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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
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 …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
The following is a guest post by Dr. Meredith Shedd-Driskel, Law Curator. With the rise of feudalism in medieval France, the country had evolved into two judicial territories. The provincial parliaments in northern France, acting as sovereign judicial bodies independent of each other and claiming independence from the king, applied droit coutumier, or legal principles …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
This week’s interview is with Elizabeth Moore, a librarian in our Collection Services Division. Describe your background I’m a native New Orleanian, who lived there until coming to the Law Library in 2008. I grew up fourth in a family of six children. My father was a biology professor and a naturalist and my …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
This week’s Pic of the Week is in honor of Marie Whited and her retirement from the Law Library. This past summer, Marie received the American Association of Law Libraries highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. She is best known for her subject work with the Library of Congress Classification for Law, …
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