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27 May 2023, 8:19 pm by Howard Friedman
On Thursday, the Connecticut legislature gave final passage to House Joint Resolution 34 (full text), formally absolving by name some 34 individuals who were indicted or convicted of witchcraft and familiarities with the devil in the 17th century by courts in the early British colonies of Connecticut and New Haven. [read post]
21 Jan 2020, 1:36 pm by Ayelet Waldman
In the pages of Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases, we have collected essays by some of our country’s finest writers (ranging from Marlon James and Ann Pachett to Elizabeth Strout and Viet Thanh Nguyen, and many more)—not just because writers are and have long been among the principal beneficiaries and guardians of the First Amendment but also because they traffic, by temperament and trade, in nuance and its elucidation, in ambiguity and… [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 4:55 pm by Howard Bashman
“Once Again, the Most Important Supreme Court Term Ever; ‘Momentous’ has been used repeatedly for more than a century to describe each new session as justices weigh issues that resonate in their time”: Law professor Stephen L. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 3:31 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Some Justices, most prominently Breyer and Ginsburg, have invented new canons to determine the extraterritorial reach of statutes. [read post]
15 May 2024, 8:02 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
It closed the door on almost all new Asian immigration and shut out most European Jews and other refugees fleeing fascism and the horrors of the Holocaust in Europe. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
At the same time, many Italian jurists were seeking new solutions in order to reform the legal method. [read post]
9 Oct 2016, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
From the University of Georgia Press, here's a new release that appears to speak to important themes in legal history: Divided Sovereignties: Race, Nationhood, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America (2016), by Rochelle Raineri Zuck (University of Minnesota, Duluth). [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 6:54 pm by devalera01
Antigua’s Legal “Pirate Site” Authorized by the World Trade OrganizationTop Gear isn't TV, not when it's on YouTubeThe re-sale of digital music and video files in the EU may not be found to infringe copyright, says expertMedia organisations question Government's legal basis for copyright reformsKim Dotcom's back with a new 50GB free storage service: MegaPirate Party Australia focuses on Senate for federal electionThe 16th Century Religious Wars And Today’s… [read post]
18 Oct 2005, 5:38 pm
Join us as we sort through the first major revision in U-S bankruptcy law in a quarter century! [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 12:33 am
According to the description, Brill's contains "sound, in-depth information on China from its early beginnings up to today, with a clear focus on the modern period from the mid-nineteenth century to the 21st century. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 6:04 am by Adam Wagner
Neuberger’s second focus is on the use of new technology, a topic I have regularly touched upon. [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 10:31 am by Elizabeth Lowman
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] voted on Wednesday to pass the 21st Century Cures Act [bill], which will allow the Food and Drug Administration [official website] to fund more medical research and speed up access to new drugs. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 10:26 pm by John Kang
From the New Yorker: Here in America, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, sexism is very much on the wane, but misogyny is not. [read post]
20 May 2008, 4:33 pm
Being a huge fan of indexes, this item in a brand new law review caught my eye:   “Indexing the South Dakota Constitutional Conventions: A 21st Century Solution to a 125 Year Old Problem,” 53 South Dakota Law Review 260 (2008). [read post]
16 Sep 2023, 7:35 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Tax Haven Gershon Hasin, Ocean Governance in the 21st Century: A "New Package-Deal" Shana Tabak, Refugee Detention as Constructive Refoulement       [read post]
18 Jul 2006, 1:03 pm
Senator Bill Frist has announced a new medical blog called MedicalMatters.org: a 21st Century Discussion of Health Care Issues.According to the inaugural post:MedicalMatters.org is a blog about health care and the politics of health care. [read post]