Saturday, March 25, 2017

Weekend Roundup

  • Brexit on the mind? You may be interested in a conference on EU legal history at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt, June 22-23, 2017. Full info on "Treaties as travaux prĂ©paratoires: Conference on the 60th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome" here
  • There's a new journal around, and it's peer-reviewed. Read more about Buddhism, Law & Society here and here.
  • My Georgetown law colleague Lawrence B. Solum’s statement on originalism during the hearings on the Nomination of the Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is here in writing and here on video.  Hat tip: Legal Theory Blog.  DRE
  • If you're still looking to join a panel at the ASLH, don't forget to check out the "in search of" posting over at H-Law.
  • Update: The traveling exhibit Asian Pacific Legal Experience in America will be open for free, self-guided tours at the Minnesota State Law Library April 3-14.  Topics covered include “the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the Japanese-American Incarceration during World War II, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.”
Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.