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Introduction to Canon Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights

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 …

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A Duel with Rifles

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Several years ago, I came across a reference in the Congressional Globe to some sort of crime which seemed to have been committed by a member of Congress.  I was intrigued and being an avid mystery reader, wanted to discover who had done what to whom! The entry which originally caught my eye appeared on …

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A New Look for the Legal Blawg Archive

Posted by: Margaret Wood

The following is a guest post by Matthew Braun, Senior Legal Research Specialist at the Law Library of Congress.  Matt has posted to the blog previously: most recently Taking the Reference Desk on the Road and Orphan Works and Fair Use in a Digital Age. For more than six years, the Law Library of Congress has been …

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War Crimes Resources – A Research Guide

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 …

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Copyright and Dracula

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Like many people, I have always enjoyed being scared—just a little—not with chainsaws and blood but a contest of wits between the archetypal vampire Dracula and his human opponents.  Dracula of course is not the first  fictional vampire.   John Polidori, physician to Lord Byron, and Sheridan LeFanu both wrote short stories about vampires in the …