🗓 5 May | 6pm – 7pm + reception
📍 Inner Temple, London + livestream
🎟 In-person: £13.65 | Livestream: Free
Open to all
👉 Book by Monday, 27 April nrtm.pl/3ONfmdE
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New on CanLII: "Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm" by University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Professor Adam Dodek. Many thanks to UBC Press for allowing this excellent resource on CanLII! #legalhistory #legalcommentary zurl.co/vHQU3
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Banner showing the cover image of 'Constitutional Effectiveness' and the text: Presents a unique account of the social and political impacts of the German Basic Law on the German Republic from 1949 to the present day.
📙 Just published: 'Constitutional Effectiveness' by Dieter Grimm
Explores the lasting influence and importance of Germany’s Basic Law ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Qob0u2
#ConstitutionalLaw #LegalHistory
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It is publication day!! 🎂 If you want to understand why the white patriarchal family is so central to American conservatism today, take a dive through history with me. And enjoy 30% with code EXH30 #amhistory #polsci #conservatism #legalhistory #oah26 @princetonupress.bsky.social
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By 1857, that system was dismantled.
Not reformed—removed.
The idea that geography alone justified taxation of passage was no longer acceptable.
#LegalHistory #ShippingHistory #MaritimeTrade
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Roni Weinstein talks about his book ‘Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law’ with Dr. Ari Barbalat on the ‘Dialogues in Judaic Studies’ podcast. Listen here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yckdnvcj #EarlyModernHistory #LegalHistory #SafavidEmpire #MughalEmpire #JewishHistory #podcast #AnthemPress #AriBarbalat
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Jessica Lake also has a new article on men's sexual defamations suits, tying it to the rise of professions in the nineteenth century: academic.oup.com/ajlh/advance... #legalhistory
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PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only)
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#Law and #Literature
An Interdisciplinary Exploration of #Medieval Texts
Edited by Ignazio Alessi and Gavino Scala
Info: bit.ly/4mMzJEB
#LegalHistory #MedievalSky #Literature
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Special Damage: The Slander of Women and the Gendered History of Defamation Law
Jessica Lake
newbooksnetwork.com/special-damage #legalhistory #womenshistory
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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.
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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
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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
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Harish Rana Dies: India’s First Passive Euthanasia Case: Harish Rana Dies After 13-Year Coma
#Harishrana #RIPJudiciary #EuthanasiaDebate #RightToDie #LegalHistory #MedicalEthics #SocialJustice #EndOfLifeCare
www.asianewstimes.com/india/harish...
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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
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The Stamp Act:
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The repeal:
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🚨 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. 🎙️🔥
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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
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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
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Things You MUST NOT DO In Covent Garden
A look at the old market byelaws painted on boards at Covent Garden.
londonist.com/london/histo...
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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.
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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.
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In 1939, Jane Bolin made history as the first Black woman judge in the United State and served nearly 40 years.
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20 Mar 10am EASTERN
Dr. #KimJungwon
"Governing #Justice: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Practice in #Chosŏn #Korea"
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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
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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.
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