Weekend Round-up

• Help on the job hunt: In the Service of Clio has compiled a list of useful web sites for history Ph.D.s who are considering a job outside of a traditional history department.

• In commemoration of Presidents' Day, The Browser tapped H W Brands (University of Texas at Austin) to pick five must-read presidential biographies. His list may surprise you . . . .

• This February also marks the 94th anniversary of the Mexican Constitution. Francisco Macías traces its history in a guest post at In Custodia Legis.

• At a time when editors are doing less editing, what should an author do to ensure a top quality manuscript? Randall Stephens, in a post at The Historical Society, discusses.

• Writing for Newsweek, Richard B. Bernstein (New York Law School) evaluates "the latest in a worthwhile genre aimed at examining major, history-changing speeches": James Ledbetter's Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex (Yale University Press, 2010). The review is here.

The Weekend Round-up is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.