100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Germany
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the history of women's suffrage in Germany.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Women's History
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Centennial of the Danish – Icelandic Union Act of 1918
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Tomorrow, November 30, 2018, marks the centennial of the signing of the Danish-Icelandic Forbundslov (Danish-Icelandic Union Act), which entered into force the following day on December 1, 1918. Iceland—originally a Norwegian province—had been a part of Denmark ever since Norway became a part of Denmark in the 14th century under Queen Margaret I. It remained part of Denmark …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
The Murder of Penowanyanquis and the Trial of Arthur Peach, Plymouth, 1638
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The blog post describes the murder of Penowanyanquis and the resulting criminal trial.
Posted in: Law Library, Native Americans
Judicial Combat – Barbarous Relic or Timeless Litigation Strategy?
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post is coauthored by Nathan Dorn, rare book curator, and Robert Brammer, senior legal information specialist. You are sure to hear “Objection!” shouted in the context of any legal drama. But what are they objecting to, and more importantly, on what basis? In modern jurisprudence, the rules of evidence are paramount to trying a case. Deciding whether evidence is …
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Female Printers in Sixteenth-Century Paris
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The following is a guest post by Marianna Stell. Marianna works in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. In sixteenth-century Paris, a woman did not choose to become a printer. For a woman to learn the craft of printing, she had to be one of two things: the daughter …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Why March 4 used to be important in the United States
Posted by: Jim Martin
This year my March 4 was a rather uneventful day. That may have been the case for most of you, but this wasn’t always so for American government. Until the ratification of the 20th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in 1933, each congress began on March 4 of the year following the …
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Raymond of Peñafort – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The pic of the week shows pages of the book Decretales of Gregory IX by Raymond of Penafort.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
The Most Viewed In Custodia Legis Posts of 2017
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
There were more than 200 new posts published on In Custodia Legis during 2017. As usual, these were written by multiple authors from the different parts of the Law Library of Congress. The blog team has representatives from our team of reference librarians, our foreign law specialists, staff who manage our physical and digital collections, …
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