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  "textContent": "  * **Alison LaCroix** on using history to advise the **University of Chicago** 's graduating class (Chicago Maroon).\n\n\n  * A notice of \"Law and the Paranormal: A Critical Perspective on Legal Rationality,\" a doctoral thesis submitted to Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge by **Andrew Michael Sagar** , in 2023, \"traces how English law transformed its treatment of witchcraft, astrology, spiritual mediumship, and fortune-telling from crimes of supernatural harm into issues of fraud, commerce, and consumer regulation\" (USAHerald).\n\n\n  * An appreciation of **Tay-sheng Wang** 's _Introduction to Taiwan’s Legal History_ by **Shih-An Wang** , Project Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law, **Kobe University** (Taiwan Insight).\n\n\n  * New in Gale's \"Making of Modern Law\" series, British Colonial Law: Acts, Ordinances, and Proclamations from the Colonies, 1643–1900.\n\n\n  * The webinar \"Making the Founding Documents Relevant in the 21st Century\" will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, commencing 1:30 PM (ET). The panelists will be **Paul Carrese, Arizona State University** (moderator); **Roosevelt Montás, Bard College** ; **Jeremy Bailey, University of Florida** ; and **Jocelyn Evans, University of West Florida**. Register here (PSNow).\n\n\n  * **SHEAR's \"Civics Exchange\"** \"connects you with members of the **Society for Historians of the Early Republic** (SHEAR) who can speak to your organization, club, or institution about the history that has shaped our civic institutions and civic culture, and the relationship of the past to our present-day civic institutions and civic life.\"\n\n\n  * From In These Times: \"Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi, a Working-Class Hero\" (and a major figure in 20th c. legal history).\n\n\n  * An event of interest, on June 6: historian and archivist Daniel F. Gosling (UK National Archives) is offering an online intro to early modern legal records. (more)\n\n\n  * **Lawbook Exchange** 's May 2026 list of Scholarly Law and Legal History.\n\n\n\n  * ICYMI: The history of Supreme Court leaks (SCOTUSblog). What Jefferson and Madison would have thought about \"rededicating\" the US to God (The Conversation). Hunting, Poaching & The American Revolution (New York Almanack).\n\n\n\nWeekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.",
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