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Archive: September 2021 (21 Posts)

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From the Serial Set: False Advertising

Posted by: Kelly Goles

The following is a guest post by Elina Lee, a library technician (metadata) formally in the Law Library of Congress Digital Resources Division. Elina has previously written for In Custodia Legis on other items in the Serial Set such as NASA’s Project Mercury – A Significant Milestone and The History of the Minimum Wage.  Advertising …

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Serial Set Volumes from the 69th Congress Recently Published on Law.gov

Posted by: Bailey DeSimone

The Law Library of Congress and the Government Publishing Office continue to collaborate on the digitization of the United States Congressional Serial Set. The Digital Resources Division is excited to share an update on the project. This fall, the volumes of the Serial Set from the 69th Congress will be publicly accessible through both the Law …

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New Video – Recent Enhancements to Congress.gov

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Congress.gov is constantly improving. We do releases approximately every three weeks to enhance the website and incorporate user feedback. There is a great new video highlighting 10 recent enhancements inspired by feedback. Watch the video below to learn what is new to the site and visit our Congress.gov Enhancement Timeline for more details. In addition …

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Celebrate the Newest Release of Herencia Documents by Participating in our Transcribe-a-thon!

Posted by: Kelly Goles

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and the release of Phase 3 of our crowdsourcing campaign, Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents, the Law Library of Congress will be hosting another entirely virtual transcribe-a-thon from today, Monday, September 27, through Friday, October 1. This event is in collaboration with By the People and the Hispanic Reading Room of …

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Collection Highlights: Chancellor James Kent

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

Last September, I published a post on this blog about Joseph Story and the creation of Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, one of the most important legal publications of Antebellum America. This year, I thought I would continue along the same vein and highlight the Law Library’s holdings of items related …

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Upcoming US Law Webinars – October 2021

Posted by: Anna Price

Next month, the Law Library of Congress will present a webinar on researching federal case law. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about historic American legal traditions, how to use print and online resources to find court decisions, and researching court materials, including dockets and filings, to name just a few subjects. Also in …

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Lappkodicillen of 1751 – the Sami Magna Carta

Posted by: Elin Hofverberg

This year marks the 270th anniversary of the Lapp Codicil of 1751 (Lappkodicillen), a document equally relevant to Sami cross-border relations in Sweden and Norway today as it was in 1751. On September 21, 1751, the Strömstad Treaty between Norway (Denmark) and Sweden (including Finland) was signed. Norway was then a part of Denmark and in an addendum …