Alfred L. Brophy

University of North Carolina School of Law

Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor

Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road

CB #3380

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

37

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Ideas:
“  I am retired. I’m writing a book on the idea of equality among African American intellectuals in the early twentieth century. My articles in progress include an expansive study of appellate decisions regarding slaves held in trust, a study of Klan violence in North Carolina in the 1860s and 1870s and their appeals to the rule of “law,” a study of the micro trials in a suspected slave rebellion in North Carolina in 1802, and several shorter pieces, on tortious interference with an expectancy and controlling executors’ discretion.  ”

Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

Ranking Law Schools, 2015: Student Aptitude, Employment Outcome, and Law Review Citations

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2624399
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 6,366 (2,513)
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Law School Rankings, US News, LSAT, Student Employment Outcomes, Law Review Citations

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Ranking Law Schools with LSATs, Employment Outcomes, and Law Review Citations

91 Indiana Law Journal Supplement 55 (2015), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2456032
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2016
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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law school rankings, LSAT, employment outcome, law reviews, citations

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The Emerging Importance of Law Review Rankings for Law School Rankings, 2003-07

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 08-05
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Apr 2006
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 1,742 (21,090)
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The Relationship between Law Review Citations and Law School Rankings

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 08-04
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Dec 2005
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 1,294 (32,878)
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law review, rankings, U.S. News, Leiter, Law Schools, Legal Education

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The Nat Turner Trials

91 North Carolina Law Review 1817-80 June 2013, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2281519
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2013
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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slavery, Nat Turner, legal history, slave rebellion, criminal law

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The Cultural War Over Reparations for Slavery

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Jul 2004
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 1,168 (38,098)
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Reparations, slavery, Jim Crow, culture war

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Some Conceptual and Legal Problems in Reparations for Slavery

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 18 Jun 2003
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 1,105 (41,381)
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reparations, slavery, unjust enrichment, affimative action, Jim Crow, riots

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Grave Matters: The Ancient Rights of the Graveyard

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Aug 2005
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 1,000 (47,696)
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property, cemetery, implied easements, background principles of property law, reparations

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Law [Review]'s Empire: The Assessment of Law Reviews and Trends in Legal Scholarship

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 101-117, 2006, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 959373
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Feb 2007
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 864 (58,303)

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law review rankings, law school rankings

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Reading Professor Obama: Race and the American Constitutional Tradition

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 75, (2014), pages 495-581, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2131395
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 19 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2015
Stacey Gahagan and Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 633 (87,575)

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Obama, Critical Race Theory, Race and Law

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'These Great and Beautiful Republics of the Dead': Public Constitutionalism and the Antebellum Cemetery

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2304305
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 428 (141,619)

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popular constitutionalism, constitutional culture, Lincoln, cemetery, oratory

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The Most Esteemed Act of My Life: Family, Property, Will, and Trust in the Antebellum South

Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Stephen Duane Davis II and Alfred L. Brophy
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 418 (145,528)

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trusts, wills, slavery, antebellum legal history

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Reconsidering Reparations

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 81, p. 811, 2006, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 928447
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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reparations, slavery, Jim Crow

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Thomas Ruffin: Of Moral Philosophy and Monuments

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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monuments, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, slavery, legal history

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Reparations Talk: Reparations for Slavery and the Tort Law Analogy

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Feb 2004
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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reparations, slavery, Jim Crow, unjust enrichment

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Utility, History, and the Rule of Law: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Antebellum Jurisprudence

THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF MORTON J. HORWITZ, Harvard University Press, 2008, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1024033
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2008
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 317 (197,345)

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slavery, fugitive slave act, antebellum legal history, antebellum jurisprudence, Congressional Globe

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Cornelius Sinclair's Odyssey: Freedom, Slavery, and Freedom Again in the Old South

Mississippi Law Journal, 2016, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2469529
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2016
Judson Crump and Alfred L. Brophy
Independent and University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 275 (229,146)

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slavery, emancipation, kidnapping, African American history, American Colonization Society, 12 Years a Slave

