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Public Takings By The State For Private Use: A Maryland Case Study In Georges Creek Coal & Iron Company V. New Central Coal Company (1871-1874), Joshua T. Carback Jan 2015

Public Takings By The State For Private Use: A Maryland Case Study In Georges Creek Coal & Iron Company V. New Central Coal Company (1871-1874), Joshua T. Carback

Legal History Publications

This paper examines the legal controversy concerning New Central Company’s attempt to execute a public taking of the land of the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company for its private use to build a railroad. This paper analyzes the significance of the case within the social, economic, and political context of the town of Lonaconing in Allegany County, Western Maryland, where the parties were situated. This paper also traces the procedural history of the case, including its appearance before the Allegany Circuit Court in 1872, and before the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1873 and 1874. Finally, this paper presents …


Legal History Seminar: Leading Maryland Cases, Edward C. Papenfuse, Garrett Power Sep 2013

Legal History Seminar: Leading Maryland Cases, Edward C. Papenfuse, Garrett Power

Faculty Scholarship

For the past decade, we have collaborated in presenting "Legal History Seminar: Leading Maryland Cases" at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. In recent years, the seminar has paid particular attention to legal cases and controversies arising in Baltimore, Maryland - a city rich with historic tumult and beset with urban problems. The 2010 offering considered the city's environmental controversies; the 2011 offering addressed the administration of justice in Baltimore during the Civil War; and the 2012 offering looked at Baltimore in the War of 1812.

While the focus of the seminar has changed from year …


Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret The Constitution, Harold H. Bruff Feb 2013

Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret The Constitution, Harold H. Bruff

Schmooze 'tickets'

No abstract provided.


Political Economy Of Vietnam: Market Reform, Growth, And The State, Joshua M. Steinfeld, Khi V. Thai Jan 2013

Political Economy Of Vietnam: Market Reform, Growth, And The State, Joshua M. Steinfeld, Khi V. Thai

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.


Orienting Lawyers At China's International Tribunals Before 1949, Tahirih V. Lee Jan 2012

Orienting Lawyers At China's International Tribunals Before 1949, Tahirih V. Lee

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Making Sense Of An Eighteenth-Century Constitution In A Twenty-First-Century World, Mark A. Graber Jan 2007

Foreword: Making Sense Of An Eighteenth-Century Constitution In A Twenty-First-Century World, Mark A. Graber

Faculty Scholarship

The Maryland Constitutional Law Schmooze, "An Eighteenth-Century Constitution in a Twenty-First-Century World" explores the interpretive and political challenges inherent in recourse to an ancient text for resolving political questions. Although no Essay cites Quentin Skinner, the debates between participants in the Schmooze and this Symposium mirror the debates between Skinner and his critics. Some participants insist that crucial aspects of an eighteenth-century text remain vibrant at present, that contemporary political life would be improved by more careful study of the Constitution. Others blame crucial pathologies of American politics on a combination of too careful study of and too uncritical veneration …


Medicare At 40: A Mid-Life Crisis?, Nancy-Ann Deparle Jan 2004

Medicare At 40: A Mid-Life Crisis?, Nancy-Ann Deparle

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Jefferson And Madison As Icons In Judicial History: A Study Of Religion Clause Jurisprudence, David Reiss Jan 2002

Jefferson And Madison As Icons In Judicial History: A Study Of Religion Clause Jurisprudence, David Reiss

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Residential Segregation Of Baltimore's Jews: Restrictive Covenants Or Gentlemen's Agreement?, Garrett Power Oct 1996

The Residential Segregation Of Baltimore's Jews: Restrictive Covenants Or Gentlemen's Agreement?, Garrett Power

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Bicentennial Of The United States District Court For The District Of Maryland 1790-1990, Andrew Radding Jan 1991

The Bicentennial Of The United States District Court For The District Of Maryland 1790-1990, Andrew Radding

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Labor, Power, And Society , James B. Atleson Jan 1985

Reflections On Labor, Power, And Society , James B. Atleson

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Traditional Labor Law Scholarship And The Crisis Of Collective Bargaining Law: A Reply To Professor Finkin, Karl E. Klare Jan 1985

Traditional Labor Law Scholarship And The Crisis Of Collective Bargaining Law: A Reply To Professor Finkin, Karl E. Klare

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does Karl Klare Protest Too Much?, Matthew W. Finkin Jan 1985

Does Karl Klare Protest Too Much?, Matthew W. Finkin

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lost Opportunity: Concluding Thoughts On The Finkin Critique, Karl E. Klare Jan 1985

Lost Opportunity: Concluding Thoughts On The Finkin Critique, Karl E. Klare

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Origins Of Freedom Of Speech And Press, David S. Bogen Jan 1983

The Origins Of Freedom Of Speech And Press, David S. Bogen

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Case For Treason, George P. Fletcher Jan 1982

The Case For Treason, George P. Fletcher

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


David Hoffman And The Shaping Of A Republican Legal Culture, Maxwell Bloomfield Jan 1979

David Hoffman And The Shaping Of A Republican Legal Culture, Maxwell Bloomfield

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Commemoration Of The Two Hundredth Anniversary Of The Maryland Court Of Appeals: A Short History, Honorable Hall Hammond Jan 1978

Commemoration Of The Two Hundredth Anniversary Of The Maryland Court Of Appeals: A Short History, Honorable Hall Hammond

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Taney Period, 1836-64, David S. Bogen Jan 1975

The Taney Period, 1836-64, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Antecedents And Beginnings To 1801, David S. Bogen Jan 1974

Book Review: Antecedents And Beginnings To 1801, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen Jan 1972

Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Constitution And Socialism, Walter H. Buck Jan 1951

The Constitution And Socialism, Walter H. Buck

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Introductory Description Of The Court Of Appeals Of Maryland, Carroll T. Bond Jan 1940

An Introductory Description Of The Court Of Appeals Of Maryland, Carroll T. Bond

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Court Of Appeals Of Maryland A Five - Year Case Study, Herbert M. Brune, Jr., John S. Strahorn, Jr. Jan 1940

The Court Of Appeals Of Maryland A Five - Year Case Study, Herbert M. Brune, Jr., John S. Strahorn, Jr.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.