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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This Native American Heritage Month, we honor the significant figures in history who contributed to civil rights and the law. Ada Deer, Menominee, was an activist, tribal leader, social worker, government official, professor, and community activist, all in service to her community. In the process of trying to make improvements in the quality of Native …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses trial by ordeal and the dangers of too much judicial combat in the works of Friedrich Majer
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today's blog post is a guest post by collection development specialist Alexander regarding the Native American Graves Protection and Reparation Act.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post, Native Americans
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Following a visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Bailey explores the meaning behind the stars on several of the tombstones, as well as the legislative history of the holiday.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Pic of the Week, World War I
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
In previous posts, I have highlighted collections related to some of the authors who had an outsized impact on the early history of American lawbooks in the 19th century. Among these, Joseph Story and James Kent certainly remain central to any retelling of American legal history. Lesser known, but important for his contributions to American …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Bailey visits the National Museum of the American Indian and the Native American Veterans Memorial in honor of both Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
Posted by: Alea Al-Aghbari
New Law Library Report on "Lobbying and Foreign Agent Registration Laws" published. It provides information on lobbying and foreign agent registration laws in select jurisdictions.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Last Halloween, a post on this blog introduced the subject of witch trials in France from the 15th through the 18th centuries. In this post, I would like to take a look at one of the most important French works on the crime of witchcraft and its prosecution, a book that gave considerable encouragement to …
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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
In late October and early November, people of Hispanic heritage remember their lost loved ones with ofrendas, colorful memorials to the dead that are decorated with sugar skulls, marigolds, papel picado, candles, favorite foods of the lost ones, and more. This time tends to be a celebration more than a mourning; when building an ofrenda …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Hispanic American History