As we noted recently, registration is now open for the annual meeting of the American Society for Legal History, to he held in Atlanta, GA, November 10-13. The meeting usually begins on Friday morning, but this year begins on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 10. Two special panels are planned: a presidential panel honoring Philip Girard, and a roundtable discussion of legal history teaching, featuring two recent LHB guest bloggers, Elizabeth Dale and David Tanenhaus. Here are the details:
Thursday, Session A, 2:00pm – 3:45pm
Presidential Panel: In Honor of Philip Girard – Salon G
Chair/Commentator- Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa
Jim Phillips, University of Toronto, “The British North American Judiciary, 1754-1867: Independence, Politics, and the Emergence of an Indigenous Elite”
Jan-Philippe Garneau, Université du Québec à Montréal, “Lawyers and Legal Culture Across Borders: A Quebec Perspective”
Mary Stokes, Osgoode Hall Law School, “‘Municipal Law is my Speciality’: How Robert A. Harrison did not become Ontario’s Beamish Murdoch”
Thursday, Session B, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Roundtable on Teaching American Legal History – Salon H
Chair- John Wertheimer, Davidson College
Barry Cushman, University of Virginia
Elizabeth Dale, University of Florida
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Peter Karsten, University of Pittsburgh
David Tanenhaus, UNLV
Update
A post on the Canadian Legal History Blog discusses the occasion for the presidential panel. DRE
