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Archive: August 2011 (3 Posts)

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An Interview with Hashmat Nadirpor, Summer Law Intern

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This week’s interview is with Hashmat Nadirpor, a summer intern in the Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I am from Afghanistan and live in Kabul, the capital – an overcrowded city in the eastern part of the country. I also lived a part of my life in the north and central parts of …

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An Interview with Angel Garcia, Summer Law Intern

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This week’s interview is with Ángel García, one of our summer interns in the Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I was born in Ponferrada but I was raised in Valladolid, a city in the north central part of Spain. I am a law graduate of Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, and after the …

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Discovering the Constitution of Cadiz

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Ángel García, a summer intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. March 19, 2012, will be the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of Cádiz.  Seizing on the opportunity while interning at the Law Library of Congress, I asked the rare book technician, Nathan Dorn, to find …