Philanthropy, Nonprofits, and Democracy in the United States
In December 2017, Congress came very close to helping Donald Trump fulfill a campaign promise…
Author Claire Dunning
The Courtroom as Legal Borderland Indigenous and Western Legal Tradition in 1900s Alaska
Approaching the courtroom itself as a legal borderland—both as a place where colonial encounters between…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of "Beyond Good and Evil: New Ways of Thinking about Henry Kissinger"
This panel was inspired by two recent books about Henry Kissinger: the first installment of…
Little Bit Sovereign A Response to Gregory Ablavsky
Gregory Ablavsky, among the leading historians of Federal Indian law in the early republic, does…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of "Growing Up and Growing Older in the United States: Age as a Category of Analysis"
How we understand age shapes the form of history. Most often, historians use age as…
“Like a Fart in a Skillet” Trial & Error in Undergraduate Legal History Instruction
In Spring 2014, my second year as assistant professor of history at University of Nebraska,…
Using Poor Laws to Regulate Race in Providence in the 1820s
In 1825, members of the town council of Providence, Rhode Island, made a public—and unusual—complaint.…
The Entitlements of Freedom A Mother’s Pursuit of Mastery in the Antebellum South
A United States provost marshal, a wealthy shoemaker, and one of the largest slave traders…
History, Power, and Federal Indian Law
Working in both law and history, I often encounter historians who express anxiety about treading…
Process Explores Legal History
Process is pleased to announce a new series on legal history, including articles about law,…