The Dissents of John Marshall Harlan I

I want to start by offering you two quotations. Both are from Harlan's famous dissent from Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, when the rest of the Justices held that it was constitutional to segregate people according to their race. The first quotation is famous; the second is not well-known—in fact, some of you may have never heard it before. Here is the first quotation:     

The Civil War Reminiscences of John Marshall Harlan

Towards the end of his life, John Marshall Harlan wrote a series of essays about various events of his life. Collected together, the documents form the closest thing to an autobiography Harlan was to write. Most of the documents concern Harlan's experiences in the Civil War, and some of them repeat the same stories. Cited often in biographies and articles about Harlan, they have never been published before. The three printed here were chosen not only for their individual interest, but also because, taken together, they form a nearly complete account of Harlan's wartime experiences.     

The Judicial and Ancient Game: James Wilson,John Marshall Harlan,and the Beginnings of Golf at the Supreme Court

Golf has a long history at the Supreme Court simply as an entertaining pastime for some of its members. Yet the Justices' interest in the sport can also be viewed as a reflection of the evolving work and culture of the institution and of the nation it serves. This article revisits a few early developments involving the first golfer on the Court (Justice James Wilson), the first golf enthusiast (the first Justice John Marshall Harlan), and the first golfing majority (October Term 1906).     

The Republic of the Marshall Islands since 1990

Rioting that followed clashes between police and strikers in Suva in December 1959 was interpreted by the authorities and the European minority as being motivated by anti-European feeling. But the racial interpretation of the strike tells us more about the authorities' own fears of solidarity between Indians and Fijians than it does about the strikers actual motivations, which were simply to advance an economic demand. The racialisation of the dispute came afterwards, in the suppression of the strike, and the reassertion of traditional Fijian authority vested in the Council of Chiefs, whose appeal to Fijians was made in specifically anti-Indian terms. The return to traditional authority prevented moves to modernise Fijian society.     

值得重新体味的清民之际的"封建"观

清末民初,黄遵宪、梁启超、严复、章太炎、孙中山等先进中国人参考日译新名“封建”,初步形成兼容古义与西义的封建观,用以表述中国、日本、欧洲的相关历史时段,较成功地实现了古今“封建”义的承袭与转换、中西义的对接与涵化。由于尚未能做深入的学术论证,清民之际学人的封建观无力抵御后来兴起的强势的泛化封建观,退隐而去,但其包蕴的合理精义,值得我们重温。     

《中华人民共和国经济史》评介

中华人民共和国已经走过半个世纪的历程,50年在人类历史的长河中如白驹过隙,但对于12亿中国人民来说,这50年的历程却是一部辉煌的篇章。在中国共产党的领导下,中国人民在经济基础非常落后、国情极为复杂的情况下进行前无古人的事业,在前进的道路上历尽坎坷与曲折,取得了翻天覆地的变化和辉煌的成就。由董辅主编的《中华人民共和国经济史》(经济科学出版社出版)一书以丰富的史料,真实客观地记录了这一段伟大的历史,热情讴歌了中华人民共和国经济建设所取得的巨大成就,对研究社会主义建设成功的经验以及挫折的教训、探求建设有中国特色社会…