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Considering Reparations for the Dred Scott Case

THE DRED SCOTT CASE: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES, Christopher Bracey, David Konig, and Paul Finkelman, eds., Ohio State University Press, 2010, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 997900
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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legal history, dred scott, reparations, slavery, truth commission

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Applied Legal History: Demystifying the Doctrine of Odious Debts

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Paper No. 236
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2009
Sarah Ludington, Mitu Gulati and Alfred L. Brophy
Duke University School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 254 (248,318)

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odious debts, international law, Alexander Sack

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The Signaling Value of Law Reviews: An Exploration of Citations and Prestige

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 36, pp. 229-243, 2009
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 199 (313,854)

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law review, citations

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The Law of Descent of the Mind: Law, History, and Civilization in Antebellum Literary Addresses

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Aug 2005
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 189 (329,006)

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antebellum legal history, literary addresses, moral philosophy, antebellum jurisprudence

22.

The Eugenics Movement in North Carolina

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2650083
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Aug 2015
Alfred L. Brophy and Elizabeth Troutman
University of North Carolina School of Law and Independent
Downloads 183 (338,828)
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Eugenics, reparations, sterilization, administrative law

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Property and Progress: Antebellum Landscape Art and Property Law

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Aug 2008
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 183 (338,828)
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property, landscape, legal history, nineteenth century literature, idea of progress,

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A Confederate History in the Yale Law Journal

Connecticut Law Review Online, 2017 , UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2688065
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 24 May 2016
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 179 (345,727)

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Jim Crow, memory of Civil War, memory of slavery, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, nineteenth century constitutional history

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The Case for the Repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment in the Yale Law Journal

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Aug 2018
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Considering William and Mary's History with Slavery: The Case of President Thomas Roderick Dew

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 16, p. 1091, 2008, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1122457
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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slavery, apology, universities, proslavery thought, antebellum legal history

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Land, Slaves, and Bonds: Trust and Probate in the Pre-Civil War Shenandaoh Valley

West Virginia Law Review, 2016, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2113084
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2016
Alfred L. Brophy and Douglas Thie
University of North Carolina School of Law and Clawson and Staubes, PLLC
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wills, trusts, probate, pre-Civil War property law, slaves, inheritance

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'Cold Legal Points into Points of Flame': Karl Llewellyn Attacks Lynching

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2619895
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jun 2015
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Legal Realism, NAACP, lynching, Karl Llewellyn, Charles Hamilton Houston

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African American Student Enrollment and Law School Ranking

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1991909
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 May 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2013
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 158 (385,081)

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law school rankings, US News rankings, diversity, law students, law school faculty diversity

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Black Power in a Prison Library

Howard Law Journal, 2017, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2901475
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2017
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Jurisprudence of Slavery, Freedom, and Union at Washington College, 1831-1861

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 24 Apr 2017
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Republics of Liberty and Letters: Progress, Union, and Constitutionalism in Graduation Addresses at the Antebellum University of North Carolina

North Carolina Law Review, 2011, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1644996
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2010
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads 136 (434,784)
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popular constitutionalism, graduation addresses, antebellum orations

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Mrs. Lincoln's Lawyer's Cat: The Future of Legal Scholarship

Connecticut Law Review CONNtemplations, Vol. 39, 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Jul 2007
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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law review, citations, legal scholarship, book publishing, history of the book

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Re-Integrating Spaces: The Possibilities of Common Law Property

2 Savannah Law Review 1-20 (2015), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2640209
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Aug 2015
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Antislavery Women and the Origins of American Jurisprudence

94 Texas Law Review 115 (2014), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2635248
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 01 May 2016
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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slavery, anti-slavery, pro-slavery, antebellum jurisprudence

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The Jurisprudence of Antebellum Phi Beta Kappa Addresses

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Reparations Pro and Con

Oxford University Press, 2006, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1118466
Posted: 14 Apr 2008
Alfred L. Brophy
University of North Carolina School of Law

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reparations, slavery, Jim Crow