Thursday, March 16, 2017

Symposium: “A Crime Against Humanity”: Slavery and The Boundaries of Legality, Past and Present

The latest issue of the Law and History Review (Vol. 35, no. 1, February 2017) contains a symposium on "'A Crime Against Humanity': Slavery and The Boundaries of Legality, Past and Present." Contents include:
  • “A Crime Against Humanity”: Slavery and The Boundaries of Legality, Past and Present
    • Ariela Gross, Introduction: “A Crime Against Humanity”: Slavery and The Boundaries of Legality, Past and Present
    • Rebecca J. Scott, Social Facts, Legal Fictions, and the Attribution of Slave Status: The Puzzle of Prescription
    • Keila Grinberg, Illegal Enslavement, International Relations, and International Law on the Southern Border of Brazil
    • Randy J. Sparks, Blind Justice: The United States's Failure to Curb the Illegal Slave Trade
    • Jenny S. Martinez & Lisa Surwillo, “Like the Pirate and the Slave Trader Before Him”: Precedent and Analogy in Contemporary Law and Literature
    • Ariela J. Gross & Chantal Thomas, The New Abolitionism, International Law, and the Memory of Slavery
    • Alejandro De La Fuente & Ariela Gross, Concluding Thoughts: Boundary Crossings: Slavery and Freedom, Legality and Illegality, Past and Present