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ar and Proessor o Law at the Boston University School oLaw and a ounding member o the Federalist Society. He is

also the author (with Guy Seidman) o T C

E: T E A L

H (Yale University Press), which surveys the legal

history o American territorial acquisition and governance

and the F A L casebook.

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