As heralded here, the D.C. Area Legal History Roundtable convened at Georgetown Law on Friday, September 19, to hear four papers and accompanying comments. Now the webcast and a downloadable podcast are available here.
Customs and Commerce in Antebellum America
Alexander Hamilton and the Problem of Revenue in the Age of the American Revolution.
Gautham Rao, University of Chicago
Policy Entrepreneurship and the Warehousing Act of 1846.
Phillip W. Magness, George Mason University
Comments by Lawrence Peskin and James May
Moderated by Adam Mossoff
Citizenship and Protest: Puerto Rican Workers and American Suffragettes
A Rightless Status for Puerto Ricans: The Twilight of U.S. Citizenship, 1909-1917.
Sam Erman, University of Michigan
Parades, Pickets, and Prison: Alice Paul and the Virtues of Unruly Constitutional Citizenship.
Lynda G. Dodd, Washington College of Law, American University
Comments by Robyn Muncy and Dan Ernst
Moderated by Tanya Hernandez