American Journal of Legal History



The latest edition of the American Journal of Legal History has now been published ( 58:3 (September 2018)).

Articles

  • Revisiting the Critiques of Those Who Upheld the Fugitive Slave Acts in the 1840s and ‘50s
    Peter Karsten
  • The Law Wars in Massachusetts, 1830-1860: How a Band of Upstart Radical Lawyers Defeated the Forces of Law and Order, and Struck a Blow for Freedom and Equality Under Law
    Alexandra D Lahav; R Kent Newmyer
  • “O Amherst, Where is Thy Shame?”: Republican Opposition to Federalist Policies in a New England Town    Susan J Siggelakis; Nicholas Mignanelli
  • Judicial Intervention in Early Corporate Governance Disputes: Vice-Chancellor Shadwell’s Lost Judgment in Mozley v Alston (1847)    Victoria Barnes

Book Reviews

  • David Barker, A History of Australian Legal Education    Mark Lunney
  • Dante Fedele, Naissance de la diplomatie moderne (XIIIe-XVIIe siècles). L’ambassadeur au croisement du droit, de l’éthique et de la politique
    Frederik Dhondt
  • Shaunnagh Dorsett, Juridical Encounters: Ma-ori and the Colonial Courts 1840 – 1852
    Katherine Sanders
  • Guido Rossi, Insurance in Elizabethan England. The London Code
    Dave De ruysscher
  • Mark Lunney, A History of Australian Tort Law 1901–1945: England’s Obedient Servant? Henry Kha