The legislative and social restructuring of the Civil Rights Era remains the most significant expansion of the democratic franchise in modern history.

I am sharing an important new article by Dennis Joiner: "The Civil Rights Era’s Lasting Impact on American Democracy." For those interested in the intersection of law, history, and social equity, this is a highly relevant resource.

Full article here:
https://www.djoinerbooks.com/the-civil-rights-era-s-lasting-impact-democracy/

#CivilRights #Democracy #LegalHistory #PublicInterest #SocialEvolution

Things You MUST NOT DO In Covent Garden

A look at the old market byelaws painted on boards at Covent Garden.

https://londonist.com/london/history/things-you-must-not-do-in-covent-garden

#LegalHistory #London

Royal Family Encounters Legal Challenges Throughout History

See how UK royals like Princess Anne and Prince Andrew faced legal issues from speeding to serious charges, with a look back at historical cases.

#RoyalFamily, #UKLaw, #PrincessAnne, #PrinceAndrew, #LegalHistory

https://newsletter.tf/uk-royal-family-legal-challenges-history-2026/

The UK Royal Family has a long history of legal issues, from historical executions to Princess Anne's 2002 dog bite fine and Prince Andrew's 2026 arrest.

#RoyalFamily, #UKLaw, #PrincessAnne, #PrinceAndrew, #LegalHistory

https://newsletter.tf/uk-royal-family-legal-challenges-history-2026/

I found this book from the 1700s on the #internetarchive The first part is a bunch of stuff on astrology, fortune-telling and magic remedies.

What really interested me, though, was the templates for legal instruments tacked onto the end. Maybe the law is a form of magic.

https://ia600500.us.archive.org/27/items/bim_eighteenth-century_the-book-of-knowledge-t_erra-pater_1758/bim_eighteenth-century_the-book-of-knowledge-t_erra-pater_1758.pdf

(Side note: I thought this guy was swallowing a sword at first glance. It's a telescope)

#legalhistory #astrology

Wegen einer Wirtshausstreitigkeit an Silvester fand heute vor 270 Jahren im Amtshaus von #Triberg (#Schwarzwald) ein Prozess statt. Auf welche Weisen sich dieser Ehrkonflikt auf dem Weg von der Kneipe in den obrigkeitlichen Kontext vor Gericht transformierte, untersucht:

▶ Michaela Hohkamp, Vom Wirtshaus zum Amtshaus, #WerkstattGeschichte 16/1997, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/geortete-herrschaften

@histodons

#histodons #Rechtsgeschichte #FrüheNeuzeit #earlymodern #LegalHistory #Alltagsgeschichte

#OTD in 1918:

The Representation of the People Act is passed, extending the vote to men over 21 and some women over 30.

https://statutes.org.uk/site/the-statutes/twentieth-century/1918-7-8-george-5-c-64-representation-of-the-people-act/

#History #LegalHistory