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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 »

Tags: General Interest, Times Law Reports, British law

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 »

Tags: History, Law, Public Policy, situationist torts, tort law, Torts

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 »

Tags: class action history, Legal History, 1966 amendments to rule 23, Legal Theory

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 »

Tags: Online Resources, legal bibliographies

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 »

Tags: Online Resources, Crime and Justice

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 »

Tags: of interest, Law, History, Social History, Online Resources

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 »

Tags: NY Court of Chancery, NY legal history

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 »

Tags: Ask a Bob?, Kate Stoneman, Albany Law School, Kate Stoneman Day

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 »

Tags: Law, Philippine laws, morality in law

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 »

Tags: Courts Martial, News

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 »

Tags: Scholarship, Supreme Court, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, international law, american indians, Doctrine of Discovery, Jacinta Ruru, Maori, New Zealand

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 »

Tags: 5-star professors, Course podcasts, History, Michael Parrish

Re: Legal Traditions1 comment

Andrew wrote 4 months ago: A couple things: I agree with the overall point you’re making: Western legal traditions did not de … more »

Tags: Culture, Politics, Philosophy, History, Law, lorne gunter, Judeo-Christian, Moses, Rowan Williams

Legal Traditions5 comments

Dan wrote 4 months ago: In the recent dust-up over Rowan Williams’ comments on Sharia law in the UK, one comment struc … more »

Tags: Politics, Philosophy, History, Law, lorne gunter, Judeo-Christian, Moses, Hammurabi, Christopher Hitchens

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 »

Tags: Scholarship, American Indian, law & humanities, pocahontas, miscegenation, Law, racial integrity, Eugenics, Native American

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 »

Tags: Chinese law, Hindu Law, Jewish Law, Law and Religion, Law and Science, Legal Sytems, nonfiction, Property Law, roman law

Hilton, Adrian. The Principality and Power of Europe: Britain and the Emerging Holy Roman Empire (1997).2 comments

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 »

Tags: British law, Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional law, European Union Law, Jurisdiction, Law and Religion, Legal Sytems, Legal Theory, nonfiction

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 »

Tags: Conferences, Constitutional law, Jurisprudence, Law and Science, law and society

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 »

Tags: Conferences, Calls for Papers


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