This is a guest post by Hazel Ceron, external relations intern with the Law Library of Congress.
On October 26th, the Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Friends of the Law Library of Congress, the Embassy of Tunisia, and the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), hosted a book talk on The Santillana Codes: The Civil Codes of Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania, authored by attorney Dan E. Stigall. The program brought together distinguished scholars and invitees to celebrate Maghrebian and Sahelian legal culture.
President of the Friends of the Law Library, Emily Rae, opened the program by reflecting on the correlations between the Library, invitees, and the author: passion for knowledge, law, and the study of Africa and Middle East. The program was held in the North East Pavilion, the site of the Law Library’s former location