A specialist in American legal history prior to 1865 and 18th-century social/cultural history, Professor Hadden works on topics that connect colonial history and legal history with broader themes in American life. She currently serves on the board of directors for the American Society for Legal History, and the editorial board of the Law and History Review
Her first book, Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas, was published by Harvard University Press in 2001. She is currently working on several projects connecting slavery, the law and legal cultures. Her courses on legal history, offered through the History Department, are cross-listed with Florida State Law.
