Welcome Reuel Schiller!

We are very pleased to have Reuel E. Schiller with us for the month of May.  The holder of a JD and a PhD in History from the University of...

CFP: Envisioning American Studies

[We have the following call for papers for Envisioning American Studies: An Anniversary Conference , March 18, 2016, University of Michigan...

Altman to Direct Federal Judicial Center's History Office

Clara J. Altman ( credit ) Former Legal History Blogger Clara J. Altman will commence her duties in July as the new  Director of the Histor...

Magliocca on the Failed Fortas Nomination

Gerard N. Magliocca, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law , has posted The Legacy of Chief Justice Fortas , which is forthcom...

Tomlins on "Capitalism as Law"

Christopher Tomlins, University of California, Berkeley  Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program , has posted Organic Poise? Capitalism as L...

SHFG's Annual Meeting

Belatedly, we are posting the schedule for the annual meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, which took place April ...

LSA Graduate Student Paper Prize to Menyawi

The Law and Society Association has awarded the 2015 Graduate Student Paper Prize ("for the graduate paper that best represents outs...

Two by Giocoli on the Law and Economics of Early 20th Century Rate Regulation

Nicola Giocoli, University of Pisa, has posted two papers relating to the law and economics of the regulation of railroad rates in the Unit...

Remembrances of Stanley Kutler from Jon Teaford and Andrew King

Here are two more in a series of remembrances of Stanley I. Kutler by his students.  The first is from Jon C. Teaford , Professor Emeritus o...

Liquid mercury found under Mexican pyramid could lead to king's tomb

Read the rest here.

Deadline approaching for ASLH members to apply for affiliate session status at AHA

We have the following announcement: Deadline approaches to apply for AHA affiliate session status The ASLH is accepting proposals for possib...

LSA International Award to Shamir

The Law and Society Association has selected Ronen Shamir (Tel Aviv University) as winner of its 2015 International Award ("for sign...

Mehrotra to Direct ABF

We are thrilled to announce that the American Bar Foundation has announced former LHB Guest Blogger Ajay K. Mehrotra as its new Director....

New Release: Helmholz's "Natural Law in Court"

Out next month from the Harvard University Press is Natural Law in Court: A History of Legal Theory in Practice by R. H. Helmholz , the Rut...

A Remembrance of Stanley Kutler, from William Wiecek

William M. Wiecek [This is the second in a series of remembrances for Stanley I. Kutler by his students.  William M. Wiecek is the Congdon...

The English Legal Imaginary at St. Andrews

We've previously posted the schedule for the first stage of the two-part, transatlantic conference, "The English Legal Imaginary....

Call for Submissions: Cromwell Dissertation Prize 2015

[We have the following announcement.] American Society for Legal History Cromwell Dissertation Prize for 2015 The William Nelson Cromwell F...

Billings on Lincoln as Zealous Advocate

Roger D. Billings Jr., Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law , has posted Abraham Lincoln and the Duty of Zealous Repr...

Paulsens on Lincoln as "The Great Interpreter"

Michael Stokes Paulsen, University of St. Thomas School of Law, and Luke Paulsen, have posted The Great Interpreter , which is forthcomin...

New Release: Bruff on "How Presidents Interpret the Constitution"

New from the University of Chicago Press: Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret the Constitution , by Harold H. Bruff (University of C...

A Remembrance of Stanley Kutler, from Michal Belknap

[I've invited several of Stanley I. Kutler's students to share their memories of their mentor.  Here is a remembrance from Michal R ...

Sunday Book Roundup

This week in The New Rambler,  Cass Sunstein reviews Chris Taylor's How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future ...

Weekend Roundup

Congratulations to Justin Simard (Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania), who has been selected as a Baldy Postdoctoral Fellow by the...

LSA Hurst Award to Sharafi

The Law and Society Association has announced the winners of its 2015 awards . We're excited to see that recent guest blogger Mitra Shar...

Call for Submissions: ASLH Student Research Colloquium 2015

[We have the following announcement.] Graduate students and their faculty mentors take note: The American Society for Legal History (ASLH) ...