Donald M Roper

Biographic Data

ID1150329
NAMEDonald M Roper
GIVEN NAMESDonald M
FAMILY NAMERoper
SIGNATUREROPER D M
AFFILIATIONSSUNY New Paltz
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS50
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
H-INDEX2

  • Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson

    Donald M Roper, James W Ely et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1992

    Journal Article Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson Get access Ely James W.Jr. Brown TheodoreJr., eds. Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press. 1987. lxvi, 420 pp. $45.00. Donald M. Roper Donald M. Roper S.U.N.Y., College at New Paltz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 1992, Pages 212–213, https://doi.org/10.2307/8…

  • Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865

    Donald M Roper, Louis P MasurARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1990Cited by: 5

  • Law in the New Republic: Private Law and the Public Estate

    Donald M Roper, George DargoARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1984

  • Martin Van Buren as Tocqueville's Lawyer: The Jurisprudence of Politics

    Donald M RoperARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1982

  • An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity

    Donald Roper, Donald M Roper et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1982

    Journal Article An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity Get access Finkelman Paul, An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity. Studies in Legal History. Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina Press in association with the American Society for Legal History, 1981. xii, 378 pp. $22.00. Donald Roper Donald Roper SUNY College at New Paltz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American …

  • Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review, by John Hart Ely

    Open AccessDonald M RoperARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1981Cited by: 1

  • Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History

    Donald M Roper, Gillian E WhiteARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1980

    This history of tort law in America looks at how the subject has been conceptualized, pointing out why changes in rules occurred, and who did the changing. White approaches his subject from four perspectives: intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge, the phenomoenon of professionalization in the late 19th and 20th centuries in America, and the recurrent concerns of tort law since it became a discrete field

  • William Paterson: Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806

    Donald M Roper, John E O'Connor et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1980

  • The Sources of Antislavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848

    Donald M Roper, William M WiecekARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1979

    In 1760 the institution of slavery in the British colonies enjoyed undisputed legitimacy.No colonials considered it inherently illegiti mate, although some, especially Quakers in the middle colonies, at tacked it on moral grounds.By 1848 some American abolitionists contended that slavery was everywhere illegitimate, while a larger number, as well as many nonabolitionists, believed that the federal government could properly restrict the spread of …

  • Searching for a Model Jurisprudence: The Limitations of Constitutional Thinking

    Donald M Roper, Gary J JacobsohnARTICLEReviews in American History1978

  • The Antelope: The Ordeal of the Recaptured Africans in the Administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

    Donald M Roper, John T NoonanARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1978

    The Antelope: The Ordeal of the Recaptured Africans in the Administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Get access Noonan John T.Jr., The Antelope: The Ordeal of the Recaptured Africans in the Administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Berkeley. University of California Press, 1977. vii, 198 pp. $10.00. Donald M. Roper Donald M. Roper Associate Professor of History SUNY, College at New Paltz Search for other works by this aut…

  • Society and Law before the Formative Era

    Donald Roper, Donald M Roper et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1977

  • The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges

    Donald M Roper, Gillian E WhiteARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1977

  • The Legal System: A Social Science Perspective, by Lawrence M. Friedman

    Open AccessDonald M RoperARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1976Cited by: 43

  • The Best Men Seldom Make it

    Donald M Roper, Henry J AbrahamARTICLEReviews in American History1975

  • Thomas D. Morris, Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North, 1780-1861

    Donald Roper, Donald M RoperARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1974

  • James Kent and the Emergence Of New York's Libel Law

    Donald Roper, Donald M RoperARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1973

    James Kent and the Emergence Of New York's Libel Law Get access Donald Roper Donald Roper *Department of History, State University of New York, College at New Paltz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 17, Issue 3, July 1973, Pages 223–231, https://doi.org/10.2307/845141 Published: 01 July 1973

  • The Guarantee Clause of the U. S. Constitution

    Donald M Roper, William M WiecekARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1973

    The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution Get access Wiecek William M., The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Ithaca, New York. Cornell University Press, 1972. xi, 324 pp. $12.50. Donald M. Roper Donald M. Roper Associate Professor Department of History, State University College, New Paltz, N. Y. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 17, Issue 2, April 1973,…

  • Courts for a New Nation

    Donald Roper, Donald M Roper et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1972

    Journal Article Courts for a New Nation. By Dwight F. Henderson. (Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1971. viii + 166 pp. Tables, notes on sources, references, and index. $6.00.) Get access Donald Roper Donald Roper State University of New York, New Paltz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 4, March 1972, Pages 1008–1009, https://doi.org/10.2307/1917877 Published: 0…

  • In Quest of Judicial Objectivity: The Marshall Court and the Legitimation of Slavery

    Donald M RoperARTICLEStanford Law Review1969

  • John Jay, The Nation and the Court

    Donald Roper, Donald M Roper et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1968

  • Yazoo: Law and Politics in the New Republic. The Case of Fletcher v. Peck

    Donald M Roper, C Peter MagrathARTICLEJournal of American History1967

    Journal Article Yazoo: Law and Politics in the New Republic. The Case of Fletcher v. Peck. By C. Peter Magrath. (Providence: Brown University Press, 1966. ix + 243 pp. Map, notes, and appendices. $6.00.) Get access Donald M. Roper Donald M. Roper State University College New Paltz, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 122–123, https://do…

  • Judicial Unanimity and the Marshall Court - A Road to Reappraisal

    Donald M RoperARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1965Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Judicial Unanimity and the Marshall Court — A Road to Reappraisal Get access Donald M. Roper Donald M. Roper *Division of History and Political Economy, State University College, New Paltz, N. Y. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 9, Issue 2, April 1965, Pages 118–134, https://doi.org/10.2307/844270 Published: 01 April 1965