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Blackstone: Commentaries and Burlesque

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

Inspired by the statue of William Blackstone in front of the U.S. District Courthouseourthouse in DC while biking to work, this blog post was intended to introduce the reader to the Law Library’s William Blackstone Collection.  While the Law Library does not have a statue of Blackstone, we do have a very nice portrait. Blackstone …

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A Look Inside the Vault

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

Some of the real gems of the Law Library’s collection require special handling and cannot be shelved in the open stacks.  For these materials, we have the Rare Book Collection.  The Law Library’s collection of rare books consists of approximately 60,000 volumes of books and bound manuscripts. The collection is a great place for researchers …

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