American Journal of Legal History

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The American Journal of Legal History publishes scholarship on the historical development of legal systems and concepts. Recent articles examine the evolution of constitutional interpretation, the history of defamation claims, the role of juries, property law origins, contract law in colonial settings, the establishment of central banks, the development of banking systems, civil rights litigation, the history of criminal justice, legal defenses in homicide cases, the impact of religious thought on legal codification, constitutionalism in Canada and French-Canadian elites, the medical profession's use of licensing laws, comparative civil law, state legislative resistance to federalism, public engagement with law during wartime, the history of punitive damages, and the jurisprudence of Alexander Hamilton. The journal also features reviews of relevant academic books.

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