Wednesday, April 17, 2019
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm | Dinner
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Discussion
Stanford Law School – Room 190

This event is free and open to the public.

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Much of the power of today’s federal government–from criminal law to food labeling–derives from the clause in the Constitution granting Congress authority to “regulate commerce . . . among the several states.” But how exactly did the Commerce Clause become so important? Join the Constitutional Law Center for a fascinating discussion of the events in Antebellum America that created the commerce power as we know it today. Our guest will be Alison LaCroix, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Alison LaCroix Alison LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reed Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and an Associate Member of the University of Chicago Department of History. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a PhD in history from Harvard University. She is the author of numerous articles as well as a book, The Ideological Origins of American Federalism. She has also co-edited several volumes on law and literature. To view full bio, click here.