Early American Law

On April 15, Professor Kent Newmyer will be a featured speaker for "Rethinking the History of Early American Law: Kathryn Preyer's 'Blackstone in America' " at an event sponsored by the board of trustees and the president of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Kent Newmyer, Professor of Law and History. Professor Newmyer regularly offers two seminars in American constitutional and legal history. One focuses on select themes in constitutional history (and varies from semester). The second, Main Currents in American Legal History, treats major historical changes in American law, starting with the early national period and ending with Critical Legal Studies. Before coming to the Law School, Newmyer taught American history at the University of Connecticut. He was designated University Alumni Professor in 1988 and became emeritus in 1997.

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