Editor’s Note: Several scholars offered tributes to Robert Gordon outside of the formal program; we present them here. Bob Gordon and the Field Guide to Dragons, Their Varieties and Habitats Richard J. Ross and Steven Wilf We are meeting to celebrate Bob Gordon, his storied career, and the issuing of a collection of his essays, entitled,…
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Robert W. Gordon in Conversation with David Sugarman
Here is Bob in his own words, adding a more personal reflection and commentary to his more formal publications and presentations…. illuminating the ideas and biography of one of the most influential and much-loved legal historians of the last fifty years…. Hopefully, it conveys the spirit of our dialogue, and, among other things, what a good time we were having.
Conversation: Katherine Turk, Chelsea del Rio and Nicholas Syrett discuss Alison Lefkovitz’ Strange Bedfellows
One of the most highly anticipated new works in postwar American legal history is Alison Lefkovitz’ Strange Bedfellows: Marriage in the Era of Women’s Liberation. As the book’s publisher puts it, “Examining the effects of law and politics on the intimate space of the home, Strange Bedfellows recounts how the marriage revolution at once instituted formal legal…
Deja Vu and the Gendered Origins of the Practice of Immigration Law: The Immigrants’ Protective League, 1907-1940
Felice Batlan is Professor of Law, Director of the Institute for Compliance, and Co-Director of the Institute for Law and the Humanities at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. She was previously an Associate Editor of Law and History Review. She is the author of several major works, including Women and Justice for the Poor: A History…
A Happy Couple: The Docket and Law and History Review
What exactly is a ‘Bobfest’!? Here’s a quick preview of what’s to come at The Docket and Law and History Review! *** All academics know that the term ‘summer break’ is silly. If anything, we get busier in the summer as we use a brief reprieve from teaching and other campus-based responsibilities to dive into…
The Price of Education: An Interview with Esther Cyna
Esther Cyna, a leading new voice about the problem of school funding in the United States, recently took some time to answer a few questions about her work. *** Equity and Excellence: Esther Cyna Discusses School Funding in America Esther Cyna, PhD Student and Department Doctoral Fellow in History and Education at Teacher’s…
Public Trust and Public Access: Deborah Dinner Reviews Andrew Kahrl’s Free the Beaches
Public Trust and Public Access: Deborah Dinner Reviews Free the Beaches Andrew W. Kahrl, Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America’s Most Exclusive Shoreline, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Pp. 376. $27 cloth (ISBN: 9780300215144). On July 4, 1974, a daring, no-holds-barred activist named Ned Coll launched…
“The Beginning of the End” of Klan Terror: Joseph Bagley Reviews James Turner’s Memoir of Three Trials
“The Beginning of the End” of Klan Terror: Joseph Bagley Reviews James Turner’s Memoir of Three Trials James P. Turner, Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018. Pp. 110. $65.00 cloth (ISBN 978-0-472-07374-0); $19.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-472-05374-2). doi:10.3998/mpub.9753373 Jim Turner, a veteran of…
A Bold and Timely Venture: The Docket at LHR
The Law and History Review (LHR) is already among the most highly regarded historical and legal journals published in English. It is widely read by historians, lawyers, and social scientists, many trained in multiple disciplines. As the official journal of the American Society for Legal History (ASLH), LHR is an invaluable resource, allowing us to…
Adriana Chira Talks to The Docket About Transatlantic Research and the History of Slavery in Cuba
Is this article part of a book project? If so, could you give our readers a sense of what you will be trying to accomplish in the book? Yes, the article is part of my first book project, tentatively titled Becoming Free of Color: Popular Racial Thought in Cuba, 1791-1868. It is a book about…