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Paul Finkelman

University of Pittsburgh, School of Law

John E. Murray Visiting Professor of Law

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Pittsburgh, PA 15260

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1.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

THE PUBLIC DEBATE OVER CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, Melvin I. Urofsky, ed., pp. 24-33, CQ Press, 2006
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 1,037 (11,304)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Dred Scott, 14th Amendment

2.

John Bingham and the Background to the Fourteenth Amendment

Akron Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 671, 2003
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Apr 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 412 (50,090)

Abstract:

Fourteenth Amendment, civil rights, civil liberties

3.

Was Dred Scott Correctly Decided? An 'Expert Report' for the Defendant

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2008
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 357 (60,996)

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4.

Fugitive Baseballs and Abandoned Property: Who Owns the Home Run Ball?

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 1609, 2002
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 347 (56,736)
Citation 2

Abstract:

baseball, property, rule of law

5.

Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Limits of Constitutional Change

Supreme Court Review, 2008, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 44
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 342 (64,008)
Citation 1

Abstract:

emancipation, Lincoln, thirteenth amendment

6.

'A Well Regulated Militia': The Second Amendment in Historical Perspective

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 195, 2000
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 331 (50,607)
Citation 2

Abstract:

second amendment, firearms, right to bear arms

7.

It Really Was About a Well Regulated Militia

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 267, 2008
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jun 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 326 (63,205)
Citation 1

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8.

The Historical Context of the Fourteenth Amendment

Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 283 (67,960)

Abstract:

race relations, Negrophobia

9.

James Madison and the Bill of Rights: A Reluctant Paternity

Supreme Court Review, Vol. 9, No. 301, 1990
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 261 (78,588)

Abstract:

James Madison, amendments, Congress

10.

The Ten Commandments on the Courthouse Lawn and Elsewhere

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 73, pp. 1477-1520, 2005, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2006-005
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Mar 2006
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 238 (81,688)
Citation 1

Abstract:

U.S. Constitution, Church, state

11.

The Constitution and the Intentions of the Framers: The Limits of Historical Analysis

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, 1989
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 233 (79,931)
Citation 4

Abstract:

12.

How the Proslavery Constitution Led to the Civil War

Rutgers Law Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 405, 2013, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 28 for 2012-2013
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 224 (72,372)

Abstract:

Proslavery, US Constitution

13.

Affirmative Action for the Master Class: The Creation of the Proslavery Constitution

Akron Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 423, 1999
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 224 (94,953)
Citation 2

Abstract:

affirmative action, Constitutional Convention of 1787

14.

The Founders and Slavery: Little Ventured, Little Gained

Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2001
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 213 (95,319)

Abstract:

slavery

15.

The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and History

Texas Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 2, p. 353, 2009, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 30
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 196 (121,005)

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16.

Foreign Law and American Constitutional Interpretation: A Long and Venerable Tradition

NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Vol. 63, 2007-2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 174 (139,558)

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17.

The War on German Language and Culture, 1917-1925

CONFRONTATION AND COOPERATION: GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE ERA OF WORLD WAR I, 1900-1914, Hans Jürgen Schröder, ed., pp. 177-205, Berg Publishers, 1993,
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 169 (93,823)

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18.

The Root of the Problem: How the Proslavery Constitution Shaped American Race Relations

Barry Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2003
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 169 (85,786)
Citation 1

Abstract:

19.

Let Justice Be Done, Though the Heavens May Fall: The Law of Freedom

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 2, 1994
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Apr 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 166 (101,224)

Abstract:

Somerset, Mansfield

20.

Crimes of Love, Misdemeanors of Passion: The Regulation of Race and Sex in the Colonial South

THE DEVIL'S LANE: SEX AND RACE IN THE EARLY SOUTH, pp. 124-38, Catherine Clinton and Michele Gillespie, eds., Oxford University Press, 1997
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 149 (121,547)

Abstract:

iterracial sex, interracial love, interracial marriage

21.

Why Access to Water Rights Was Never a 'Right': Historical Perspectives on American Water Law

Williamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, Vol. 18, p. 168, 2010 (2013), Albany Law School Research Paper No. 3 of 2013-2014
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 May 2013 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 142 (151,372)

Abstract:

Water Rights, Access to Water, England, Early America

22.

The Taney Court, 1836-1864: The Jurisprudence of Slavery and the Crisis of the Union

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, Christopher Tomlins, ed., pp. 75-99, Houghton Mifflin, 2005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 140 (146,745)

Abstract:

Taney, Supreme Court

23.

