When Omission Matters: Diverse Perspectives on the Legal History of the Administrative State

Last week we noted Mike Konczal's recent essay, " Hail to the Pencil Pusher ," which appeared in the Boston Review . Konczal,...

Sunday Book Roundup

The Federal Lawyer  has a new issue, with several book reviews of note. Benjamin H. Barton's Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of...

Sunday Book Roundup

Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) is reviewed on The Daily B...

Liberals and Religious Conscience

With the courts still grappling with challenges to the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act, conscience-based objections will li...

Unsolved Puzzles

I’m delighted to have the chance to share some thoughts this month on Legal History Blog. Thanks to Dan, Karen, and Tomiko for having me. Th...

Sunday Book Roundup

Greetings from The Terrace at the University of Wisconsin, Madison--quite possibly the happiest place to finish up a Sunday Book Roundup aft...

French on "Love Letters, Bodies, and the Law in Mexico"

New from the University of Nebraska Press: The Heart in the Glass Jar: Love Letters, Bodies, and the Law in Mexico (2015) , by William E. F...

Historians and the Obergefell Decision - updated

Both the majority opinion and the dissents in Obergefell v. Hodges , the recent Supreme Court same-sex marriage case, are notable for their ...