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The Politics of Private Law in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Class 23: Thursday 4/24 - The State Action Requirement as a Limit on the Federalization and on the Constitutionalization of Private Law

Reading(s): Shelley v. Kramer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948) Singer, Notes 1,3,7 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Singer notes 1-4 Lloyd v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972) New Jersey Coalition Against War in the Middle East v. J.M.B. Realty Corp., 650 A.2d 757 (N.J. 1994) United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 919, AFL-CIO v. Crystal Mall Associates, L.P., 852 A.2d 659 (Conn. 2004) Singer Note 4 Louis Henkin, Shelley v. Kraemer: Notes for a Revised Opinion, 110 U. Pa. L. Rev. 473 (1962)