Paul Finkelman

Gratz College

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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
Gratz College
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Dred Scott, 14th Amendment

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The Proslavery Origins of the Electoral College

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 23, 2002
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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Electoral College, George W. Bush

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'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
Gratz College
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second amendment, firearms, right to bear arms

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Fourteenth Amendment, civil rights, civil liberties

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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
Gratz College
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baseball, property, rule of law

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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race relations, Negrophobia

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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
Gratz College
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Proslavery, US Constitution

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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
Gratz College
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emancipation, Lincoln, thirteenth amendment

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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James Madison, amendments, Congress

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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U.S. Constitution, Church, state

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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
Gratz College
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slavery

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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
Gratz College
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affirmative action, Constitutional Convention of 1787

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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
Gratz College
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Somerset, Mansfield

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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
Gratz College
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civil liberties

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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
Gratz College
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iterracial sex, interracial love, interracial marriage

21.

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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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

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
Gratz College
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Anthony Burns, fugitive slaves, Edward Loring, legal ethics

24.

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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Taney, Supreme Court

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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
Gratz College
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Water Rights, Access to Water, England, Early America

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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
Gratz College
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John Anderson, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, fugitive slaves

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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
Gratz College
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regionalism, race relations

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Regulating the African Slave Trade

Civil War History, Vol. 54, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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African, slave trade

30.

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
Gratz College
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rule of law, judicial interpretation, baseball and the law

31.

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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Gentleman's Agreement

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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
Gratz College
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Zenger, free press

35.

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
Gratz College
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Justice Joseph Story, slavery

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Teaching Slavery in American Constitutional Law

Akron Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jun 2009
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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slavery, constitutional law

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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
Gratz College
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free excercise clause, establishment clause, first amendment

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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
Gratz College
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terrorism, civil liberties, national security

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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
Gratz College
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John Witt, Lincoln Code, Lieber Code

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

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Antifederalists: The Loyal Opposition and the American Constitution

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 70, 1984
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Sioux Nation, Dakota War of 1862

46.

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
Gratz College
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civil rights, equality

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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
Gratz College
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Lincoln

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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
Gratz College
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civil liberties, civil war, emancipator

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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
Gratz College
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fugitive slaves, antebellum, race relations

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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
Gratz College
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slavery

51.

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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Hornblower, fugitive slave law

53.

Intentionalism, the Founders, and Constitutional Interpretation

Texas Law Review, Vol. 75, 1996
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Bill of Rights, anti-federalists, James Madison

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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northwest territory, de facto slavery

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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
Gratz College
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Bill of Rights, Federalist, Antifederalist

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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
Gratz College
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segregation

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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
Gratz College
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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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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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religious freedom, school vouchers

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'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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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fourteenth amendment, reconstruction

65.

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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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Francis Lieber

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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
Gratz College
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federal statutes, fugitive slave law

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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John Hope Franklin

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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
Gratz College
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Bill of Rights, Federalism, Anti-federalism

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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
Gratz College
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child pornography

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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
Gratz College
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Pennsylvania delegation, constitutional convention, slavery

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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respondeat superior, fellow servants

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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
Gratz College
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St. George Tucker, slavery, Hudgins v. Wrights

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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
Gratz College
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Chicago, Newberry

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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
Gratz College
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war on drugs, Bill of Rights

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The Radicalism of Brown

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 66, 2004
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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Brown v. Board of Education, racial segregation, minorities

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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
Gratz College
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supreme court appointments, presidental elections

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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College
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religious liberty

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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
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Mar 2017
Paul Finkelman
Gratz College
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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
Gratz College

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