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WELL: AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins. Attorney General William Barr ha…

WELL: AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins. Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” a … Continue reading

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The Ideological Origins of Deregulation

It is not difficult to identify the significant milestones in the history of deregulation in the United States. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw federal legislation deregulating vast swaths of the transportation sector—airlines, railroads, and trucking. During the same … Continue reading

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Family Courts as Criminal Courts: A Story of Origins

Elizabeth Katz, Criminal Law in a Civil Guise: The Evolution of Family Courts and Support Laws, __ U. Chi. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2019), available at SSRN. Philomila Tsoukala The question of the relationship between criminal law and family law has been amply explored in … Continue reading

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Corporate Origins and Corporate Rights: American Law and the Corporation

Adam Winkler, We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights (2018). Charles O’Kelley In We The Corporations, constitutional law scholar Adam Winkler reaches out to the public with a sweeping account of the role and place of the … Continue reading

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The origins of the Society of American Archivists

National Archives History – As the Society for American Archivists (SAA) meets for the 82nd annual meeting here in Washington, DC, we’re taking a look back at the origins of the organization. SAA was founded just two years after Congress … Continue reading

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