John E Witt

The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law

The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, And the Remaking of American Law

Patriots And Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law

Section 1983 Litigation Forms: 1996 Cumulative Supplement

Section 1983 Litigation: Forms, 1997 Cumulative Supplement

Section 1983 Litigation Forms

Section 1983 Litigation: Forms

William Henry Hunt (1790-1864), Life and Work: With a Catalogue

Daedalus 146:1 The Changing Rules of War

This Winter 2017 issue of Dædalus on “The Changing Rules of War” presents a collection of essays about the evolution of just war doctrine, the laws of armed conflict, the rules of engagement, war crimes tribunals, and other domestic and international organizational procedures that together constitut...

Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law

Ranging widely from the founding era to Reconstruction, from the making of the modern state to its post-New Deal limits, John Fabian Witt illuminates the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. He shows how law and c...

Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History

Pulitzer Prize FinalistBancroft Prize WinnerABA Silver Gavel Award WinnerA New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced sta...

Descendants of John Witt, the Virginia Immigrant

John Witt was born circa 1645 in Herefordshire, England. Thirteen generations of this ancient Virginia family are set forth here in an easily readable style. Information consists of birth, death, spouse, children and other additional material that was dis

Saint Louis, the Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 1: From Canoe to Cathedral

The first volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic institutions in Saint Louis and surrounding regions in Missouri and Illinois.

Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 2: The Lion and the Fourth City

The second volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic institutions in Saint Louis and surrounding regions in Missouri and Illinois.