Saturday, March 9, 2024

Weekend Roundup

  • A symposium on Natasha Wheatley’s The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty has been published in the journal History of European Ideas
  • On May 1, at the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court Historical Society and  George Washington’s Mount Vernon will sponsor a lecture by Gerard Magliocca on his book, Washington's Heir: The Life of Bushrod Washington.  (The second lecture in this series will occur on October 8 in Mount Vernon when Lindsay M. Chervinsky speaks on her book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged a Republic.  Register here.
  • The latest episode of the American Law Institute’s podcast is Exploring ALI's History and InfluenceAndrew Gold, an editor of the recently published centennial history of the ALI, joins Deborah A. DeMott (Reporter for Restatement of the Law Third, Agency), John C.P. Goldberg (Associate Reporter for Restatement the Law Fourth, Property), and Erin E. Murphy (Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses).
  • From the New York Times: Mary Ziegler (UC Davis) appeared on the Ezra Klein Show.
  • Miami Law notes Kunal Parker’s appearance on a panel at on the Civil War and Immigration at HistoryMiami Museum and in a seminar of “Deported Americans” at the Massachusetts Historical Society.  
  • From In Custodia Legis: Federal Holidays and Observances, Part I and Part II.  
  • ICYMI: New York courts have a long progressive history, says Bruce W. Dearstyne (Times Union). Sumita Mukherje on Race, Empire and Women’s Suffrage (History Today).
Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.