From the organizers: REGISTER TODAY FOR ASLH 2021 Dear ASLH members, Registration is now open for the Society's 2021 annual meeting, which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on … Continue reading Annual Meeting: American Society for Legal History, November 5-6, 2021
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Credit Makes the Rules (Frenchman 2) Chair: Justin Simard, Willamette University College of Law ([email protected]) Commentator: Edward Balleisen, Duke University ([email protected]) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Credit Makes the Rules,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Crimes Against Humanity Trials in Postwar Germany (Pelican 1) Chair: Beth Van Schaack, Stanford University ([email protected]), Commentator: Beth Van Schaack, Stanford University ([email protected]) Lawrence Douglas, … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Crimes Against Humanity Trials in Postwar Germany,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Jurisdiction, Legal Pluralism, and the Development of Medieval English Legal Traditions (Poydras) Charlotte Whatley, University of Wisconsin-Madison ([email protected]) Exclusion, Extortion, and Blackmail: Excommunication in the … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Jurisdiction, Legal Pluralism, and the Development of Medieval English Legal Traditions,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Property and Contract: Race and Rights after the Civil War (Frenchman 1) Chair: Martha Jones, Johns Hopkins University ([email protected]), Commentators: Randy Sparks, Tulane University ([email protected]) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Property and Contract: Race and Rights after the Civil War,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Author Meets Readers: Luca Scholtz, Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire (Melpomene) Chair: Sarah Ludin, University at Buffalo ([email protected]), Commentators: Albrecht … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Author Meets Readers: Luca Scholtz, Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Roundtable: Ideas That Mattered on the Road to Practical Abolition of the Death Penalty (Acadian) Chair: Brandon Garrett, Duke University Law School ([email protected]) Discussants: Carol … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Roundtable: Ideas That Mattered on the Road to Practical Abolition of the Death Penalty,” November 5, 2021 @ 8:30 – 10:00 am
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Beyond Backlash: Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Rights (Frenchman 2) Chair: Deborah Dinner, Emory University School of Law ([email protected]), Commentator: Deborah Dinner, Emory University School … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Beyond Backlash: Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Rights,” November 5, 2021 @ 10:15 – 11:45 am
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Commerce, the Police Power, and Federalism in the Nineteenth-Century United States (Pelican 2) Chair: William Novak, Michigan Law ([email protected]), Commentator: William Novak, Michigan Law ([email protected]) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Commerce, the Police Power, and Federalism in the Nineteenth-Century United States,” November 5, 2021 @ 10:15 – 11:45 am
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Colonial Era Shari’a: The Making and Remaking of Islamic Legal Authority (Poydras) Chair: Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law ([email protected]), Commentator: Mohammad … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Colonial Era Shari’a: The Making and Remaking of Islamic Legal Authority,” November 5, 2021 @ 10:15 – 11:45 am
