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jctate1215.bsky.social
Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas. Interested in legal history and how it shapes the modern world. Usual caveats apply.
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The Selden Society is now on Bluesky. Going forward, this account will share news and information relating to English legal history or of interest to the Society's members, such as announcements of conferences and new publications.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Totality in Dallas, Texas. #solareclipse2024 #eclipse

submitted 329 days ago • 2 comments

Happy to report that my latest article, “Magna Carta and the Definition of Fundamental Rights,” is now available for download on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=472... Thanks to the Tulsa Law Review for publishing it. #legalhistory #magnacarta

submitted 378 days ago • 0 comments

I will never recover from this student email.

submitted 462 days ago • 388 comments

Reading student papers referring to “the late 1900s” and realizing they mean the time when I was in high school makes me feel really old.

submitted 485 days ago • 0 comments

Had a great time discussing @jctate1215.bsky.social's new book on litigation over advowsons at the ASLH conference. The scholarship on the early common law focuses on litigation over land, but Josh argues we should see advowson litigation as a central part of Henry II's reforms

submitted 491 days ago • 1 comment

Hanging out with the cool kids (a.k.a the Selden Society contingent) at ASLH 2023.

submitted 493 days ago • 0 comments

First night in Philly for ASLH and I already found some good cheesesteak.

submitted 494 days ago • 1 comment

Finally got an invite to this place. So what’s going on, everyone?

submitted 546 days ago • 0 comments