Hamilton and the Law : : Reading Today's Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical / / ed. by Lisa A. Tucker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Asbury, Bret D.,; Baradaran, Mehrsa,; Barrett, John Q.,; Barton, Benjamin,; Chemerinsky, Erwin,; Douglas, Joshua A.,; Effron, Robin J.,; Farley, Anthony Paul,; Fishel, Sarah,; Frazier, Rosa,; Garre, Gregory G.,; Gerhardt, Michael,; Goldenziel, Jill I.,; Henderson, M. Todd,; Holley-Walker, Danielle,; Kalhan, Anil,; Katyal, Neal,; Keyes, Elizabeth,; Madeira, Jody,; McCormick, Marcia L.,; Millhiser, Ian,; Mulligan, Christina,; Mutcherson, Kimberly,; Norwood, Kimberly Jade,; Pasachoff, Eloise,; Primus, Richard,; Reynolds, Glenn Harlan,; Roosevelt, Kermit,; Said, Zahr K.,; Secunda, Paul M.,; Tucker, Lisa A.,; Tushnet, Rebecca,; Wydra, Elizabeth B.,
• HerausgeberIn: Tucker, Lisa A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 b&w halftones

Since its Broadway debut, Hamilton: An American Musical has infused itself into the American experience: who shapes it, who owns it, who can rap it best. Lawyers and legal scholars, recognizing the way the musical speaks to some of our most complicated constitutional issues, have embraced Alexander Hamilton as the trendiest historical face in American civics. Hamilton and the Law offers a revealing look into the legal community's response to the musical, which continues to resonate in a country still deeply divided about the reach of the law. A star-powered cast of legal minds-from two former US Solicitors General to leading commentators on culture and society-contribute brief and engaging magazine-style articles to this lively book. Intellectual property scholars share their thoughts on Hamilton's inventive use of other sources, while family law scholars explore domestic violence. Critical race experts consider how Hamilton furthers our understanding of the law and race, while authorities on the Second Amendment discuss the language of the Constitution's most contested passage. Legal scholars moonlighting as musicians discuss how the musical lifts history and law out of the dusty archives and onto the public stage. This collection of minds, inspired by the phenomenon of the musical and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, urges us to heed Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Founding Fathers and create something new, daring, and different.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: "Is This a Legal Matter?" -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. "And so the American Experiment Begins": The Constitution and the Three Branches of Government -- 1. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Future of Originalism -- 2. Some Alexander Hamilton, but Not So Much Hamilton, in the New Supreme Court -- 3. Tragedy in the Supreme Court: "I'd Rather Be Divisive Than Indecisive" -- 4. Alexander Hamilton's "One Shot" before the U.S. Supreme Court -- 5. "Never Gon' Be President Now" -- 6. Hamilton: Child Laborer and Truant -- Part 2. "America, You Great Unfinished Symphony" -- 7. Hamilton's America-and Ours -- 8. Hamilton and Washington at War and a Vision for Federal Power -- 9. Two Oaths: Supporting and Defending the Constitution with Hamilton -- Part 3. "We'll Never Be Truly Free": Hamilton and Race -- 10. Finding Constitutional Redemption through Hamilton -- 11. Race, Nation, and Patrimony, or, the Stakes of Diversity in Hamilton -- 12. "The World Turned Upside Down": Employment Discrimination, Race, and Authenticity in Hamilton -- 13. Hamilton and the Power of Racial Fables in Examining the U.S. Constitution -- Part 4. "I'm 'a Compel Him to Include Women in the Sequel" -- 14. On Women's Rights, Legal Change, and Incomplete Sequels -- 15. When Your Job Is to Marry Rich: Marriage as a Market in Hamilton -- 16. "Love" Triangles: Romance or Domestic Violence? -- Part 5. "Immigrants, We Get the Job Done" -- 17. Hamilton's Dissent to the Travel Ban -- 18. Hamilton and the Limits of Contemporary Immigration Narratives -- 19. Hamilton's Immigrant Story Today -- Part 6. "The Ten Duel Commandments" -- 20. Hamilton, Hip-Hop, and the Culture of Dueling in America -- 21. Alexander Hamilton, Citizen-Protector? -- 22. We Will Never Be Satisfied: Hamilton and Jefferson's Duel Over Constitutional Meaning -- 23. Hamilton, Burr, and Defamation: Physical versus Verbal Duels -- 24. 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! -- 25. Modern-Day Protests: As American as Apple Pie -- Part 7. "Who Tells Your Story?" -- 26. "Every Action's an Act of Creation": Hamilton and Copyright Law -- 27. Hollering to Be Heard: Copyright and the Aesthetics of Voice -- 28. Taking Law School Musicals Seriously: A Little Love Letter to Legal Musicals and the Lawyers Who Love Them -- 29. "The World Turned Upside Down": Hamilton and Deconstruction -- Part 8. "What Is a Legacy?": Lessons from Hamilton beyond the Libretto -- 30. "Cabinet Battle #1": The Structure of Federalism -- 31. Hamilton's Bank and Jefferson's Nightmare -- 32. Alexander Hamilton's Legacy: The American Board of Directors -- 33. "I Never Thought I'd Live Past Twenty": Hamilton through the Lens of Anticipated Early Death -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index