Legal Ethics and Fugitive Slaves: The Anthony Burns Case, Judge Loring, and Abolitionist Attorneys

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 1793, 1996
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 138 (142,281)

Abstract:

Anthony Burns, fugitive slaves, Edward Loring, legal ethics

24.

International Extradition and Fugitive Slaves - The John Anderson Case

Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, No. 765, 1992
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 138 (152,984)

Abstract:

John Anderson, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, fugitive slaves

25.

Baseball and the Rule of Law Revisited

Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 17, 2002
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 133 (159,645)
Citation 4

Abstract:

rule of law, judicial interpretation, baseball and the law

26.

The Proslavery Origins of the Electoral College

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 23, 2002
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 132 (53,050)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Electoral College, George W. Bush

27.

Limiting Rights in Times of Crisis: Our Civil War Experience - A History Lesson for a Post-9-11 America

Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, Vol. 2, No. 25, 2003
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 132 (184,116)

Abstract:

terrorism, civil liberties, national security

28.

Exploring Southern Legal History

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 77, 1985
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 129 (157,948)
Citation 1

Abstract:

regionalism, race relations

29.

Regulating the African Slave Trade

Civil War History, Vol. 54, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 123 (165,104)

Abstract:

African, slave trade

30.

A Bad Marriage: Jewish Divorce and the First Amendment

Cardozo Women's Law Journal, Vol. 2, No. 131, 1995
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 122 (173,706)

Abstract:

free excercise clause, establishment clause, first amendment

31.

The Second Casualty of War: Civil Liberties and the War on Drugs

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 4, 1993
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 23 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 119 (116,607)

Abstract:

civil liberties

32.

The Cost of Compromise and the Covenant with Death

Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 13 of 2011-2012
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2011
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 117 (170,767)

Abstract:

33.

Joseph Story and the Problem of Slavery: A New Englander's Nationalist Dilemma

Massachusetts Legal History, Vol. 8, 2002
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 115 (179,770)

Abstract:

Justice Joseph Story, slavery

34.

States' Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, and the Crisis of the Union

Akron Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 110 (166,079)

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35.

Francis Lieber and the Modern Law of War

The University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming , Albany Law School Research Paper No. 12 for 2013-2014
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 24 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2014
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 108 (186,411)

Abstract:

John Witt, Lincoln Code, Lieber Code

36.

Antifederalists: The Loyal Opposition and the American Constitution

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 70, 1984
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 104 (197,163)
Citation 1

Abstract:

37.

John McLean: Moderate Abolitionist and Supreme Court Politician

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2009, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 09-02
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 98 (199,664)
Citation 1

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38.

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Federalism

FEDERALISTS RECONSIDERED, Doron Ben-Atar and Barbara Oberg, eds., pp. 135-156, University Press of Virginia, 1998
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 97 (192,286)

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39.

The Roots of Religious Freedom in Early America: Religious Toleration and Religious Diversity in New Netherland and Colonial New York

Nanzan Review of American Studies, Vol. 34, pp. 1-26, 2012, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 6 for 2013-2014
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2013 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 88 (203,522)

Abstract:

Religous Freedom, Diversity, Dutch New Netherland, Colonial New York

40.

Coming to Terms with Dred Scott: A Response to Daniel A. Farber

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 39, p. 49, 2011, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 42 of 2011-2012
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 87 (208,883)

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41.

Teaching Slavery in American Constitutional Law

Akron Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 87 (189,944)
Citation 1

Abstract:

slavery, constitutional law

42.

Zenger's Case: Prototype of a Political Trial

AMERICAN POLITICAL TRIALS, Revised ed., Michal Belknap, ed., pp. 21-42, Greenwood, 1994
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 86 (167,039)

Abstract:

Zenger, free press

43.

Race, Federalism, and Diplomacy: The Gentlemen's Agreement a Century Later

Osaka University Law Review, Vol. 56, pp. 1-30, 2009, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 85 (173,706)

Abstract:

Gentleman's Agreement

44.

Civil Liberties and Civil War: The Great Emancipator as Civil Libertarian

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 1353, 1993
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Mar 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 83 (221,770)
Citation 1

Abstract:

civil liberties, civil war, emancipator

45.

Fugitive Slaves, Midwestern Racial Tolerance, and the Value of 'Justice Delayed'

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 89, 1992
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 79 (230,943)

Abstract:

fugitive slaves, antebellum, race relations

46.

The Nationalization of Slavery: A Counter-Factual Approach to the 1860’s

Louisiana Studies, Vol. XIV, No. 3, 1975
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 76 (239,152)

Abstract:

slavery

47.

