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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
If your family celebrates Christmas and expects a visit from Santa Claus, you and yours are hoping for a successful visit from the jolly old elf and his reindeer. Local, federal and foreign governments are doing their regulatory best to speed his mail and ease his journey across borders with foreign livestock, regardless of his …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post covers the history of Elizabeth Peratrovich's testimony and work for civil rights and voting rights for Alaska Natives in Alaska Territory.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post covers the history of the Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 and the aftermath of the case.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post highlights new acquisitions of the Law Library related to Federal Indian and sovereign Indigenous law.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The blog post describes a brief history of the Indian Residential School system in Canada and the reconciliation measures that have been initiated afterwards.
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post describes the life and career of voting rights and civil rights activist Bob Moses.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post describes the life of Medgar Evers, civil rights activist and first field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post about Native Hawaiian laws and their history
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This interview is with Lindsay Braddy, section head of the Law Section of Library Services’ Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access Directorate, U.S. Programs, Law & Literature Division. Lindsay is new to the Library, and she runs the section that is responsible for cataloging all new law titles. She and her staff make access to our collection …
Posted in: Collections, Interview, Law Library