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Wiebolt on the Lawyer behind School Choice
Dennis J. Wieboldt, III, soon to be a VAP at Notre Dame Law, has posted William Bentley Ball and the “Century of Struggle” for School Choice:The Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in Lemon v. Kurtzman profoundly shaped the development
Smith on Catholic Constitutional Republicanism
Thomas A. Smith, emeritus at University of San Diego School of Law, has posted Catholic Constitutional Republicanism: Suárez, the School of Salamanca, and the American Law of Public Power: American constitutional theory traces its lineage to Hobbes,
Schwartz on Compact Theory and the US Constitution
David S. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin Law School, has posted The Birth of Compact Theory, which is forthcoming in the Journal of American Constitutional History:”Compact theory” is the idea that the U.S. Constitution is a compact of
"Who Owns Civil Rights History?" by Chang and Lovelace; response by Gross
Volume 106 of the Boston University Law Review includes the article “Who Owns Civil Rights History?” by Robert S. Chang (UC Irvine School of Law) and H. Tim Lovelace, Jr. (Duke Law School). The abstract:In this Article, Professors
Goldstein on Constitutional Facts, Jurisdictional Facts, and the APA
Ari Goldstein, a 2025 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, has published The Lost World of Jurisdictional and Constitutional Facts in the Administrative Law Review:According to the standard historical account, courts have deferred to agencies on
Corcos on Tocqueville in Canadian Judicial Opinions
Christine A. Corcos, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, has posted The Uses of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Writings in Canadian Judicial Opinions, which appears in Moréteau on Law, Language and Heritage, edited by Agustín Parise,
Clifford et al. on OCR Error Rates
Jim Clifford, Jacob Polay, and Jessica Jack, University of Saskatchewan, and Mark Humphries and Lianne C. Leddy, Wilfrid Laurier University, have posted Reading the Archive by Machine: An OCR Benchmark for Historians, 1612–1921, in Working Papers in
Commons on Migrants and the Common Law in Early Modern Engalnd
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
Smith and Chang on Stravinsky's "Star-Spangled Banner" and the Law
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
