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Archive: March 2012 (3 Posts)

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John Hessler on the Corpus Agrimensorum, Roman Land Law, and Mathematical Approaches to Archeology

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

On February 15, the Law Library of Congress in cooperation with the John W. Kluge Center hosted John Hessler, Senior Cartographic Librarian in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, and a Kluge Staff Fellow, as a guest speaker for the Law Library’s Power Lunch series.  Mr. Hessler’s lecture, “Written in Stone: Roman Land …

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Jolande Goldberg on Tree Figures, Memorization and the Law of Blood Relations

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

Recently, the Law Library welcomed Ms. Jolande Goldberg, Law Classification Specialist at the Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress, as a guest lecturer for the Law Library’s Power Lunch series. A longtime employee of the Library of Congress, Jolande Goldberg is well known as the principle architect of the K schedule – …

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An Interview with Patrick Brown, Friends of the Law Library of Congress Rare Book Fellow

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

This week’s interview is with Patrick Brown, Friends of the Law Library of Congress Rare Book Fellow. Patrick previously participated in the Junior Fellows Program at the Library of Congress (Summer 2011) and has returned at the invitation of the Friends of the Law Library to combine work and study as the inaugural participant in …