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Fundamentalism, The First Amendment, And The Rise Of The Religious Right, Randall Balmer
Fundamentalism, The First Amendment, And The Rise Of The Religious Right, Randall Balmer
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Majority Rights, Minority Freedoms: Protestant Culture, Personal Autonomy, And Civil Liberties In Nineteenth Century America, Daniel F. Piar
Majority Rights, Minority Freedoms: Protestant Culture, Personal Autonomy, And Civil Liberties In Nineteenth Century America, Daniel F. Piar
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Antebellum Perspectives On Free Speech, Mark A. Graber
Antebellum Perspectives On Free Speech, Mark A. Graber
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
In his book, Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege": Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History, Professor Michael Kent Curtis documents the political struggles over free speech rights that took place between the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 and the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. Professor Curtis looks to these early free speech fights to help define the contours of contemporary speech rights. In this review, Professor Mark A. Graber discusses Professor Curtis's contribution to constitutional history, and the implications of The People's Darling Privilege for constitutional theorists
Speech, Press, And Democracy, Paul Finkelman
Speech, Press, And Democracy, Paul Finkelman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Professor Michael Kent Curtis's latest book, Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege": Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History, chronicles the efforts of ordinary Americans to protect their right to freedom of expression from 1791-1865. Professor Paul Finkelman reviews this book, focusing primarily on Curtis's discussions of suppression of speech prior to and during the Civil War period and additionally providing some thoughts concerning the appropriateness of revoking free speech rights during times of war.
The Praxis Of Church And State In The (Under)Development Of Women's Religion From France To The New World, Barbara L. Bernier
The Praxis Of Church And State In The (Under)Development Of Women's Religion From France To The New World, Barbara L. Bernier
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Rethinking The History Of American Freedom, Michael J. Klarman
Rethinking The History Of American Freedom, Michael J. Klarman
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lincoln, Vallandingham, And Anti-War Speech In The Civil War, Michael Kent Curtis
Lincoln, Vallandingham, And Anti-War Speech In The Civil War, Michael Kent Curtis
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
In the early morning hours of May 5, 1863, Union soldiers forcibly arrested Clement L. Vallandigham, a prominent Democratic politician and former congressman, for an anti-war speech which he had given a few days earlier in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Vallandigham's arrest ignited debate about freedom of speech in a democracy during a time of war and the First Amendment rights of critics of an administration. This Article is one in a series by Professor Curtis which examines episodes in the history of free speech before and during the Civil War.
In this Article, Professor Curtis explores the First Amendment's guarantee …
From Horse Trading To Insider Trading: The Historical Antecedents Of The Insider Trading Debate, Paula J. Dalley
From Horse Trading To Insider Trading: The Historical Antecedents Of The Insider Trading Debate, Paula J. Dalley
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Hoodwink'd By Custom: The Exclusion Of Women From Juries In Eighteenth-Century English Law And Literature, Judy M. Cornett
Hoodwink'd By Custom: The Exclusion Of Women From Juries In Eighteenth-Century English Law And Literature, Judy M. Cornett
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Lynching And The Law In Georgia Circa 1931: A Chapter In The Legal Career Of Judge Elbert Tuttle, Anne S. Emanuel
Lynching And The Law In Georgia Circa 1931: A Chapter In The Legal Career Of Judge Elbert Tuttle, Anne S. Emanuel
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Elbert Parr Tuttle joined the federal bench in 1954, shortly after the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education. In 1960, he became the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the court with jurisdiction over most of the deep south. As Chief Judge, he forged a jurisprudence that proved effective in overcoming the intransigence and outright rebellion of those who had long denied fundamental constitutional rights to African Americans.
This Essay traces an episode that occurred in 1931, when Tuttle spearheaded an effort to obtain a fair trial for John Downer, a …
Trading Winds In Puerto Rico: The Dawn Of Self-Determination Shines On A Legal System, Antonio Fernós
Trading Winds In Puerto Rico: The Dawn Of Self-Determination Shines On A Legal System, Antonio Fernós
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Rhetorical Tapestry Of Race: White Innocence And Black Abstraction, Thomas Ross
The Rhetorical Tapestry Of Race: White Innocence And Black Abstraction, Thomas Ross
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Philosophy, History, And Judging, Donald P. Boyle Jr.
Philosophy, History, And Judging, Donald P. Boyle Jr.
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
One Hundred Eightieth Anniversary Feature: William And Mary: America's First Law School, Fred B. Devitt Jr.
One Hundred Eightieth Anniversary Feature: William And Mary: America's First Law School, Fred B. Devitt Jr.
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.