Legal History
Women's History Month
March 05, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Stanford's Women's Legal History Project
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The Sixteenth Amendment
February 05, 2013 at 2:20 PM
One hundred years of income taxes
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Gideon v. Wainwright
January 11, 2013 at 11:48 AM
2013 is the 50th anniversary of landmark decision
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The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
November 26, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Video online
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Patent Models as American Art
November 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM
From the Smithsonian American Art Museum, patent models from the 19th Century
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Happy Constitution Day!
September 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Two hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution
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The 13th Amendment
December 07, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Restoration of a Feb. 1865 commemorative copy of the 13th Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln
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oldbaileyonline.org
August 18, 2011 at 2:49 PM
What scholars have discovered searching digitized records from the Old Bailey
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Reading for Presidents' Day
February 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Exhibits and books about American presidents and politics
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Preparing for the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta
November 12, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Celebrations begin in England although the actual anniversary is not until 15 June 2015
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Scout Report links to legal history
October 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM
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
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Thanksgiving Proclamations
November 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM
From Presidents Washington and Lincoln
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Summer fun: Judge Kozinsky on The Dating Game
July 07, 2008 at 4:17 PM
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.
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The Protestant Ethic and American Capitalism
June 30, 2008 at 10:58 AM
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.
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June 12--Loving Day
June 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM
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 . . . .
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