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Research Article| September 01 2010 Reconstructing State and Federal Jurisdiction in A Fool's Errand and The Clansman Brook Thomas Brook Thomas University of California, Irvine bthomas@uci.edu Brook Thomas is Chancellor's Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. His books on law and literature include Civic Myths: A Law and Literature Approach to Citizenship (University of North Carolina Press, 2007); American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract (University of California Press, 1997); Cross-Examinations of Law and Literature: Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville (Cambridge University Press, 1987); and “Plessy v. Ferguson”: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1996). He has also written numerous essays on the topic, including “A Constitution Led by the Flag: The Insular Cases and the Metaphor of Incorporation,” “Stigmas, Badges, and Brands: Discriminating Marks in Legal History,” “Plessy v. Ferguson and the Literary Imagination,” “Reflections on the Law and Literature Revival,” and “Stanley Fish and the Uses of Baseball: The Return of the Natural”. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google English Language Notes (2010) 48 (2): 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-48.2.71 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Brook Thomas; Reconstructing State and Federal Jurisdiction in A Fool's Errand and The Clansman. English Language Notes 1 September 2010; 48 (2): 71–83. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-48.2.71 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsEnglish Language Notes Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2010 Regents of the University of Colorado2010 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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