The American Legal History Podcast

This podcast will trace the history and evolution of American law from its most ancient roots, through the birth of the common law in medieval England, early colonial and revolutionary American, through the early days of the supreme court, the civil war, through the tumultuous twentieth century and on to the present day. Although legal theory and philosophy will be discussed this is a not a podcast on jurisprudence. The entire podcast will have about 60 installments, each one about thirty minutes in length.

The American Legal History Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Timothy J. Innes, with 38 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Timothy J. Innes hosts The American Legal History Podcast, a history show with 38 episodes published.

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  Episode Thirty-Seven: Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, Part II

  Aug 1, 202640 min

  In Part II of my interview with Professor Dylan C. Penningroth, author of Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, we will discuss the three categories of rights as they were understood in the 1860's; how and why access to the law of everyday life was so important in the lives of former slaves; the little-understood phenomenon of the rise in Black property ownership in the South after the Civil War; the surprising relationship of African Americans and local courts in the South: how activists of the modern civil rights movement bequeathed to historians three flawed assumptions and much more.

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  Episode Thirty-Six: Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, Part I

  Jun 27, 202648 min

  In this, the first of two episodes, we will talk to Professor Dylan C. Penningroth, author of Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights. In this groundbreaking work, Professor Pennigroth explains how former slaves gained the right to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, and hold and convey real property. Using what he terms "the law of everyday life", African Americans created a legal culture that was little known before the publication of this important work.

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  Episode Thirty-Five: The Civil War and the Constitution, Part V, the Fifteenth Amendment and the end of Reconstruction

  Apr 3, 202638 minS0

  In this concluding episode on the Civil War and the Constitution we will dicuss the 15th Amendment and the end of Reconstruction. We will examine the many factors that made the crafting of the 15th so difficult, the ratification process, and the efforts to undermine its effectivneess. We will also look at the reasons and circumstances that led to the end of Reconstrution in 1877, and how it has been interpreted by American historians since the end of the Civil War.

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  Episode Thirty-Four: The Civil War and the Constitution, Part IV

  Jan 3, 202628 minS0

  In this episode we will talk about the Civil Rights Act of 1866, but primarily we will dicuss the most impactful of the Constitution's Amendments, the Fourteenth. Specifically, the circumstances in the post-war south that compelled its creation, the role it played in Reconstruction, the men who drafted it, the many purposes it was meant to serve, the enacting statutes, and its early interpretation.

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  Episode Thirty-Three: The Civil War Era, and the Constitution, Part III

  Sep 1, 202533 minS0

  In this episode we will examine in some detail, important and transformative federal legislation passed during the second session of the 37th Congress (1861-62), including the Homestead Act, Morrill Act, Legal Tender Act and the Pacific Railroad Act. I will offer an introduction to the Civil War Amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th. We will end with thorough examination of the history and wording of the 13th Amendment and its unanticipated legacy.

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