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Archive: 2020 (43 Posts)

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Piracy on the Schooner Eliza

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The following is a guest post by Samantha Dickson, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current student of the School of Information Studies and Public History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. While browsing through the Piracy Trials digital collection during my time as a …

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A Holiday Message from Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your unwavering support of the Law Library of Congress during this challenging year. We faced incredible obstacles and sudden transitions this year. Through it …

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A Prescription For the Resurrection of George Washington

Posted by: Robert Brammer

William Thornton was the First Architect of the United States Capitol, and is largely responsible for what became the final design of the Capitol Building. Thornton was also friends with George Washington and a trained surgeon, though he was not Washington’s doctor. Nevertheless, when Washington became seriously ill, and efforts to treat him were at an …

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Join Us For A Webinar To Learn How To Explore Our Vast Collection of Foreign Legal Gazettes

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On December 8th at 2pm ET, the Law Library of Congress will host a webinar to demonstrate how to use our new Foreign Legal Gazettes Database to explore the Law Library’s vast collection of foreign legal gazettes. The Law Library has been collecting foreign legal gazettes since the mid-19th century. We are one of the last …

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Join Us for our 2020 Human Rights Day Event: Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a post by Jenny Gesley, senior foreign law specialist and Robert Brammer, chief of the Office of External Relations.  The Law Library of Congress annually commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, on December 10 …

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Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for November of 2020

Posted by: Robert Brammer

In the last release, Andrew shared that we added a video icon to search results for committee meetings that include a video, the Congress.gov Share/Save toolbar was updated, and a button was added to committee prints and committee transcripts pages to read the text from those collections to you. In this release, we are excited …

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Join Us on November 19th for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar – “Review of Recently Published Law Library Reports”

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The upheavals of the year 2020 will leave an indelible mark on legal systems throughout the world. This year, much of the work of the Law Library of Congress focused on the changes imposed by the pandemic. As part of the Law Library’s Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, on November 19, …

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A Recording of the 2020 Constitution and Citizenship Day Lecture with Michael J. Murphy is Now Available

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On September 17, 2020, Michael J. Murphy, a historical publications specialist with the Office of the Historian for the United States House of Representatives, provided a lecture for the Constitution and Citizenship Day celebration titled, “The Bulwark of Freedom”: African-American Members of Congress and the Constitution During Reconstruction.” Michael discussed the lives of the first …