http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes//rss/legal-history.xml Top Stories from Santa Clara Law http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/june-12-loving-day.cfm Today is the 41st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia that struck down Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute. Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, both native Virginians, married each other in the District of Columbia. After they returned to Virginia, they were charged with violating the state's ban on interracial marriages. They pled guilty and were exiled from the state . . . . Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:50:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/the-protestant-ethic-and-american-capitalism.cfm There is an interesting discussion at the Becker-Posner Blog on the role of the protestant ethic in American capitalism. Richard Posner discusses a recent NY Times editorial by David Brooks which argues that the success of American capitalism is deeply rooted in the work ethic, and moral framework, of Colonial American Protestantism. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:58:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/summer-fun-judge-kozinsky-on-the-dating-game.cfm A new video from the late 1970s has recently drawn publicity in the legal blogosphere. It depicts future 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Justice, Alex Kozinski, playing a round on the popular 70s television show, The Dating Game. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:17:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/brandeis-confirmation-hearings.cfm The more things change& Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:23:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/thanksgiving-proclamations.cfm From Presidents Washington and Lincoln Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:18:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/scout-report-links-to-legal-history.cfm This week's Scout Report from the University of Wisconsin links to the civil rights history of Milwaukee, to 19th C. civil litigation files from the St. Louis Circuit Court, and to BBC broadcasts from U.K. Parliaments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:17:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/preparing-for-the-800th-anniversary-of-the-magna-carta.cfm Celebrations begin in England although the actual anniversary is not until 15 June 2015 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:18:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/reading-for-presidents-day.cfm Exhibits and books about American presidents and politics Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:56:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/oldbaileyonlineorg.cfm What scholars have discovered searching digitized records from the Old Bailey Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:49:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/the-13th-amendment.cfm Restoration of a Feb. 1865 commemorative copy of the 13th Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:54:00 GMT