JEFFREY K. SAWYER
CURRICULUM VITAE (2/2/95)
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Current Research Interests
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Legal History: Early American, Maryland, Comparative
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Teaching Interests
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Legal History (Common
Law, Maryland)
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Rhetorical Theory; Practical Argumentation, History of Ideas
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Education
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Ph.D., History, University of California, Berkeley, December 1982
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M.A., History, University of California, Berkeley, June 1978
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A.B., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, December 1975 (with
Highest Honors)
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B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, December 1972
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Academic Appointments
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1986-present: University of Baltimore, Division
of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies;
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Associate Professor (1992); Director, Master of Arts in Legal and Ethical
Studies (1991-1995); Divisional Chair (1995--present); Director, Jurisprudence
Program (1996-present)
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Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Richmond ,1983-1986
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University of California, Part-time Faculty, Departments of Rhetoric and
History 1978-1983.
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Recent Publications
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"Distrust of the Legal Establishment in Perspective: Maryland During the
Early National Years." The Georgia Journal of Southern Legal History
2/1&2 (1993): 1-40.
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Printed Poison: Pamphlets, Faction Politics, and the Public Sphere in
Early Seventeenth-Century France (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University
of California Press, 1990)
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"'Benefit of Clergy' in Maryland and Virginia," American Journal of
Legal History 33/1 (1990): 49-68.
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"Judicial Corruption and Legal Reform in Early Seventeenth- Century France,"
Law and History Review 6/1 (1988): 95-117.
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Address
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University of Baltimore, College of Liberal Arts, 1420 North Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21201. "jsawyer@ubmail.ubalt.edu"
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Phone:(410) 837-5327, Fax (410) 837-5336