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April 30, 2025
Upham on The "Black and Tan Conventions," Diverse Originalism, and the Fourteenth Amendment
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David B. Upham, St. Thomas University; Uniersity of Dallas, is publishing The "Black and Tan Conventions," Diverse Originalism, an...
Shusterman on England's Standing Army Controversy (1697-99) and the Origins of the Second Amendment
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Noah Shusterman, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has published England’s Standing Army Controversy (1697-99) and the Origins of the Sec...
April 29, 2025
Kessler on The Origins of "The Rule of Law"
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Jeremy Kessler, Columbia Law School, is publishing The Origins of "The Rule of Law" in volume 87 of Law & Contemporary Problem...
Magliocca on "Right in Theory, Wrong in Practice": Women's Suffrage and the Reconstruction Amendments
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Gerald N. Magliocca, Indiana University School of Law, is publishing "Right In Theory, Wrong In Practice": Women's Suffrage An...
April 22, 2025
Special Event: Release of Special Issue of World Records Journal, Just Evidence: May 8, 2025
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On Thursday 8 th May, Goldsmiths MCCS and Visual Cultures are co-hosting an event to mark the release of a special issue of World Record...
Boden on Myra Bradwell and the Chicago Legal News: Speech and the March for All Civil Rights
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Anastasia Boden, George Mason University, has published Myra Bradwell and the Chicago Legal News: Speech and the March for All Civil Rights ...
Salant on Neutralizing "Ales" Without Compromising Venona: What Really Happened to Alger Hiss
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Stephen Walter Salant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has published Neutralizing 'Ales' Without Compromising Venona: What Really...
April 21, 2025
Fisher on Czars in the Courts: Organized Labour in Illinois and the Fight to Pass Anti-Injunction Legislation (1886-1935)
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Adeline Fisher, McGill University, has published Czars in the Courts: Organized Labour in Illinois and the Fight to Pass Anti-Injunction Leg...
April 18, 2025
Sugarman on The Hidden Histories of the Pinochet Case 1
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David Sugarman, Lancaster University Law School, has published The Hidden Histories of the Pinochet Case 1 . Here is the abstract. Althoug...
April 17, 2025
van de Berge and Gaakeer on Rereading Kafka's The Trial: Responsibility, Reflection, and the Case of the Dutch Childcare Allowance Scandal
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Lukas van de Berge, Utrecht University Faculty of Law, and Jeanne Gaakeer have published Rereading Kafka's The Trial: Responsibility, Re...
Bernick on Cthulhu and the Constitution
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Evan D. Bernick, Northern Illinois University College of Law, has published Cthulhu and the Constitution . Here is the abstract. Howard Ph...
April 13, 2025
Stern on Victims of Circumstantial Evidence: Murder, Proof, and Wrongful Convictions in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction
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Simon Stern, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, has published Victims of Circumstantial Evidence: Murder, Proof, and Wrongful Convictions...
Barbas on Originalism in Modern Free Speech History
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Samantha Barbas, University of Iowa College of Law, has published Originalism in Modern Free Speech History as U Iowa Legal Studies Researc...
April 7, 2025
Sayid on Law, Language, and Aboutness: Diaz v. United States as Case-Study
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Cosim Sayid, Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy, is publishing Law, Language, and Aboutness: Diaz v. United States as Case-Study in t...
April 1, 2025
Douglas on History, Tradition, and Voter Registration
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Joshua A. Douglas, University of Kentuky College of Law, is publishing History, Tradition, and Voter Registration in the Wisconsin Law Revi...
Fourth Annual Nomos Conference, Masaryk University: Call For Papers
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From Tomáš Havlíček, Masaryk University: Call for Papers 4 th Annual Nomos Conference at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia “Of course, w...
Guerra-Pujol on Adam Smith's Blind Spot
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F. E. Guerra-Pujol, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico; University of Central Florida, has published Adam Smith's Blind Spot ...
March 28, 2025
Sullivan on Death and Discretion: Some Thoughts on Living
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Barry Sullivan, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, is publishing Death and Discretion: Some Thoughts on Living in volume 35 of the Ya...
March 25, 2025
Workshop on Understanding and Doing Equality: Building Synergies Between Arts and Human Rights
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From Honor Tuohy, University of Galway: Announcement of a workshop: Understanding and Doing Equality: Building Synergies between Arts and Hu...
March 24, 2025
Fletcher on Nanboozhoo Died for Your Sins
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Matthew L. M. Fletcher, University of Michigan Law School, has published Nanaboozhoo Died for Your Sins . Here is the abstract. This paper...
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