Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2021
Disciplines
Law | Legal History
Abstract
The trial of John Scopes is an important landmark in legal history. What happened in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925, may have been overtaken, however, by the lore springing up in its aftermath. This article places the trial in context and re-examines the proceedings, and the lawyers, in order to understand what the trial means for us today.
Publication Title
66 South Dakota Law Review 273
Recommended Citation
Jonathan K. Van Patten, The Trial of John Scopes , 66 S.D. L. Rev. 273 (2021).