When I was in law school at UT Austin, 1975-1978, I had come straight from history graduate school, also at UT, and I found and I have always believed that lawyers can be fine historians, assuming they know and follow the historical method. I recalled recently that I had published an article in the law students' newspaper back then, and with the help of the excellent Reference Desk at today's Jamail Law Library there, I have now a copy of that article, which I happily post here:
