Legal History

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When Charlie Met Joan

The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law

By Diane Kiesel
Subjects: Biography, Law, Legal History, History, American History

Exploring the lasting impacts of the Little Tramp’s real-life courtroom drama

Baby Ninth Amendments

How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters

By Anthony B. Sanders
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Legal History

How states have adapted and used "Baby Ninth" Amendments to protect individual liberties

While Waiting for Rain

Community, Economy, and Law in a Time of Change

By John Henry Schlegel
Subjects: Law, Legal History, Political Science, Political Economy, Political History

How innovation will save the United States—and Buffalo—from economic decline

The Discovery of the Fact

By Clifford Ando & William P. Sullivan
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Law, Legal History
Series: Law and Society in the Ancient World

Lively investigation of the role of legal institutions in shaping notions of fact from classical Greece and Roman, and beyond

Keeping Hold of Justice

Encounters between Law and Colonialism

By Jennifer Balint, Julie Evans, Nesam McMillan, and Mark David McMillan
Subjects: Political Science, Political History, Law, Law and Society, Legal History
Series: Law, Meaning, and Violence

Colonialism is a structural injustice embedded in law; what possibilities for justice remain?

Stringfellow Acid Pits

The Toxic and Legal Legacy

By Brian Craig
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Law, Legal History, Nature/Environment

Before Erin Brockovich, there was Penny Newman and the fight for the biggest toxic waste lawsuit in California history

Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials

The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions

By James P. Turner
Subjects: Political Science, Race and Politics, Law, Legal History, American Studies

A fascinating examination of the Viola Liuzzo trials, with a foreword by Ari Berman

Mrs. Shipley's Ghost

The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists

By Jeffrey Kahn
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Legal History, Law and Society

An engaging exploration of the legal and policy questions surrounding U.S. national security and international travel

Faith in Paper

The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties

By Charles E. Cleland
Subjects: Native American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Race and Ethnicity, History, American History, Law, Legal History

A comprehensive reference on the litigation of Indian treaty rights in the upper Great Lakes region

The Lying Brain

Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction

By Melissa M. Littlefield
Subjects: Cultural Studies, History, Intellectual History, Law, Legal History

A cultural history of deception detection from science to science fiction

Judges and Unjust Laws

Common Law Constitutionalism and the Foundations of Judicial Review

By Douglas E. Edlin
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Law and Society, Legal History, Comparative Law, Political Science, Judicial Politics

Are judges legally obligated to enforce an unjust law?

Cross Purposes

Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education

By Paula Abrams
Subjects: Law, Legal History, Law and Society, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, History, American History, American Religious History, Race and Ethnicity, American Studies, Religion, Education

Do parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated?

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