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Archive: September 2014 (2 Posts)

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Magna Carta Lecture Series – Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The Law Library will host Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, for the next program in the Magna Carta lecture series  on Tuesday, September 16 at 1:00 p.m., in the Montpelier Room on the sixth floor of the Library’s James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

How Sunday Came to be Established as a Day of Rest in France

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Nicolas Boring, foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress.  Nicolas has previously contributed guest posts on French Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights and Napoleon Bonaparte and Mining Rights in France. It is no secret that French workers benefit from a generous amount of vacation time.  Indeed, …