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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This week’s interview is with Janice Hyde, recently appointed as the first director of the Global Legal Collection Directorate. Describe your background. I was born in the same town (Catskill, N.Y.) and delivered by the same doctor as my mother. I was raised in Owego, New York, which is so remote from the “Big Apple” …
Posted in: Collections, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Some of Dante’s recent posts include Resources and Treasures of the Italian Parliamentary Libraries, The Italian Legislature and Legislative Process: A Recent Institution in an Ancient Legal System, and A Fresh Update on the Canonical …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Once again, the Law Library will be participating at the National Book Festival. This will be our third year at the Library of Congress Pavilion. Our booth will be staffed by some faces familiar from last year as well as some staff new to the Festival. Law Library staff are also giving several presentations during …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This week’s interview is with Richard Wismer, a summer intern with the Public Services Division, Law Library of Congress. The Law Library’s internship program is in full swing and we are introducing all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers during the coming weeks. Describe your background. I live in Ellicott City, Maryland, which is …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Some of the most interesting items in our collections, at least to my way of thinking, are the publications of various war-crimes tribunals. These range from the Nuremberg Trials to the more recent tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In this post, I want to touch on a number of these resources and invite you …
Posted in: Collections, Research Guide