Joshua Tate

02/19/2024

Happy to report that my latest article, “Magna Carta and the Definition of Fundamental Rights,” is now available for download on SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=4721779
Thanks to the Tulsa Law Review for publishing it.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long relied on the language of Magna Carta in interpreting the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. I

10/14/2020

Couldn’t wait any longer to do my civic duty. In and out in 18 minutes! Thanks Mark Cuban!

09/12/2020

The Selden Society and the Inns of Court have joined forces to establish a new series of annual lectures open to scholars, members and students of the Inns and the general public to show the relevance of a wider understanding of Legal History. The first Selden Society Annual Inns of Court Lecture, hosted by the Inner Temple, will be delivered online via Zoom on 21 Oct. 2020 at 5.30 pm BST. Prof. Jay Tidmarsh of Notre Dame Law School will speak on ’The Fire Courts: Successfully Delivering Justice in a Time of Plague and Fire’. To book a place at the event, please visit the Inner Temple website (https://www.innertemple.org.uk/news/selden-society-lecture-the-fire-courts) and use the link ‘Add Ticket’ (ie, do not use the ‘Member Login’ link, unless you are a member of that Inn). The Inner Temple will then issue the ticket for the event: and you will be sent the Zoom link a couple of days before the lecture.

03/23/2020

You may not be able to consult our wonderful volumes on the shelf right now, but many of them are available digitally on HeinOnline. If you are a member, our latest volumes should be on their way to you if you haven’t already received them.
📸: SMU Underwood Law Library

03/07/2020

Surveying the wreckage after my first Merit Badge University. Proud to help 20 scouts earn one of their Eagle-required badges! 🇺🇸

12/09/2019

Catching up with an old friend. 🐻 Back in London for the December meeting of the Selden Society Council. Much to discuss!

11/26/2019

Honored to give another presentation to the Midland County Bar Association today.

06/01/2019

Celebrating a great conference with the Comparative Legal History IRC!

03/17/2019

Excited to speak to pre-law students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week!

03/01/2019

Did you know that President Gerald Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska? Well, you do now. Happy to be in Omaha this week to present a paper at the Missouri Valley History Conference.

02/09/2019

Likely gravesite of Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues, whose music inspired Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and countless others.