The Docket

Now accepting pitches for pieces by undergraduates on their #legalhistory research! Email us at lhrdocketeditor at gmail with a 500 word abstract and a brief explanation of the class in which you developed the project See submission guidelines lawandhistoryreview.org/submissions/

The Docket is looking for a reviewer for a new book on the history of modern 1st amendment law. Up to 4k words, flexible deadline, free copy of book (no pay, unfortunately). We love junior scholars! Sample below lawandhistoryreview.org/article/sohum-…

How to manage presidential secrecy amid the "pall of Watergate"? @ryanreft explores a key moment in the history of the US Supreme Court lawandhistoryreview.org/article/ryan-r…

We've never published a standalone article, but this one couldn't wait. @ryanreft on the inside story of United States v. Nixon (1974). lawandhistoryreview.org/article/ryan-r…

Law and History Review's Docket is looking for a reviewer for a new volume about the legal history of family, intimacy, and the law. Up to 3k words, flexible about schedule. Unfortunately we do not offer payment. Please contact us if you are interested. lhrdocketeditor at gmail

The Docket is a publication of @ASLHtweets. Temporarily edited by @gauthamrao and currently accepting pitches for legal history posts, articles, book reviews, review articles, and more! Please contact if interested, lhrdocketeditor @ gmai|.

@Cam_Sauers reviews Giuliana Perrone, Nothing More Than Freedom: The Failure of Abolition in American Law. (Cambridge, UK: @CambridgeUP, 2023). lawandhistoryreview.org/article/camero…

@sgpal_ reviews Aziz Rana, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them (Chicago: @UChicagoPress, 2024). lawandhistoryreview.org/article/sohum-…

@BarbaraLauriat, "A ‘first’ Case at Common Law": a new legal history of the fascinating trademark case, Robinson & Roberts v. Wheble (1771) lawandhistoryreview.org/article/barbar…

Bruce W. Dearstyne, "A Judge and Presidential Candidate Searches for the Meaning of Due Process": historian Bruce Dearstyne explores the due process jurisprudence of Judge Alton Brooks Parker lawandhistoryreview.org/article/bruce-…

We are pleased to release our first issues of 2024! Here is our table of contents with links. As always, all Docket material is *free* to access. If you are interested in contributing, please be in touch!

@history_law Editor @gauthamrao provides an update on what's going on at the journal. The big news: longtime associate editor Jedidiah Kroncke has stepped down. Gautham profusely thanks Jed for all of his many, many contributions to the journal!

Important work from @BarbaraLauriat for @history_law’s @TheDocketLHR on a groundbreaking legal trademark case (h/t @gauthamrao): lawandhistoryreview.org/article/barbar…

I was thrilled to review Giuliana Perrone’s “Nothing More Than Freedom” for ⁦@TheDocketLHR⁩ . I hope you’ll check it out: lawandhistoryreview.org/article/camero…

Now available from Law & History Review's Docket: Barbara Lauriat, "A 'first' Case at Common Law: Robinson & Roberts v. Wheble (1771): A New 'First' Trademark Case at Common Law" lawandhistoryreview.org/article/barbar… *This article will be included in Volume 7, Issues 1-2 later this summer.

We are commissioning reviews of new legal history books for our June, September, and December issues. Please contact if you are interested! We will get you a free copy of the book. Flexible word limits and deadlines. (But as we are a scholarly journal, no pay unfortunately)

Dear Readers--as you may have noticed, The Docket was offline for most of February as we negotiated a problem with our domain. Happily, we've figured out the problem and solved it for good! We thank you for the messages of support and offers of assistance!

A nice review by Allen D. Boyer in @history_law that gives a flavor of Sir John Baker’s incredible editorial achievement in producing the “Reports from the Notebooks of Edward Coke,” 5 Vols. (@SeldenSociety, 2022-23).

@JessicaWalrack @ASLHtweets @gauthamrao we are a scholarly journal and do not compensate for publications (unfortunately)

@TheDocketLHR @ASLHtweets @gauthamrao Can you share the rates?

We are pleased to announce publication of our latest issue (December, 2023)! Featuring original articles, interviews, and book reviews--and as always, no paywall! @ASLHtweets @legalhistory #legalhistory lawandhistoryreview.org

The Docket is a publication of @ASLHtweets, interim editor is @gauthamrao. We are accepting pitches for articles, reviews, and interviews--please contact us if interested [lhrdocketeditor at gmail]!

@GraceMallon3 reviews Christian G. Fritz, Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance (Cambridge, 2023), lawandhistoryreview.org/article/grace-…