The Lex Voconia, passed in 169 BCE, was proposed by Quintus Voconius Saxa. It restricted wealthy Romans from naming women as primary heirs, reflecting patriarchal anxieties to female access to property rights.
#RomanLaw
#AncientRome
#WomensHistory
#LegalHistory
THE ACCUSED by Jessica Trisko Darden is a compelling examination that challenges everything we assume about Nazi women’s perpetration of war crimes, revealing how gender norms contributed to disparities in sentencing between men and women.
#HolocaustStudies #GenderAndWar #LegalHistory
In this July 26, 1937 file photo, police escort two of the five recently freed "Scottsboro Boys," Olen Montgomery, wearing glasses, third left, and Eugene Williams, wearing suspenders, forth left through the crowd greeting them upon their arrival at Penn Station in New York.
The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs. It is commonly cited as an example of a legal injustice in the United States legal system.
#ScottsboroBoys #LegalHistory #CivilRights #JimCrow #USHistory #SupremeCourt
Harish Rana Dies: India’s First Passive Euthanasia Case: Harish Rana Dies After 13-Year Coma
#Harishrana #RIPJudiciary #EuthanasiaDebate #RightToDie #LegalHistory #MedicalEthics #SocialJustice #EndOfLifeCare
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Judge Deborah Ford Honors Trailblazing Mother, Says She ‘Stood on Her Shoulders’ During Early Years on the Bench: Judge Deborah Geraldine Bledsoe Ford has paid tribute to her mother, pioneering jurist Geraldine Bledsoe Ford,… #WomenInJustice #Trailblazers #LegalHistory #Empowerment #Motherhood
The Stamp Act:
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The repeal:
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#History #LegalHistory
🚨 BONUS EPISODE 🚨
A murder case so explosive it needed an Act of Parliament 🏛️⚖️ Stephen Bates tells the story of the Victorian trial that had to be moved to London amid nationwide outrage. 🎙️🔥
Listen now: pod.fo/e/3a68ec
#TrueCrime #LegalHistory #Podcast
Sanjay K Mohindroo
The Lady of Justice symbolizes fairness, balance, and moral courage. Explore her ancient origins, powerful symbols, and lasting role in modern law. #LadyOfJustice #JusticeSymbol #LegalHistory #RuleOfLaw #JusticeAndFairness #PhilosophyOfLaw #LegalSymbolism
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Sanjay Mohindroo
The Lady of Justice symbolizes fairness, balance, and moral courage. Explore her ancient origins, powerful symbols, and lasting role in modern law. #LadyOfJustice #JusticeSymbol #LegalHistory #RuleOfLaw #JusticeAndFairness #PhilosophyOfLaw #LegalSymbolism
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Conference programme for Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801–1969. One-day hybrid academic conference, in person and online, at Northumbria University, Monday 20 April 2026. Registration link provided. The programme runs from 8.45am to 5.45pm and includes: an opening overview by Dr Jennifer Aston (Northumbria University); Session One with papers by Prof. Danaya Wright (University of Florida) and Chloe Challender (Warwick University); Session Two with papers by Penelope Russell (University of Sheffield), Dr Stephanie Brown (University of Hull), and Dr Sophie Michell (Open University); a keynote address by Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE on the role of conduct in matrimonial law; Session Three with papers by Dr Rosemary Elliot (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter); and Session Four with papers by Dr Naomi Cousins (Leeds Beckett University), Dr Ellen Durban (Independent Scholar), and Ruth Tweedale (University of Westminster). A drinks reception follows closing remarks. Logos for the ESRC, New Histories of Divorce, and Northumbria University Newcastle appear at the foot of the page.
Only 5 weeks until the *free* Broken Bonds: The History of Divorce and Marital Breakdown conference at Northumbria University! Thanks to the ESRC, travel bursaries are available. Details in replies 👇
#LegalHistory #DivorceHistory #FamilyLaw #SocioLegalStudies #WomensHistory #ESRC #ECRHistory
TOMORROW in #Chicago at 10:00 AM Central:
The Annual Clarence Darrow Flower Tossing at the Clarence Darrow bridge.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/yvftfdf9
#LaborHistory #LegalHistory #Lawyers #Attorney
Things You MUST NOT DO In Covent Garden
A look at the old market byelaws painted on boards at Covent Garden.
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#LegalHistory #London
For over 230 years, the U.S. Supreme Court never had a Black woman justice.
That changed in 2022, when Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th Justice.
