Seth Barrett Tillman's Military Law Review Article Discussed by Georgetown University Professor

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 16:00

Professor Randy Barnett, of Georgetown University Law Center, discusses Seth Barrett Tillman’s recent article in Military Law Review. In his article, 'Did President Lincoln defy a court order by Chief Justice Taney?' which appeared in teh Washington Post,  Barnett concludes that ‘Tillman’s longer, more thorough, and fascinating (for law nerds) article, Ex Parte Merryman: Myth, History, and Scholarship, systematically debunk[s] the myths surrounding the facts and holding of Ex Parte Merryman…’ 

Tillman's article is available online.

Seth Barrett Tillman is a Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University Department of Law where he lectures in Equity and Trusts and in Introduction to the American Legal System at undergraduate level.