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Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University

Laws enacted during the U.S. slavery era are still being used by lawyers and judges in today’s courtrooms. Getty Images

June 18, 2024

US laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations

Justin Simard, Michigan State University

Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000 cases that cite those cases.

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