Showing posts with label law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

What undergraduate major(s) should I choose to become a lawyer?

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“The ABA [or ‘American Bar Association’] does not recommend any undergraduate majors or group of courses to prepare for a legal education. S...
Monday, July 10, 2023

A review of William Blackstone’s “Commentaries on the Laws of England”

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“The objects of the laws of England are so very numerous and extensive, that, in order to consider them with any tolerable ease and perspic...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Yes, Blackstone’s “Commentaries” influenced Abraham Lincoln (and here’s the proof)

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“The election of 1834 came, and [Abraham Lincoln] was then elected to the Legislature [of Illinois] by the highest vote cast for any candida...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Abraham Lincoln recommended Joseph Story, and Jefferson Davis criticized him

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Joseph Story was a U. S. Supreme Court justice, appointed by President James Madison In 1812, President James Madison appointed a new just...
Friday, August 23, 2019

How did Sir Edward Coke influence Sir William Blackstone?

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In 1481 or 1482,  Sir Thomas de Littleton  wrote a then-famous work called “A Treatise on Tenures.” More than a century later,  Sir Edward...
Friday, March 1, 2019

How different was the Constitution from the “Articles of Confederation”?

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“The Stile of this Confederacy shall be ' The United States of America '.” – Article I of the “Articles of Confederation and per...
Monday, September 17, 2018

The document that changed everything in America …

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When the Founding Fathers wrote the original Constitution in 1787, they were creating a document that would change everything in America, ...
Friday, June 15, 2018

When King John signed the Magna Carta, it was like signing a surrender document …

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“No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed , nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, exce...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

So what exactly are the “Federalist Papers,” anyway?

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"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to ...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Actually, John Locke DID influence the U. S. Declaration of Independence

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"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them wi...
Monday, December 15, 2014

The Bill of Rights: historical context and strict construction

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"The enumeration [or "listing"] in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others ...