G. Edward White

University of Virginia School of Law

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law and University Professor

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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Law in American History (Chapter 2)

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Law in American History (Chapter 2)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 2, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-42
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History (Introduction)

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-41, G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Introduction, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History (Chapter 5)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 5, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-45
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History (Chapter 4)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 4, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-44
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History (Chapter 3)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 3, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-43
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 18 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Emergence and Development of a Law of Torts

University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 11, 2015, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2015-32
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Suspension Clause: English Text, Imperial Contexts, and American Implications

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 26 Aug 2007
Paul Halliday and G. Edward White
University of Virginia - Corcoran Department of History and University of Virginia School of Law
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Habeas Corpus, Suspension Clause, Judiciary Act, Bollman, Boumediene, Hamdan, Hamdi, Rasul, St. Cyr, Felker, King's Bench, empire, imperial, India, Hale

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The Constitutional Journey of Marbury V. Madison

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The Constitutional Journey of Marbury V. Madison

UVA School of Law, Public Law Working Paper No. 03-9
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 03 Jun 2003
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Constitutional Journey of Marbury V. Madison

University of Virginia Law Review, October 2003
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 03 Jun 2003
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History: The Colonial Years (Chapter 1)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 1, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2009-18
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 20 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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colonial history, legal history

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Prosser and His Influence

Journal of Tort Law, 2013, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-51
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2016
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Origins of Civil Rights in America

Case Western Reserve Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-03
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Apr 2013
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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civil rights, history of civil rights, Waite Court, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Reconstruction, original meaning of 14th Amendment, Slaughter-House Cases, Civil Rights Cases

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Revisiting the Ideas of the Founding

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 77, June 2009, University of Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 132
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Aug 2009
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Recovering the Legal History of the Confederacy

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-11
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Civil War, Confederacy, Legal Order of the Confederacy

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Conceptualizing Tort Law: The Continuous (and Continuing) Struggle

Maryland Law Review (Symposium for Professor Oscar Gray), Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-30
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Mar 2020
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Puzzle of the Dignitary Torts

Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-18
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 Mar 2018
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts, privacy, dignitary torts

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The Arrival of History in Constitutional Scholarship

UVA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 01-18
Number of pages: 265 Posted: 25 Nov 2001
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Civil War: Legal Issues (Chapter 10)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 10, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper 2010-50
Number of pages: 117 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Transformation of the Civil Trial and the Emergence of American Tort Law

Arizona Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2016-57
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 23 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2018
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts, evidence, civil trial, tort law history

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Toward a Historical Understanding of Supreme Court Decision-Making

Denver University Law Review Online, Vol. 91, p. 201, 2014, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-48
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Rethinking the Development of Modern Tort Liability

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-20
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 27 Feb 2020
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Torts Without Names, New Torts, and the Future of Liability for Intangible Harm

American University Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Mar 2019
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Charles Beard & Progressive Legal Historiography

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2014, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-49
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law on Nantucket

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No 2016-38
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Jun 2016
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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legal history, environmental law, real property, Native Americans, whaling industry, Nantucket Island

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The Evolution of First Amendment Protection for Compelled Commercial Speech

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, Summer 2014, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-50
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Reconsidering the Legacy of  New York Times V. Sullivan

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-52
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jul 2024
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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New York Times v. Sullivan; Curtiss Publishing Co. v. Betts; Associated Press v. Walker; Defamation on the Internet; Media Insurance; and Deconstitutionalizing Defamation Law

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Law in American History (Chapter 6)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 6, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-46
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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First Amendment Imperialism and the Constitutionalization of Tort Liability

Texas Law Review (Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-44
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 15 Aug 2019
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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First Amendment, Tort Liability

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Hiss and Holmes

UVA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 02-5
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 13 Jun 2002
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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West Coast Hotel’s Place in American Constitutional History

122 Yale L.J. Online 69 (2012), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-64
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Oct 2012
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Law in American History (Chapter 8)

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-48, G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 8, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Civil War: Setting the Stage (Chapter 9)

G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 9, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-49
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Inward Turn and the Future of Tort Theory

14 Journal of Tort Law (2021), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-05
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Dec 2021
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts scholarship; moral structure of tort law; liability and compensation policy; tort theory

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Law in American History (Chapter 7)

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-47, G. Edward White, LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY: VOLUME ONE, FROM THE COLONIAL YEARS THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, Chapter 7, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Offensiveness Torts

forthcoming, Journal of Tort Law (2024), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-58
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Aug 2023
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Offensive battery, Disclosure Privacy, Intrusion on Seclusion, Invasion of Privacy

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Doctrinal Forks in the Road: The Hidden Message of The Nature of the Judicial Process

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-58, Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Symposium on the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Cardozo’s The Nature of the Judicial Process, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Aug 2022
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts, Cardozo, tort law jurisprudence

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How an Old Tort Became New: the Case of Offensive Battery

DePaul Law Review, Forthcoming 2023 , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-63
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Sep 2023
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Offensive battery, battery, new torts

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Recovering Wagner v. International Railway Company

Touro Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-16
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2018
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts, negligence, rescue, proximate cause

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Determining 'Notoriously Mistaken' Supreme Court Decisions

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-28
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Sep 2011
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Work of the American Law Institute in Historical Context

American Law Institute Centennial History (Andrew S. Gold & Robert W. Gordon, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2023), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-60
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Aug 2022
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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ALI, legal profession, Restatements, intellectual context

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Looking Backward and Forward at the Suspension Clause

Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-13
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Mar 2019
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Tort Law’s Temporality Impasse

forthcoming, 52 Florida State Law Review (2024), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-28
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Mar 2024
Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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torts, causation, defenses

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Unpacking the Idea of a Judicial Center

University of North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 83, 2005
Number of pages: 186 Posted: 22 Oct 2004
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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Falsity and the First Amendment

SMU Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 3, 2019, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-60
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law
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First Amendment; Free Speech; Constitutional Protection for False Speech; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; Twentieth and Twenty-First Century 'False Speech' Case

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From the Third to the Fourth Restatement of Foreign Relations: The Rise and Potential Fall of Foreign Relations Exceptionalism

In Sarah H. Cleveland and Paul B. Stephen, eds., The Restatement and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Foreign Relations Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-61
Posted: 16 Oct 2019
G. Edward White
University of Virginia School of Law

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Third Restatement of U.S. Foreign Relations Law; Fourth Restatement of Foreign Relations Law; Twentieth-Century Constitutional Foreign Relations Jurisprudence; Foreign Relations Exceptionalism

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Roundtable Discussion: The Judiciary Act of 1789

Nova Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 269-304, Fall 1989
Posted: 18 Apr 2012
Roger Ian Abrams, Lino A. Graglia, Stanley Kutler, G. Edward White and John B. Anderson
Northeastern University - School of Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, (Deceased), University of Virginia School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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