The French National Library – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The pic of the week is of the French National Library in Paris, France.
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Proxy Voting in France
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post from Nicolas Boring, foreign law specialist covering French speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. France has just finished its election season! French citizens elected Emmanuel Macron as their new president earlier in May, and they returned to the voting booths on June 11 and June 18 for parliamentary …
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“Bastille Day” Is About More Than the Bastille
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This post is authored by Nicolas Boring, a foreign law specialist covering French-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged about a Report on Right of Huguenots to French Citizenship and The Library of the French National Assembly – Pic of the Week, among others. July 14 is France’s national holiday. Often referred to as …
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The Palais Royal in Paris – Pics of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Nicolas Boring who has previously written for the blog on a variety of topics including FALQs: Freedom of Speech in France, How Sunday Came to be a Day of Rest in France, Napoleon Bonaparte and Mining Rights in France, French Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, and co-collaborated on the post, Does the …
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The Palace of Justice in Paris – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Nicolas Boring, French foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged FALQs: Freedom of Speech in France and co-collaborated on the post, Does the Haitian Criminal Code Outlaw Making Zombies. I took a few days of vacation to visit relatives in France back in …
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Wrap Up From the National Book Festival
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Six of our staff from various divisions — including Public Services, Legislative & External Relations and Global Legal Research — participated in the National Book Festival this year, handing out 2500 of our famous gavel pencils as well as flyers with information about the Law Library of Congress (LLC). As I have done in previous years, I asked my colleagues …
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The National Book Festival: New Time, New Place, New Gavel Pencils
Posted by: Margaret Wood
It is that time of year again – the National Book Festival! This year the Festival will be taking place on Saturday, August 30th at the Washington National Convention Center. Once again, Law Library staff are participating in the Book Festival with six staff members manning our booth. We will have some familiar faces at …
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Movies and Court Martials
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Home with a cold this spring, I was re-reading a mystery novel which centered in part around the fate of a British officer in World War I. In the novel, the officer had been executed for cowardice which made me begin to think about movies which portray incidents of military justice. Although fellow staff members …
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