Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: “Is This a Legal Matter?” xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Part 1. “And so the American Experiment Begins”: The Constitution and the Three Branches of Government
6. 1. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Future of Originalism 3
7. 2. Some Alexander Hamilton, but Not So Much Hamilton, in the New Supreme Court 12
8. 3. Tragedy in the Supreme Court: “I’d Rather Be Divisive Than Indecisive” 17
9. 4. Alexander Hamilton’s “One Shot” before the U.S. Supreme Court 23
10. 5. “Never Gon’ Be President Now” 30
11. 6. Hamilton: Child Laborer and Truant 37
12. Part 2. “America, You Great Unfinished Symphony”
13. 7. Hamilton’s America—and Ours 45
14. 8. Hamilton and Washington at War and a Vision for Federal Power 52
15. 9. Two Oaths: Supporting and Defending the Constitution with Hamilton 59
16. Part 3. “We’ll Never Be Truly Free”: Hamilton and Race
17. 10. Finding Constitutional Redemption through Hamilton 69
18. 11. Race, Nation, and Patrimony, or, the Stakes of Diversity in Hamilton 75
19. 12. “The World Turned Upside Down”: Employment Discrimination, Race, and Authenticity in Hamilton 81
20. 13. Hamilton and the Power of Racial Fables in Examining the U.S. Constitution 88
21. Part 4. “I’m ’a Compel Him to Include Women in the Sequel”
22. 14. On Women’s Rights, Legal Change, and Incomplete Sequels 97
23. 15. When Your Job Is to Marry Rich: Marriage as a Market in Hamilton 105
24. 16. “Love” Triangles: Romance or Domestic Violence? 113
25. Part 5. “Immigrants, We Get the Job Done”
26. 17. Hamilton’s Dissent to the Travel Ban 121
27. 18. Hamilton and the Limits of Contemporary Immigration Narratives 127
28. 19. Hamilton’s Immigrant Story Today 137
29. Part 6. “The Ten Duel Commandments”
30. 20. Hamilton, Hip-Hop, and the Culture of Dueling in America 145
31. 21. Alexander Hamilton, Citizen-Protector? 154
32. 22. We Will Never Be Satisfied: Hamilton and Jefferson’s Duel Over Constitutional Meaning 163
33. 23. Hamilton, Burr, and Defamation: Physical versus Verbal Duels 170
34. 24. Elections as Duels: “You Know What? We Can Change That. You Know Why?” ’Cuz We Have the Support of Two-Thirds of Each House of Congress and Three-Quarters of the States! 177
35. 25. Modern-Day Protests: As American as Apple Pie 185
36. Part 7. “Who Tells Your Story?”
37. 26. “Every Action’s an Act of Creation”: Hamilton and Copyright Law 193
38. 27. Hollering to Be Heard: Copyright and the Aesthetics of Voice 203
39. 28. Taking Law School Musicals Seriously: A Little Love Letter to Legal Musicals and the Lawyers Who Love Them 212
40. 29. “The World Turned Upside Down”: Hamilton and Deconstruction 218
41. Part 8. “What Is a Legacy?”: Lessons from Hamilton beyond the Libretto
42. 30. “Cabinet Battle #1”: The Structure of Federalism 229
43. 31. Hamilton’s Bank and Jefferson’s Nightmare 236
44. 32. Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy: The American Board of Directors 243
45. 33. “I Never Thought I’d Live Past Twenty”: Hamilton through the Lens of Anticipated Early Death 251
46. Notes 257
47. List of Contributors 299
48. Index 305