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Title Hamilton and the law : reading today's most contentious legal issues through the hit musical / edited by Lisa A. Tucker
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020

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Contents Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Future of Originalism / Richard Primus -- Some Alexander Hamilton, but Not So Much Hamilton, in the New Supreme Court / John Q. Barrett -- Tragedy in the Supreme Court : "I'd Rather Be Divisive Than Indecisive" / Lisa A. Tucker -- Alexander Hamilton's "One Shot" before the U.S. Supreme Court / Gregory G. Garre -- "Never Gon' Be President Now" / Michael Gerhardt -- Hamilton : Child Laborer and Truant / Paul M. Secunda -- Hamilton's America, and Ours / Kermit Roosevelt III -- Hamilton and Washington at War and a Vision for Federal Power / Elizabeth B. Wydra -- Two Oaths : Supporting and Defending the Constitution with Hamilton / Jill I. Goldenziel -- Finding Constitutional Redemption through Hamilton / Christina Mulligan -- Race, Nation, and Patrimony, or, the Stakes of Diversity in Hamilton / Anthony Paul Farley -- "The World Turned Upside Down" : Employment Discrimination, Race, and Authenticity in Hamilton / Marcia L. McCormick -- Hamilton and the Power of Racial Fables in Examining the U.S. Constitution / Danielle Holley-Walker -- On Women's Rights, Legal Change, and Incomplete Sequels / Eloise Pasachoff -- When Your Job Is to Marry Rich : Marriage as a Market in Hamilton / Kimberly Mutcherson -- "Love" Triangles : Romance or Domestic Violence? / Rosa Frazier -- Hamilton's Dissent to the Travel Ban / Neal Katyal -- Hamilton and the Limits of Contemporary Immigration Narratives / Anil Kalhan -- Hamilton's Immigrant Story Today / Elizabeth Keyes -- Hamilton, Hip-Hop, and the Culture of Dueling in America / Glenn Harlan Reynolds -- Alexander Hamilton, Citizen-Protector? / Jody Madeira -- We Will Never Be Satisfied : Hamilton and Jefferson's Duel Over Constitutional Meaning / Ian Millhiser -- Hamilton, Burr, and Defamation : Physical versus Verbal Duels / Benjamin Barton -- Elections as Duels : "You Know What? We Can Change That. You Know Why?" 'Cuz We Have the Support of Two-Thirds of Each House of Congress and Three-Quarters of the States! / Joshua A. Douglas -- Modern-Day Protests : As American as Apple Pie / Kimberly Jade Norwood -- Every Action's an Act of Creation : Hamilton and Copyright Law / Rebecca Tushnet -- Hollering to Be Heard : Copyright and the Aesthetics of Voice / Zahr K. Said -- Taking Law School Musicals Seriously : A Little Love Letter to Legal Musicals and the Lawyers Who Love Them / Robin J. Effron -- "The World Turned Upside Down" : Hamilton and Deconstruction / Bret D. Asbury -- "Cabinet Battle #1" : The Structure of Federalism / Erwin Chemerinsky -- Hamilton's Bank and Jefferson's Nightmare / Mehrsa Baradaran -- Alexander Hamilton's Legacy : The American Board of Directors / M. Todd Henderson -- I Never Thought I'd Live Past Twenty" : Hamilton through the Lens of Anticipated Early Death / Sarah Fishel
Summary "This book of essays explores connections between Hamilton: The Musical and contemporary legal issues"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Law in musical theater
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020)
Subject Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Influence
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- Hamilton -- Influence
SUBJECT Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- Hamilton -- Influence
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Influence
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 fast
Hamilton (Miranda, Lin-Manuel) fast
Subject Law -- Political aspects -- United States
Musical theater -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
History in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
LAW / Legal History
History in popular culture
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Law -- Political aspects
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Tucker, Lisa A., editor
LC no. 2020007219
ISBN 9781501752223
1501752227
9781501752230
1501752235