Last week we were fortunate to have a guest post by Laney Zhang, our Chinese Foreign Law Specialist. This Pic of the Week comes from inside her office. It is the map she has displayed with a China-centric perspective. Not surprisingly, it is similar to Kelly’s Pacific-centered map from New Zealand (aside from the addition …
So far for our Pic of the Week series, we’ve taken all of the pictures ourselves. This week we are featuring a photo from a Library of Congress colleague, Dan Chudnov. Washington really looks wonderful in the spring, and this picture demonstrates the reawakening that occurs. In addition to the trees blooming, our city fills …
Before the move to the Madison Building, the Law Library of Congress used to be located in the Jefferson Building. Andrew and I wandered over there yesterday to try and find where it used to be. The luck of the Irish must have been with us, because we managed to find the most wonderful tour …
Sometimes you find inspiration during unlikely events. Today I got to spend a few minutes outside, and during that time I found this week’s picture. In front of the Madison Building, to the left of entrance and falling books, there is this quote by James Madison.
Most of our weekly pictures have been from here in the Madison Building where the Law Library of Congress is located. The Jefferson Building (the iconic Library of Congress building that you can tour virtually) has a lot of great images of law. Kelly and I took a trip through the tunnels between our buildings …
Below is a picture of our Global Legal Resource Room, which is managed by Elizabeth Moore. The Global Legal Resource Room is staffed Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and may be used by members of the public during those hours. Books housed in this room are indicated by “GLOBAL” after their call …
Below is a picture of the preamble as contained in the limited print edition of the Constitution of India, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 1949 and came into force on January 26, 1950. The World Digital Library states that “the original of this elaborate edition took nearly five years to produce” and …
I took a trip to the Capitol Building earlier this week using the tunnels that connect our buildings here on Capitol Hill. In the tunnel between the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress and the new Capitol Visitor Center, hangs this poster with highlights of the Law Library‘s collection. P.S. You can also follow …
This week (February 3) saw the start of Chinese New Year celebrations. To mark the occasion, we thought we’d highlight an interesting China-related item in our collections. Our great staff that work with our closed stacks located the Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce, Between the United States of America and the Chinese Empire (commonly …
This Pic of the Week is from the narrative of the trial of John Peter Zenger. In this landmark case, Zenger’s attorney, Andrew Hamilton, obtained a jury verdict of not guilty based on his argument that truthful statements are a valid defense against a charge of libel. The volume is held in the Law Library’s …