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In 1816, a quiet property dispute in Virginia produced one of the most powerful rulings in American constitutional history. Two centuries later, the decision in Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee still determines who gets the last word on the Constitution. Randall Griffin explains. Justice Joseph Story. Painting by George Peter Alexander Healy. Who Owns the Northern Neck? From the late 1680s to the 1700s,…
A longtime member of the Columbia Law faculty, where she was emerita, Professor Black was an expert in legal history and the first woman to serve as Dean of Columbia Law School. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew her or from those who wish to comment on the significance of her work. […]
