American Society for Legal History Conference

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM New Perspectives on Ordinary People and the Law in the Age of Capitalism (Frenchman 1) Chair: Nate Holdren, Drake University (nate.holdren@drake.edu), Commentator: Nate Holdren, Drake University (nate.holdren@drake.edu) Kimberly Welch, Vanderbilt University (kimberly.m.welch@vanderbilt.edu) Arteries of Capital: Black Moneylenders and Economic Citizenship in the Antebellum U.S. South Louise Walker, Northeastern University (l.walker@northeastern.edu) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “New Perspectives on Ordinary People and the Law in the Age of Capitalism,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Transatlantic Constitutions: Exploring American Legal Thought in the Eighteenth Century (Acadian) Chair: Jonathan Gienapp, Stanford University (jgienapp@stanford.edu), Commentator: Jonathan Gienapp, Stanford University (jgienapp@stanford.edu) Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire (ehg@unh.edu) A New Order for the Ages? Rethinking the American Confederation, 1776-1789 Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University (sally.hadden@wmich.edu) Transatlantic Justice: Governors’ … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Transatlantic Constitutions: Exploring American Legal Thought in the Eighteenth Century,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM What’s in a Name?: Legal Status and Labor Discipline in the Global British Empire, 1600- 1750 (Frenchman 2) Chair: Philip Stern, Duke University (philip.stern@duke.edu), Commentator: Elizabeth Kolsky, Villanova University (elizabeth.kolsky@villanova.edu) Jennifer Wells, George Washington University (jenniferwells@email.gwu.edu) The Company’s Law: Crafting Legal Status in South Asia Keith Pluymers, Illinois State University … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “What’s in a Name?: Legal Status and Labor Discipline in the Global British Empire, 1600- 1750,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Property Ownership and Inheritance in the Indian Ocean World Over the Longue Durée (Pelican 2) Chair: Nurfadzilah Yahaya, National University of Singapore (hisny@nus.edu.sg), Commentator: Nurfadzilah Yahaya, National University of Singapore (hisny@nus.edu.sg) Hollian Wint, University of California, Los Angeles (wint@history.ucla.edu) Conjugality, Courts, and Contracts: Western Indian Ocean Proprietary Practices at the … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Property Ownership and Inheritance in the Indian Ocean World Over the Longue Durée,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Author Meets Readers: Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law (Melpomene) Chair: Cristina Rodriguez, Yale Law School (cristina.rodriguez@yale.edu), Commentators: Blake Emerson, UCLA School of Law (emerson@law.ucla.edu), Robert Tsai, Boston University School of Law (rltsai@bu.edu) and Julia Kraut, New York University School of Law (julia.kraut@nyu.edu) Authors: Cristina Rodriguez, … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Author Meets Readers: Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Innocence Projects: Global Forensic Histories Before DNA (Pelican 1) Mitra Sharafi, University of Wisconsin Law School (mitra.sharafi@wisc.edu) Blood vs. Sperm: Falsity and the Competitive Forensics of Sex Crimes in Colonial India Ian Burney, University of Manchester (ian.a.burney@manchester.co.uk) The Innocence of Men: Erle Stanley Gardner's Court of Last Resort and Sex … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Innocence Projects: Global Forensic Histories Before DNA,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM The Johnson Panel for First Book Authors (Poydras) Chair: Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (schiller@uchastings.edu) Pedro Cantisano, University of Nebraska at Omaha (pcantisano@unomaha.edu) Rio de Janeiro on Trial: Public Health, Urban Reform, and Law in Modern Brazil Marie-Amelie George, Wake Forest University School of Law … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Johnson Panel for First Book Authors,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM The Critical Turn in Roman Legal History (Pelican 2) Chair: Zachary Herz, University of Colorado, Boulder (zachary.herz@colorado.edu), Commentator: Paul du Plessis, The University of Edinburgh (p.duplessis@ed.ac.uk) Michele Lowrie, The University of Chicago (mlowrie@uchicago.edu) The Roman Republican Constitution as System (not Form) Nicole Giannella, Cornell University (njg68@cornell.edu) Faith and Other Luxuries: … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Critical Turn in Roman Legal History,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM Neglected Histories of Law and Religion: Jewish Lawyers and Legal Reform in the Twentieth Century (Frenchman 1) Chair: Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School (kmack@law.harvard.edu), Commentator: Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School (kmack@law.harvard.edu) William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law (wforbath@law.utexas.edu) Class Struggle, Group Rights and Socialist Pluralism on the Lower … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Neglected Histories of Law and Religion: Jewish Lawyers and Legal Reform in the Twentieth Century,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM Neglected Histories of Law and Religion: Jewish Lawyers and Legal Reform in the Twentieth Century (Frenchman 1) Chair: Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School (kmack@law.harvard.edu), Commentator: Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School (kmack@law.harvard.edu) William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law (wforbath@law.utexas.edu) Class Struggle, Group Rights and Socialist Pluralism on the Lower … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Neglected Histories of Law and Religion: Jewish Lawyers and Legal Reform in the Twentieth Century,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm