I want to discuss the uses and abuses of history by courts in the decision-making of litigation. To set the stage, here is one example: Maker's Mark Distillery v. Diageo North America: https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/12a0126p-06.pdf
And since we are talking about bourbon, here is that classic appreciation of the amber beverage by the novelist Walker Percy: http://www.claremont.org/