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Join Us on 6/22 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us

Picture of a book cover that reads: Hello--Mr. Lawyer! I came to help you win Negligence Cases. I can't address the Jury---but here are the Facts to fit your Case---and it is up to you to do the rest.

Hello Mr. Lawyer! – Pic of the Week

Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee’s Push for Suffrage

Cover images of historical and contemporary legal reports published in the last year. All of the reports pictured above are now available online in the Legal Reports (Publications of the Law Library of Congress) collection.

Online Legal Reports Collection Surpasses 4,000 Historical and Contemporary Reports

The Old Courthouse of the Dred Scott Decision

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Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – June 2023

Screen shot of the Bound Congressional Record first page on December 1, 1873 of the Senate section

Bound Congressional Record Now Back to 1873 in Congress.gov

Fairfield CT Old Academy

Historic Fairfield, CT – Pic of the Week

Photo of the title page of The Law of Scania (Copenhagen, 1505). The title page bears a woodcut of a figure who wears a crown and holds a sword and orb, all symbols of kingship. The royal coat of arms of Denmark appears on his shield.

New Acquisitions: SkaĚŠnske lov, the Law of Scania (Copenhagen, 1505)