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Posted by: Robert Brammer
A promotional post for the Law Library of Congress and American Bar Association's 2025 Law Day event.
Posted in: Education, Event, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Join the Law Library of Congress online on December 8, 2022 at 3p.m. EST for our annual Human Rights Day event. Please register here. Human Rights Day was established to commemorate the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This event will feature a …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Our picture of the week comes to us from the Library's historical newspaper database, Chronicling America. It is an advertisement for a Carbolic Smoke Ball.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Robert Brammer
On October 21st, at 2pm EDT, Law Library analysts Iana Fremer and Dante Figueroa will be presenting a webinar on the Law Library of Congress report titled, “Freedom of Expression during COVID-19,” which was released in September 2020. The presenters will review current legislative developments regulating mass media and their ability to distribute information freely …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Law Library of Congress Rare Book Curator Nathan Dorn brings us a display of new acquisitions for the Law Library’s Rare Book Collection. In this video, Nathan shares five new acquisitions from the collection. The first item is a Russian work, the first edition of the Sobornoye Ulozhenie or the Ulozhenie of 1649, a compilation …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. In many countries around the world, discussions on whether and how to reopen schools continue to preoccupy people, especially in light of the unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here in …
Posted in: Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Robert Brammer
To celebrate National Library Week during this time of social distancing, we encourage you to explore the collections of the Library of Congress online. One of the great things about exploring the collections of the Library of Congress is its ability to surprise you. In that spirit, I wanted to share something I came across …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
President Buchanan's home, Wheatland, and his legacy is explored in this Pic of the Week.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Winston, Senior Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and Brian Kaviar, an intern at the Law Library of Congress. The Federal Courts Web Archive, recently launched by the Library of Congress Web Archiving Team and the Law Library of Congress, provides retrospective archival coverage …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library