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Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Times: Europe and Beyond
May 24, 2024
Professor Guido Alfani of Bocconi University discusses economic inequality in preindustrial times, centralized in Europe and beyond. Alfani was recently published in the Journal of Economic Literature. Professor Ted Seto of Loyola Law School provides commentary, and UVA Law professor Ruth Mason and Oxford University professor Tsilly Dagan also discuss the work. This event was held as part of the “Tax Meets Non-Tax” Oxford-Virginia Legal Dialogs workshop series that builds bridges from tax to other kinds of scholarship.
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Michael J. Klarman
"The Founding: Reconsidered and Revised," with Michael J. Klarman
October 7, 2013
Michael J. Klarman of Harvard Law School offers a revision of the conventional understanding of the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution during the McCorkle Lecture at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Dan Ortiz
A Discussion of Lawrence v. Texas with Professor Daniel Ortiz
April 18, 2013
UVA Law Professor Dan Ortiz hosts a discussion of Lawrence v. Texas and its changing role in American law on the decision's 10th anniversary, in a talk sponsored by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy.
George Rutherglen
UVA Law Professor's Book Explores Untold Story of Impact of 1866 Civil Rights Act
December 17, 2012
Looking back to the nation's first law protecting civil rights after the end of slavery offers fresh insight into lingering questions still debated today, University of Virginia law professor George Rutherglen says in his new book.
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John Setear
WTJU Interviews Professor Setear About His Research Into Contracts With the Devil in Pop Culture
August 17, 2012
WTJU's Soundboard interviews University of Virginia law professor John Setear about his recent research into contracts with the devil, as depicted in movies, TV shows, music, books and theater.
Risa Goluboff
"The Criminal Procedure Revolution," Inside the Classroom with Professor Risa Goluboff
April 2, 2012
University of Virginia School of Law Professor Risa Goluboff, an expert on the history of civil rights, discusses crime control methods in the 1960s versus today in a lecture titled "The Criminal Procedure Revolution."
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Alex Johnson
"The Law of Property: Inside the Classroom with Professor Alex Johnson"
March 7, 2012
University of Virginia School of Law professor Alex Johnson lectures on the law of property, telling the story of Armory v Delamirie, a famous case from 1722 that involved a chimney sweep, a valuable ring and fundamental tenets of property law.
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Ted White
Panel on Professor G. Edward White's Book "Law in American History"
March 1, 2012
Professors Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Virginia Law), Alfred S. Konefsky (State University of New York at Buffalo Law School), John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School) and G. Edward White (Virginia Law) discussed White's "Law in American History: Volume One."
David Scheffer
"All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals"
February 6, 2012
David Scheffer, who served as the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on contemporary issues in war crimes and provided a historical overview of war crimes tribunals.
Risa Goluboff
Professor Risa Goluboff on "People Out of Place: The Sixties, the Supreme Court and Vagrancy Law" (Faculty Workshop)
July 11, 2011
Professor Risa Goluboff discusses her forthcoming book, "People Out of Place: The Sixties, the Supreme Court and Vagrancy Law," during a faculty workshop on June 28.
Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin on "Courage to Dissent" at UVA Law Alumni Weekend
May 5, 2011
Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin discusses her recent book, "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement," during UVA Law Alumni Weekend 2011.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Panelists Discuss "Courage To Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement"
March 18, 2011
Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack, Anthony V. Alfieri of the University of Miami School of Law and Professor Risa Goluboff discussed Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin's new book, "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement," during a recent panel.
Clayborne Carson
Carson: King's Mission Transcended Civil Rights Struggle
January 19, 2011
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered as a symbol of a worldwide social movement, not just as a civil rights leader, a leading King scholar and historian said Monday at the Law School.
Michael Klarman
Controversial Court Decisions Sometimes Create Backlash, Klarman Says
November 22, 2010
Landmark court decisions on contentious social issues such as abortion and the death penalty have created public backlash against the causes they seemed to advance, Harvard Law School Professor Michael Klarman said last week.
Saikrishna Prakash
President Resembled King at Constitution’s Founding, Prakash Says
April 1, 2010
Though most of the Constitution’s framers hoped to create an executive officer who would be distinct from a monarch, many contemporary observers believed the president was a king in everything but name, Professor Saikrishna Prakash said Tuesday.
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Robert Sayler
"How Oral Advocacy Influences Presidential Elections," with Professor Robert Sayler
October 27, 2008
From FDR to Barack Obama, Law School Professor Robert Sayler examines how good -- or bad -- oral advocacy has affected modern presidential elections and discusses best practices for public speaking.
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Risa Goluboff
"The Lost Promise of Civil Rights," with Danny Greenberg and Professors Risa Goluboff and Tomiko Brown-Nagin
April 8, 2008
A panel sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law discusses Law School Professor Risa Goluboff's new book, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights." Panelists include Goluboff; Danny Greenberg of Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP; and Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin.
William Stuntz
Grace, Not Severity, Wins Culture Wars, Stuntz '85 Says
October 29, 2007
Twice in American history the imprisonment rate in the United States has exploded. These explosions in the rate that people are incarcerated correlates with two crusades by the theologically conservative Protestant church against vice, argued William J. Stuntz '85 at the Meador Lecture Oct. 18.
Ted White
"Alger Hiss in History" with Prof. G. Edward White
May 11, 2007
Prof. G. Edward White spoke about a subject he explored in his book, "Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars," at a New York University conference in April on alleged Soviet spy Alger Hiss. White argues that Hiss deliberately structured a campaign to deceive people into believing that he had not been a spy.
Juan Torruella
“Insular Cases” Made Puerto Rican Status Unclear, Panel Says
April 3, 2007
A series of five Supreme Court rulings from 1901 to 1922, known as the Insular Cases, ensured Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States would remain unclear to this day, explained panelists at the Latin American Law Organization spring colloquium March 29.
Ted White
More than the Score: Baseball at the Crossroads
October 19, 2006
In this talk, Prof. G.E. White explores the history of baseball, its role in a changing society, and contemporary issues in baseball today.
Armstead Robinson
Scholars Remember Armstead Robinson’s Intellectual Legacy
April 11, 2006
A gathering of those close to Armstead Robinson convened to discuss his intellectual legacy in Caplin Pavilion at an event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law and the Black Law Students Association.
Akhil Amar
Professors, Author Akhil Amar Critique America’s Constitution
March 29, 2006
The Constitution was far more democratic, slavocratic, geostrategically motivated and unfinished at its inception than contemporary wisdom often suggests, Yale Law School Professor Akhil Amar explained during a panel discussion of his most recent book, America’s Constitution: A Biography.