Lincoln the Lawyer, Humanitarian Concerns, and the Dakota Pardons

William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2013, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 29 for 2012-2013
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Apr 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 75 (234,264)

Abstract:

Sioux Nation, Dakota War of 1862

48.

Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer

AMERICA'S LAWYER PRESIDENTS: FROM LAW OFFICE TO THE OVAL OFFICE, pp. 128-137, Norman Gross, ed., Northwestern University Press, 2004
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Oct 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 75 (247,831)

Abstract:

Lincoln

49.

Civil Rights in Historical Context: In Defense of Brown

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 118, p. 973, 2004-2005
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 75 (224,765)
Citation 3

Abstract:

civil rights, equality

50.

The American Suppression of the African Slave Trade: Lessons on Legal Change, Social Policy, and Legislation

Akron Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 46
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 73 (237,497)

Abstract:

51.

Intentionalism, the Founders, and Constitutional Interpretation

Texas Law Review, Vol. 75, 1996
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 72 (244,342)
Citation 1

Abstract:

52.

State Constitutional Protections of Liberty and the Antebellum New Jersey Supreme Court: Chief Justice Hornblower and the Fugitive Slave Law

Rutgers Law Journal Vol. 23, No. 4, 1992
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 69 (242,655)

Abstract:

Hornblower, fugitive slave law

53.

Defining Slavery Under a 'Government Instituted for the Protection of the Rights of Mankind'

35 Hamline Law Review 551-590, Summer 2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Dec 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 68 (259,155)

Abstract:

54.

The Ten Amendments as a Declaration of Rights

Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1992
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 67 (263,099)

Abstract:

Bill of Rights, anti-federalists, James Madison

55.

The Centrality of Brown

CHOOSING EQUALITY: ESSAYS AND NARRATIVES ON THE DESEGREGATION EXPERIENCE, Robert L. Hayman, Jr., Leland Ware, eds., pp. 224-245, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 67 (275,447)

Abstract:

segregation

56.

Cultural Speech and Political Speech in Historical Perspective

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 79, 1999
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 62 (284,241)

Abstract:

57.

Evading the Ordinance: The Persistence of Bondage in Indiana and Illinois

Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 21-51, 1989
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 59 (269,230)

Abstract:

northwest territory, de facto slavery

58.

School Vouchers, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Williams, and Protecting the Faithful: Warnings from the Eighteenth Century and the Seventeenth Century on the Danger of Establishments to Religious Communities

Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2008, No. 2, p. 525, 2008
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 58 (284,241)

Abstract:

religious freedom, school vouchers

59.

The Paradox of Bill of Rights Rhetoric, 1787-1791

TO SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY: RIGHTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, pp. 83-103, Josephine F. Pacheco, ed., George Mason University Press, 1993
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 54 (277,653)

Abstract:

Bill of Rights, Federalist, Antifederalist

60.

The Roots of Printz: Proslavery Constitutionalism, National Law Enforcement, Federalism, and Local Cooperation

Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 69, 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 51 (305,742)

Abstract:

federal statutes, fugitive slave law

61.

German Victims and American Oppressors: The Cultural Background and Legacy of Meyer V. Nebraska

LAW AND THE GREAT PLAINS, John R. Wunder, ed., pp. 33-56, Greenwood Press, 1996
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 50 (298,207)

Abstract:

62.

Rehearsal for Reconstruction: Antebellum Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment

THE FACTS OF RECONSTRUCTION, Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., eds., pp. 1-27, Louisiana State University Press, 1991
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 50 (300,707)

Abstract:

fourteenth amendment, reconstruction

63.

Lieber, Slavery, and the Problem of Free Thought in Antebellum South Carolina

FRANCIS LIEBER AND THE CULTURE OF THE MIND, Charles R. Mack and Henry H. Lesesne, eds., pp. 11-22, University of South Carolina Press, 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 49 (321,931)

Abstract:

Francis Lieber

64.

'The Law, and Not Conscience, Constitutes the Rule of Action': The South Bend Fugitive Slave Case and the Value of 'Justice Delayed'

THE CONSTITUTION, LAW AND AMERICAN LIFE: CRITIAL ASPECTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY EXPERIENCE, Donald G. Nieman, ed., pp. 23-51, University of Georgia Press, 1992
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 46 (291,149)

Abstract:

65.

Breaking the Back of Segregation: Why Sweatt Matters

36 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 7-37 (2010) (published in 2012)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 May 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 45 (273,325)

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66.

John Hope Franklin

CLIO’S FAVORITES: LEADING HISTORIANS OF THE UNITED STATES 1945-2000, pp. 49-67, Robert Allen Rutland, ed., University of Missouri Press, 2000,
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Oct 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 45 (333,553)

Abstract:

John Hope Franklin

67.

