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Posted by: Kelly Goles
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, Aslihan Bulut. Dear In Custodia Legis readers and Law Library of Congress patrons, colleagues, and friends: As this year comes to a close and we look forward to the new year, I wanted to thank each and every one of you for such unwavering and …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library of Congress invites applications for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Scholars Program. The purpose of this program is to fund a scholar whose research will draw upon the Law Library’s world-class collections, target new acquisitions, and leverage the Law Library’s staff expertise. The focus of the program is to create new research …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
We celebrate many commemorative days, weeks, and holidays at the Law Library of Congress, from Public Service Recognition Week to Constitution Day. One week that is particularly dear to our hearts is National Library Week. Each April, libraries across America celebrate the important work of libraries and librarians, and the countless ways in which they …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Pic of the Week is of the Thurgood Marshall House in Baltimore.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Many of us are still working from home or finding ourselves on modified work-from-home schedules. Why not spruce up your meetings with our new virtual background? This image comes from an illustrated manuscript of the Grand Coutumier de Normandie, from the Law Library’s rare book collection. This 15th-century manuscript, written on leaves of parchment, is …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Our new report, Turkey: Presidential Decrees is now available on law.gov. The report provides an overview of the president’s power to issue presidential decrees under the Turkish Constitution. The presidential decree is …
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