The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton

L. Kinvin Wroth; Julius Goebel

doi:10.2307/364804

The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton

The New England Quarterly ◽

10.2307/364804 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 514

Author(s):

L. Kinvin Wroth ◽

Julius Goebel

Keyword(s):

Alexander Hamilton ◽

The Law

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The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 5

American Political Science Review ◽

10.2307/1961235 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 480

Author(s):

Joseph Smith ◽

Julius Goebel

Keyword(s):

Alexander Hamilton ◽

The Law

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Hamilton and the Law

10.7591/cornell/9781501752216.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Intellectual Property ◽

Family Law ◽

Alexander Hamilton ◽

Constitutional Convention ◽

Founding Fathers ◽

The Public ◽

American Experience ◽

Second Amendment ◽

The Law

Since its Broadway debut, Hamilton: An American Musical has infused itself into the American experience: who shapes it, who owns it, who can rap it best. Lawyers and legal scholars, recognizing the way the musical speaks to some of our most complicated constitutional issues, have embraced Alexander Hamilton as the trendiest historical face in American civics. This book offers a revealing look into the legal community's response to the musical, which continues to resonate in a country still deeply divided about the reach of the law. Intellectual property scholars share their thoughts on Hamilton's inventive use of other sources, while family law scholars explore domestic violence. Critical race experts consider how Hamilton furthers our understanding of law and race, while authorities on the Second Amendment discuss the language of the Constitution's most contested passage. Legal scholars moonlighting as musicians discuss how the musical lifts history and law out of dusty archives and onto the public stage. This collection of minds, inspired by the phenomenon of the musical and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, urges us to heed Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Founding Fathers and to create something new, daring, and different.

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