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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Last Friday, October 14th, marked the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. On October 14, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England and overthrew the last Anglo Saxon king, Harold Godwinson. The Bayeux Tapestry commemorates the events of that turbulent time. My colleague Emily has a fold-out book of the tapestry, and I thought it …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
I recently read Daphne DuMaurier’s novel Rebecca. I had started reading the novel several times before, while visiting my grandmother, but I always had to leave before getting much beyond the first two or three chapters. It is a suspenseful book–and even knowing the basics of the story did not detract from the tension. What did surprise …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
During my time as a docent for our Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor exhibition, I noticed various names on the coffered ceiling of the South Gallery where the exhibition was housed. I was puzzled as to who these persons were until I saw Josiah Bartlett‘s name. Thanks to my years of watching The West Wing, …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by James Martin, senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. James has previously written on The District of Columbia 1862 Emancipation Law and The Articles of Confederation: The First Constitution of the United States. Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Antonin Scalia died in Texas …
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