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22 Apr 2024, 1:54 am by Steve Lubet
The 11 state secession conventions focused on Abraham Lincoln’s election as a threat to slavery, and declared the need to leave the Union to create a slaveholders’ republic. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 10:01 pm by rhapsodyinbooks
” Notably, in 1861, James wrote to her that he had the opportunity to meet Abraham Lincoln for the first time, when the president-elect stopped in Columbus on his train journey through the north before reaching Washington, D.C., for his March 4 inauguration. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 7:27 am by tortsprof
The abstract provides: In their contribution to the 2023 Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, Professors Kenneth Abraham and G. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 6:56 am
Frum and others will instruct us, repeatedly, in articles repeating the talking point.An excerpt from Frum:The Confederacy did not go away when Abraham Lincoln refused to concede the title of president to Jefferson Davis. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 7:04 am by Stephen E. Sachs
In 1861, in the early days of a Civil War in which no one yet knew that the Union would survive, Abraham Lincoln jotted down some fragmentary thoughts on how the Constitution, even the Union itself, didn't exist for their own sake, but rather to preserve the freedoms named in the Declaration of Independence—the Proverbial "golden apple in the silver frame. [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 10:01 pm by rhapsodyinbooks
As the History Channel online reports: “Congress routinely changed the number of justices to achieve its own partisan political goals, resulting in as few as five Supreme Court justices required by law under John Adams to as many as 10 under Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 10:35 am by centerforartlaw
”[14] Together the Napoleonic Era and the Marquis de Somerueles ruling established a precedent for excluding art from spoils of war; if it is taken, it must be returned.[15] The Lieber Code of 1863, established by the Union Army and US President Abraham Lincoln, recognized a shift away from “mere moral condemnation” towards actual legal ramifications for destruction of cultural property.[16] While the Lieber Code was mainly unsuccessful in practice, it inspired the… [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 4:12 am by tortsprof
At JOTWELL, Tony Sebok reviews Ken Abraham & Cathy Sharkey's The Glaring Gap in Tort Theory. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
As the Philly Voiceput it, “While in office, Abraham obtained 108 death sentences. [read post]
6 Apr 2024, 6:15 am by Lawrence Solum
’ Arthur Ripstein, University Professor, University of Toronto ‘With longstanding democracies under threat from authoritarians, Reclaiming the Public fills an urgent need for an account of popular sovereignty that explains what it means for government to be, in Abraham Lincoln’s phrasing, not just for the people, but by and of them as well. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 6:07 am by Jonathan Panikoff
As Israel continues its efforts in Gaza and the region to achieve security through military means, its leaders should also accede to resolving the country’s conflict with the Palestinians. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 5:51 am by Alex Joel
In the space of a month, two branches of the U.S. government have put forward ambitious measures to protect Americans’ personal data from exploitation by adversarial regimes. [read post]
1 Apr 2024, 5:20 am by David Bernstein
The paper considers many episodes which resulted in public constitutional discourse, including riots, private and military attacks upon newspaper presses, and the arrest and military trial of one of President Abraham Lincoln's greatest critics, Ohio Congressman Clement Vallandigham. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 8:55 pm by Lawrence Solum
Abraham Eichner (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Law School) has posted Agency Use of Indirect Benefits to Justify Regulation (Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 7:47 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Above and Beyond KM, Mary Abraham – LTA’s 2024 Catalyst Conference focused on leading change. [read post]
26 Mar 2024, 7:21 am by tortsprof
Ken Abraham & Ted White have posted to SSRN Tort Law's Temporality Impasse. [read post]
24 Mar 2024, 8:50 am by Nedim Malovic
Here’s what Hans writes:Horological IP and the customization of watchesby Hans ErikssonThe world of high-end watchmaking is a good case study for the importance of intellectual property (IP) rights.Many leading watchhouses are built on groundbreaking patented inventions, like Abraham-Louis Breguet’s tourbillion, Hans Wilsdorf’s waterproof oyster seal or Richard Mille’s tonneau-shaped timepieces [see here].In addition to being works of scientific achievement, many… [read post]
23 Mar 2024, 6:15 am by Lawrence Solum
’ Arthur Ripstein, University Professor, University of Toronto‘With longstanding democracies under threat from authoritarians, Reclaiming the Public fills an urgent need for an account of popular sovereignty that explains what it means for government to be, in Abraham Lincoln’s phrasing, not just for the people, but by and of them as well. [read post]