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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Great to see my friend Ryan Rowberry and discuss my paper with the Georgia State law faculty at their excellent workshop series. #legalhistory

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It’s common law day at Georgia State! We are very excited and pleased to welcome @jctate1215.bsky.social to present his brilliant new article on the meaning of liberty in the common law tradition.

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a man and a woman are fighting in a room with the words common law above them

ALT: a man and a woman are fighting in a room with the words common law above them

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Great to talk about the Declaration of Independence at #AALS2026 and catch up with my old friends @carltonfwlarson.bsky.social and Rose Villazor. #legalhistory

Law professors sitting down at a table with delicious New Orleans food.

Rose Villazor speaks from the podium as three other law professors look on.

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'm pleased to announce that my latest article, "Liberty as Entitlement in the Common Law," has been accepted by the San Diego Law Review and is now available for download on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=546.... #legalhistory

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Liberty as Entitlement in the Common Law

In recent decades, some justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have questioned the broad definition of liberty that is the basis for the doctrine of substantive due

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Carlton Larson @carltonfwlarson.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

@jctate1215.bsky.social presenting a fascinating paper on the Cinque Ports and piracy at the 2025 Selden Society meeting.

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Selden Society @seldensociety.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The Selden Society is now on Bluesky. Going forward, this account will share news and information relating to English legal history or of interest to the Society's members, such as announcements of conferences and new publications.

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

Happy to report that my latest article, “Magna Carta and the Definition of Fundamental Rights,” is now available for download on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=472... Thanks to the Tulsa Law Review for publishing it. #legalhistory #magnacarta

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John Penniman @historiographos.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

I will never recover from this student email.

Image of an email from a student asking if sources "from the late 1900s" are acceptable.

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Reading student papers referring to “the late 1900s” and realizing they mean the time when I was in high school makes me feel really old.

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Thomas McSweeney @mcsweeney1693.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Had a great time discussing @jctate1215.bsky.social's new book on litigation over advowsons at the ASLH conference. The scholarship on the early common law focuses on litigation over land, but Josh argues we should see advowson litigation as a central part of Henry II's reforms

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Hanging out with the cool kids (a.k.a the Selden Society contingent) at ASLH 2023.

Photo of Joshua Tate, Tom McSweeney & Carlton Larson at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

First night in Philly for ASLH and I already found some good cheesesteak.

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Joshua Tate @jctate1215.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Finally got an invite to this place. So what’s going on, everyone?

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