News & Announcements

April 3, 2018

Revisions to Society By-Laws

At a meeting held on Sunday March 25, 2018, the Board of Directors voted to make changes in the Society by-laws. The main changes adopted alter the length of committee service for Hurst Institute and Finance committee members (Article II, sections 7a and 9) and list the monograph series Studies in Legal History as an official mode of Society publication (Article V, section 2). A copy of the changes adopted are posted here to give notice formally to the membership about this vote. By-laws, proposed amendments for 2018, show All Markup

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