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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Last Halloween, a post on this blog introduced the subject of witch trials in France from the 15th through the 18th centuries. In this post, I would like to take a look at one of the most important French works on the crime of witchcraft and its prosecution, a book that gave considerable encouragement to …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This pic of the week shows the "Alabama room" in Geneva, Switzerland, where the Alabama arbitration between the United States and Britain took place in 1872.
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
In late October and early November, people of Hispanic heritage remember their lost loved ones with ofrendas, colorful memorials to the dead that are decorated with sugar skulls, marigolds, papel picado, candles, favorite foods of the lost ones, and more. This time tends to be a celebration more than a mourning; when building an ofrenda …
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
A discussion of the major treaties impacting Antarctica, scientific research, and environmental protection of the continent.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This LGBTQ+ history month, Bailey explores one of two LGBTQ+ historical sites on the national register and examines the laws created to protect them.
Posted in: Law Library, LGBTQ, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the achievements of the German lawyer and judge Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit on the occasion of her death at the age of 90 in September 2023.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Women's History
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Watch a recording of the 2023 Congress.gov Public Forum.
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us in November for two U.S. Law Webinars as part of the Orientation to Legal Research and Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar series.
Posted in: Education, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Law Library report on "Legal Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors" Published. It provides information on the laws that apply to the protection and restrictions on eligibility for asylum for unaccompanied minors.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library