More on the History of the Carceral State

We previously noted the JAH 's special issue on the history of carceral state .  That issue is now freely available on line .  Also, the...

Tyler on Habeas and the American Revolution

Amanda L. Tyler, University of California, Berkeley School of Law , has posted Habeas Corpus and the American Revolution , which is forthcom...

Falk and Patrick on Jury Selection in Dennis

Barbara J Falk, Royal Military College of Canada , and Jeremy Patrick, University of Southern Queensland School of Law , have posted The “Re...

Sunday Book Roundup

There's plenty of Fourth of July and Founding Fathers themed book reviews and even a review of our blog's founder's most recent ...

Brady on Personal Property and the Fourth Amendment

Maureen E. Brady , a Ph.D. candidate in Law at the Yale Law School , has posted The Lost 'Effects' of the Fourth Amendment: Giving P...

Clemente's on the Execution of "Idiots" at Common Law

Michael A. Clemente has posted his student note, A Reassessment of Common Law Protections for “Idiots.” which appears in the Yale Law Jour...

New Release: Aiello on "Jim Crow's Last Stand"

New from LSU Press is Jim Crow's Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana , by Thomas Aiello , an associate professo...

Lerner on Magna Carta and the Proportionality Principle

Craig S. Lerner, George Mason University School of Law , has posted Does the Magna Carta Embody a Proportionality Principle? which is forth...