#WomenBreakingBarriers #LegalHistory #womenhistory #BlackWomenInLeadership
If you study legal history, please consider submitting a proposal for the 2026 conference of the American Society for Legal History in Banff, Canada in November! The Program Committee accepts proposals until March 24! #ASLH #legalhistory 🗃️
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Honoring our legacy. Building our future. ⚖️✨
This striking collage of Utah’s historic courthouses, designed by LaNiece Roberts, was featured as the 2006 cover of the Utah Bar Journal in recognition of the Utah State Bar’s 75th Anniversary.
##UtahCourts #LegalHistory #UtahBarJournal #UtahStateBar95
In 1939, Jane Bolin made history as the first Black woman judge in the United State and served nearly 40 years.
#BarrierBreakers #JaneBolin #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #WomenInLaw #Trailblazers #LegalHistory
20 Mar 10am EASTERN
Dr. #KimJungwon
"Governing #Justice: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Practice in #Chosŏn #Korea"
#PremodernHistory #KoreanHistory #LegalHistory
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🎉 The Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969 programme is live!
📅 20 April '26 | Northumbria Uni
🎤 Keynote: Lady Hale DBE
🗣️ 11 amazing speakers | ESRC-funded
💰 Free registration | Travel bursaries available
#LegalHistory #WomensHistory #Divorce
Come to the online launch of Law and Justice in the 1950s! I'll be speaking about the Wolfenden Report, alongside editors Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty and fellow contributors @paradoxbridge.bsky.social, Emma Jones, Sally Wheeler and more.
#LegalHistory
Great to see my friend Ryan Rowberry and discuss my paper with the Georgia State law faculty at their excellent workshop series. #legalhistory
Interesting question indeed. Making it more general, I've just checked the contents of the English Reports, and as far as I can tell, only a single volume (no. 82) has reports from the Interregnum.
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Banner showing the cover image of 'Essays on the History of Equity' and the text: Investigates the history of equity in England between the 14th and 20th centuries.
Now available: 'Essays on the History of Equity' edited by @david-foster.bsky.social and Charles Mitchell
Charts the evolution of equity in English legal history from the medieval period to the present day ➡️ https://bit.ly/46a4BYr
#LegalHistory #EquityLaw
If you're interested in developing a pre-conference symposium during the American Society for Legal History conference in Banff in November, please send your proposal to the Program Committee co-chairs by this Friday, 2/27! (Other proposals are due 3/24) #legalhistory #ASLH
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What do Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the 19th-century Divorce Court have in common? Murder, of course.
I chatted with @cacrampton.bsky.social on the Shedunnit podcast about how divorce law shaped golden age detective fiction 🔍
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#LegalHistory #DivorceHistory
TREATISE PLEAS OF CROWN 1803 EDWARD HYDE EAST 1st TRIALS COURT LAW CRIME 2v
#books #antiquarian #law #courts #legalhistory #legal #crime #criminallaw #Britain #history #bookauction
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Banner showing the cover image of 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to the Present' as well as an invitation to look inside.
Read an extract from 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to the Present' edited by Emily Gordon, Charles Mitchell and Ian Williams
Presents a socio-legal history of epidemics from the medieval period to the present day 👉 https://bit.ly/4ag4gVn
#LegalHistory #SocioLegal
Meet Eunice Hunton Carter, one of the first Black women prosecutors, exposed the network behind Lucky Luciano—leading to the biggest mob conviction in U.S. history.
This Black History Month, we remember her legacy. ✊🏾
#BlackHistoryMonth #LegalHistory #BlackWomenInLaw #BlackHistoryMonth
Meet Eunice Hunton Carter, one of the first Black women prosecutors, exposed the network behind Lucky Luciano—leading to the biggest mob conviction in U.S. history.
This Black History Month, we remember her legacy. ✊🏾
#BlackHistoryMonth #LegalHistory #BlackWomenInLaw
It is a great pleasure to share the third Open Acces publication in the book series Slavery and Emancipation:
**The Legal Framework of Slavery in the Dutch Republic and Its Colonies**
by Bastiaan van der Velden
#slavery #legalhistory #Dutchhistory
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3/ willing to name what others refuse to see.
This Black History Month, we honor Pauli Murray — and the power of ideas that change a nation. ✊🏾📚
#BlackHistoryMonth #PauliMurray #CivilRights #GenderEquality #Intersectionality #JaneCrow #LegalHistory #TruthTellers #Justice
