Saturday, March 7, 2026

Weekend Roundup

  • "Read an exciting article on the legal history of Britain or the British empire published in 2025? Consider nominating the article to the ASLH Sutherland Prize for 'the best article on the legal history of Britain and/or the British Empire published in the previous year.' Self-nominations are also accepted. The deadline is June 1" (H-Law).
  • ICYMI: Keith Whittington on the Historic Case for Birthright Citizenship (Dispatch). Hettie V. Williams on Black Women and the Brown Decision (Black Perspectives).  The California Judicial Center Library celebrates the "impactful women" of the state's legal history (EIN Presswire).  Julie Suk on the Declaration of Independence at 250 (Fordham Law News).  On that reunion of the descendants of the litigants in Plessy v. Ferguson (Tulane Law).  Rachel F. Seidman on Women Who Changed the Laws Shaping Economic Independence (Smithsonian). The Unique Protections of the Pennsylvania Constitution (JDSupra).

Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.