Harold M. Hyman was one of the most influential constitutional historians of his time, an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History and its president from 1993 to 1995. He was the author of the leading constitutional history of the Reconstruction era and, with William M. Read the rest The post Harold M. Hyman first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

The ASLH lost a stalwart member with the passing of Richard Bernstein on June 26, 2023. More important, countless legal historians lost a friend and colleague, someone always willing to discuss legal history, to listen to a new idea, or just to talk. Read the rest The post R.B. (Richard) Bernstein first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

Natalie Zemon Davis, “our” honorary fellow, died last week at the age of 94. She was, of course, a protean figure, among the most famous and celebrated historians of the past century. She is often identified as a founder of the modern field of cultural history and as the most distinguished practitioner of what became known as microhistory. Read the rest The post Natalie Zemon Davis first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

At the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, ASLH President Michael Willrich announced the result of the Annual Election. Please join us in congratulating these newly elected members, and thanking them for their service! President Elect: Mitra Sharafi (University of Wisconsin) Nominating Committee Member: Susanna Blumenthal (University of Minnesota) Board Members: Fahad Bishara (University of Virginia) Daniel Ernst (Georgetown University) Elizabeth Kamali (Harvard University) Amalia Kessler (Stanford University) Anne Twitty (Stanford University) We also offer our thanks to the Nominating Committ ..read more

Please join the ASLH in offering our congratulations to this year’s prize winners, in thanking the prize committees for their work, and in appreciating the generosity of the people and organizations who have generously funded them.   Cromwell Article Prize  Emilie Connolly, “Fiduciary Colonialism: Annuities and Native Dispossession in Early America,” American Historical Review (March 2022): 223-253. Read the rest The post Congratulations to the 2023 Book and Article Prize Winners! first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

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At its annual meeting, the ASLH makes available a Resource Team composed of three to five members to answer questions and assist members in understanding the ASLH’s policies and procedures, including policies and procedures regarding professional conduct. The Resource Team provides informal support and works with members to ensure that their concerns are heard in a safe and (when possible) confidential way. Read the rest The post Conference Resource Team for the 2023 Annual Meeting first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

Laurie Wood (1985-2023) was a historian of law in the French colonial world, with interests that spanned the globe in the early modern period. Dr. Wood grew up in Texas. She did her BA at Texas Tech University and her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin (2013) with advisor Dr. Read the rest The post Laurie Marie Wood first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

Bob Palmer (1947-2023), fully deserves the recognition of a tribute in these pages.  A devoted husband and father, he was also a unique and important contributor to the history of English law.  Always his own man, he never followed the crowd, and we are all in his debt because of that independence of mind and determination of spirit. Read the rest The post Robert Palmer first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more

The ASLH is pleased to announce this year’s Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars. They are: Tamar Menashe (Emory), “A Person of the Imperial Supreme Court: Jewish Litigation in Speyer and the Struggle to Belong” Rebecca Horwitz-Willis (Harvard), “‘Educating a Class of Unfortunates:’ Crime Control, Child Protection, and the Compulsory School Movement, 1888 – 1903“ Named after the late Kathryn T. Read the rest The post 2023 Preyer Award Winners first appeared on American Society for Legal History ..read more