Toleration and Diversity in New Netherland and the Duke's Colony: The Roots of America's First Disestablishment

T. Jeremy Gunn and John Witte, Jr. eds., No Establishment of Religion: America's Original Contribution to Religious Liberty (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012) 125-157, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 20 for 2012-2013
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2013
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 38 (336,538)

Abstract:

68.

Not Only the Judges' Robes Were Black: African-American Lawyers as Social Engineers

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, November 1994
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 38 (336,538)

Abstract:

69.

Picture Perfect: The First Amendment Trumps Congress in Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 38, 2002
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 37 (345,550)

Abstract:

child pornography

70.

A Political Show Trial in the Northern District: The Oberlin-Wellington Fugitive Slave Case

Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie: A History of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Paul Finkelman and Roberta Sue Alexander, eds., Ohio University Press, 2012, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 19 for 2012-2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 35 (351,885)

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71.

Between Scylla and Charbydis: Anarchy, Tyranny, and the Debate Over a Bill of Rights

THE BILL OF RIGHTS: GOVERNMENT PROSCRIBED, Ronald Hoffman and Peter J. Albert, eds., pp.103-74, University Press of Virginia, 1997
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 35 (345,550)

Abstract:

Bill of Rights, Federalism, Anti-federalism

72.

The Pennsylvania Delegation and the Peculiar Institution: The Two Faces of the Keystone State

Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 112, No. 1, January 1988
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 34 (355,103)

Abstract:

Pennsylvania delegation, constitutional convention, slavery

73.

Northern Labor Law and Southern Slave Law: The Application of the Fellow Servant Rule to Slaves

National Black Law Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1989
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 33 (358,415)

Abstract:

respondeat superior, fellow servants

74.

The Dragon St. George Could Not Slay: Tucker's Plan to End Slavery

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 31 (368,745)

Abstract:

St. George Tucker, slavery, Hudgins v. Wrights

75.

The War on Defense Lawyers

NEW FRONTIERS IN DRUG POLICY, Arnold S. Trebach and Zevin B. Zeese, eds., pp. 113-120, Drug Policy Foundation, 1991
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 30 (383,236)

Abstract:

war on drugs, Bill of Rights

76.

The Radicalism of Brown

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 66, 2004
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 27 (390,983)

Abstract:

Brown v. Board of Education, racial segregation, minorities

77.

Class and Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century Chicago: The Founding of the Newberry Library

American Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1. 1975
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 27 (375,780)

Abstract:

Chicago, Newberry

78.

Race and Domestic International Law in the United States

National Black Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 26-51, 2003
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Apr 2011
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 24 (394,949)

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79.

Locke v. Davey in Historical Perspective: A Brief Introduction

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 19 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 24 (407,591)

Abstract:

80.

You Can't Always Get What You Want...: Presidential Elections and Supreme Court Appointments

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 3 & 4, 2000
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 24 (387,082)

Abstract:

supreme court appointments, presidental elections

81.

Religious Liberty and the Quincentenary: Old World Intolerance, New World Realities, and Modern Implications

St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1992
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
Downloads 19 (436,563)

Abstract:

religious liberty

82.

The Living Constitution and the Second Amendment: Poor History, False Originalism, and a Very Confused Court

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 37, p. 623, 2015, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
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2nd Amendment, Legal History, Original Intent, Original Understanding, Firearms Regulation, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice William Brennan, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, James Madison, Antifederalists, Federalist Papers, State Constitutions, Declaration of Independence, Michael Waldma

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Frederick Douglas's Constitution: From Garrisonian Abolitionist to Lincoln Republican

Missouri Law Review, Vol. 81, p. 1, 2016, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-02
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 28 Mar 2017
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
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Frederick Douglas, black abolitionist, constitutional actor, constitutional theorist, fugitive slave, U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, slavery, equal protection, abolition, Lincoln, black military service, civil war, racial discrimination, civil rights, Thirteenth Amendment

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The Appeasement of 1850

Ch. 12 in CONGRESS AND THE CRISIS OF THE 1850s, (Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kenon, eds., Ohio University Press 2012), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Series
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Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
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compromise of 1850, fugitive slave law of 1850, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, slavery in the territories, states' rights, arguments, southern nationalism, civil war, slave trade in the US

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Alexander Hamilton, Esq.: Founding Father as Lawyer

American Bar Foundation Research Journal, Vol. 229, No. 1, 1984
Posted: 10 Nov 2008
Paul Finkelman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law

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