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Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post summarizes the history of standardized time zones in the United States, including their development, implementation, and eventual codification as law.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
An introduction to three key concepts of normal citizens in heroic situations.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The online Lieber Collection of the Law Library of Congress is full of historical items related to military law, international law, and constitutional law.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
King Henry IV of England forbade transmutation, a principle of alchemy, in the Act Against Multiplication of 1404.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
A narrative of Mercy Otis Warren's role in the Bill of Rights and the American Revolution.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
A short history of the beginnings of the National Park Service, by looking at the Hetch Hetchy Controversy.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
“The Tryals of Major Stede Bonnet “describes the return of Blackbeard and Bonnet to the Carolinas in June 1718, aboard together on Blackbeard’s ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
A brief history of how the promotion of homespun clothing in the American colonies traces its origin to resistance on the part of colonists to several British laws that required the taxation of imported goods.
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