American Society for Legal History Conference

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM Property Law and Power in Imperial Borderlands (Acadian) Chair: Taisu Zhang, Yale Law School (taisu.zhang@yale.edu), Commentator: Fahad Bishara, University of Virginia (bishara@virginia.edu) Rui Hua, Harvard … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Property Law and Power in Imperial Borderlands,” November 6, 2021 @ 4:15 – 5:45 pm

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM Empire and Racial Identities in the Common Law World (Pelican 1) Chair: Randy Sparks, Tulane University (rsparks1@tulane.edu), Commentator: Laura Rosanne Adderley, Tulane University (adderley@tulane.edu) Tim … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Empire and Racial Identities in the Common Law World,” November 6, 2021 @ 4:15 – 5:45 pm

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM Women, Justice, and Testimony in American Courts, 1700-Present (Pelican 2) Chair: Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Kennesaw State University (lmacivor1@gsu.edu), Commentator: Felicia Bevel, University of North Florida … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Women, Justice, and Testimony in American Courts, 1700-Present,” November 6, 2021 @ 4:15 – 5:45 pm

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM Legal Cultures in the Early Modern World: Perspectives from Islamicate South Asia (Poydras) Chair: Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto (bhavani.raman@utoronto.ca), Commentator: Naveena Naqvi, University of … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Legal Cultures in the Early Modern World: Perspectives from Islamicate South Asia,” November 6, 2021 @ 4:15 – 5:45 pm

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM Court Cases in the Making of African Legal History (Melpomene) Chair: Mariana Candido, University of Notre Dame (mcandido@nd.edu), Commentator: Beatriz Mamigonian, Universidade Federal de Santa … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Court Cases in the Making of African Legal History,” November 6, 2021 @ 4:15 – 5:45 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM Paper Sovereignty: The Politics of "Custom," Natural Law, & Slavery (Melpomene) Chair: Laurie Wood, Florida State University (lmwood@fsu.edu), Commentator: Laurie Wood, Florida State University (lmwood@fsu.edu) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Paper Sovereignty: The Politics of “Custom,” Natural Law, & Slavery,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM New Approaches to the History of the United States Supreme Court (Frenchman 2) Chair: Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara (kalman@history.ucsb.edu), Commentator: Laura Kalman, … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “New Approaches to the History of the United States Supreme Court,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM Unsettled Law: Lessons and Legacies of Migration and Diaspora in International Law (Pelican 1) Chair: Rohit De, Yale University (rohit.de@yale.edu), Commentators: Will Hanley, Florida State … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Unsettled Law: Lessons and Legacies of Migration and Diaspora in International Law,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM Legal Instruments and Actors in the Judicial Culture of Ante-Bellum Louisiana (Poydras) Chair: Olivier Moréteau, Louisiana State University Law Center (moreteau@lsu.edu), Commentator: Asya Ostroukh, University … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Legal Instruments and Actors in the Judicial Culture of Ante-Bellum Louisiana,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM A New History of Law in Post-Revolutionary England, 1689-1760 (Acadian) Chair: Mark Neuendorf, University of Adelaide (mark.neuendorf@adelaide.edu.au), Commentator: Julia Rudolph, North Carolina State University (jerudolp@ncsu.edu) … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “A New History of Law in Post-Revolutionary England, 1689-1760,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm