James W. Ely Jr.

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James W. Ely Jr. is the Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law emeritus and a professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights, Railroads and American Law, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and The Bill of Rights in Modern America.