsburg Austria
Franziska Niedrist has posted Crime and Criminal Justice: Habsburg’s Supreme Court, Tyrol and Vorarlberg (1814-1844):This paper examines criminal justice practices in Austria during the Vormärz period on the basis of a series of criminal case files from the…
Legal History at the American Political History Conference, June 4-6
The American Political History Conference convenes this week in Washington, D.C., and the program includes many panels and events that may interest readers of this blog:On Friday, June 5:Roundtable: The Politics of Jurisdiction in 19th Century United States Moderator:…
ASLH "New Works" Series
Kreis on Birthright Citizenship and the Anglo-American Constitution
Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University College of Law, has posted Discovering the Historical Anglo-American Constitution: The controversy over birthright citizenship in the United States and the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment has exposed two urgent needs in American…
CFP: European Society for Comparative Legal History
[We have the following CFP. DRE]Comparative Legal History: Transition and Transfers Lund: Lund University, June 21-23, 2027. Deadline: October 31, 2026.The organisers and the Executive Council of the European Society for Comparative Legal History are pleased to…
Milligan on the Affirmative Duty of Racial Repair
Joy Milligan, University of California, Berkeley Law School, has posted The Constitution of Racial Repair: A Reconstructed History, which is forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review:If affirmative action is dead, we should remember it accurately.Dominant narratives claim…
Oman on Nauvoo's 1841 Religious Freedom Ordinance
Nathan B. Oman, William & Mary Law School, has posted “All Other Religious Sects Shall Have Free Toleration”: Recovering the Early Mormon Conception of Religious Freedom, which is forthcoming in the Journal of Mormon History:
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Anna Moscowitz Kross (1891-1979)
[Long-time readers of LHB know that each year I research and write a biographical essay for my legal history exam. If you’d like to read prior ones, start here. This year’s follows. DRE]Anna Moscowitz Kross (1891-1979) was born in…
Bray and Bamzai on the Origins of Criminal Contempt
Samuel L. Bray, University of Chicago Law School, and Aditya Bamzai, University of Virginia School of Law, have posted Prosecuting Contempt:Under Supreme Court precedent and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, federal courts may appoint prosecutors for…

