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Cases that changed Britain
Colleen Ostiguy wrote 1 week ago: From the Times, “It is a question to excite the repressed student in every lawyer: which cases … more »
Why Torts Die - Abstract
The Situationist Staff wrote 1 month ago: Kyle Graham recently posted his article, “Why Torts Die” (forthcoming 35 Florida State U … more »
Did You Ever Wonder Where Class Actions Came From?
Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 month ago: If you are new to class action law or even if you are a seasoned class action practitioner, you ma … more »
A Wiltshire Eyre of 1194?
elizabethw wrote 1 month ago: If you need help in tracing sources for historical research in the early common law then a new wiki … more »
Approved online gaming!
elizabethw wrote 1 month ago: Feeling the urge for a spot of Solitaire/Patience before returning to that never ending reading list … more »
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - available online
fictionaltortoise wrote 2 months ago: This is incredibly cool: The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digi … more »
Great moment in NY Legal History
Colleen Ostiguy wrote 2 months ago: Colonial New York had a court system based on the English model, with a Supreme Court exercising com … more »
A little about Kate Stoneman
Colleen Ostiguy wrote 2 months ago: KATE STONEMAN’S DAY JOB We remember Kate Stoneman for two things: (1) as the first woman admitted … more »
Morality in Law
bensumogoy wrote 3 months ago: In the search of what is moral in the field of law, is it at all possible? In the first blush, the … more »
Campaigners petition MPs to clear executed admiral - The Guardian
sally wrote 3 months ago: “The moment that guaranteed Admiral Byng’s immortality was, sadly, his last. In March 1 … more »
Miller and Ruru: A Comparative View of the Doctrine of Discovery
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 4 months ago: Bob Miller and Jacinta Ruru have posted “An Indigenous Lens into Comparative Law: The Doctrine … more »
American Legal History to 1865
Dara wrote 4 months ago: If you are curious about the American legal tradition and its roots in English common law, the UCSD … more »
Re: Legal Traditions
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Andrew wrote 4 months ago: A couple things: I agree with the overall point you’re making: Western legal traditions did not de … more »
Legal Traditions
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Dan wrote 4 months ago: In the recent dust-up over Rowan Williams’ comments on Sharia law in the UK, one comment struc … more »
Maillard: "The Pocahontas Exception"
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: Kevin Noble Maillard (Syracuse Law) has posted an abstract to his wonderful paper, “The Pocah … more »
Velikovsky, Immanuel. Worlds in Collision (1950).
PJ Blount wrote 8 months ago: Immanuel Velikovksy, in this book, presents what could be looked at as a revisionist meteorological … more »
Hilton, Adrian. The Principality and Power of Europe: Britain and the Emerging Holy Roman Empire (1997).
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PJ Blount wrote 10 months ago: “The Union is a creation of law, and is now an autonomous law-making body in its own right, … more »
Law, Knowledge, and Imagination - Tuscaloosa
uwlegalscholarship wrote 10 months ago: Austin Sarat is organizing a three-part conference at the University of Alabama School of Law: Law, … more »
Early English Law - London
uwlegalscholarship wrote 10 months ago: The Institute of Historical Research, the Institute of English Studies, and the Institute of Advance … more »
