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The Brandeis Gambit: The Making Of America's "First Freedom," 1909-1931, Bradley C. Bobertz

William & Mary Law Review

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The Lessons Of Impeachment History, Michael J. Gerhardt

Faculty Publications

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The Legal History Of The State Of Missouri, Honorable Joseph J. Simeone

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The First Women Members Of The Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, Mary Clark

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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A Non-Material Form Of Copyright: The Strange History Of Lecturer’S Copyright, Alex Steel

Alex Steel

This article traces the history of a specific copyright in the spoken word in private lectures, a copyright that did not require the words to be reduced to material form in order to gain protection. In the early to mid 1800’s much money could be made from the giving of lectures, and private lecturers were searching for ways to protect their livelihood. The first case to successfully prevent the unauthorised reprinting of lectures was Abernethy v Hutchinson (1825); generally considered to be the case which formed the basis for the action for breach of confidence. This was a case about …

Why Wasn't Imprisonment For Debt Abolished During The Era Of Domination Of The Labor Movement? (In Hebrew), Ron Harris

Ron Harris

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Tench Coxe And The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, 1787-1823, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

Tench Coxe, a member of the second rank of this nation's Founders and a leading proponent of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, wrote prolifically about the right to keep and bear arms. In this Article, the authors trace Coxe's story, from his early writings in support of the Constitution, through his years of public service, to his political writings in opposition to the presidential campaigns of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The authors note that Coxe described the Second Amendment as guaranteeing an individual right, and believed that an individual right to bear arms was necessary for …

All The Way Down The Slippery Slope: Gun Prohibition In England And Some Lessons For Civil Liberties In America, David B. Kopel, Joseph Olson

David B Kopel

Whenever civil liberties issues are contested, proponents of greater restrictions often chide civil liberties defenders for being unwilling to offer moderate concessions. Frequently, persons advocating restrictions on civil liberties claim that the "moderate" restriction will not infringe the core civil liberty. When rights advocates raise the "slippery slope" argument, they are criticized for being excessively fearful. The goal of the article is to refine our understanding of "slippery slopes" by examining a case in which a civil liberty really did slide all the way down the slippery slope.

The right to arms in Great Britain was entirely unrestricted at the …

Lawyers' Duty To Do Justice: A New Look At The History Of The 1908 Canons, Susan Carle

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Arkansas Supreme Court And The Civil War, L. Scott Stafford

Faculty Scholarship

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The Legalization Of The Presidencey: A Twenty-Five Year Watergate Retrospective, Michael A. Fitts

All Faculty Scholarship

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The Anglo-American Legal Heritage: Introductory Materials, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

A slightly modified version of Chapter 2 appears as "The Lessons of Anglo-Saxon 'Justice.'" The Green Bag. 2d ser. 2, no.3 (Spring 1999): 251-259.