Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – March 2024
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming US Law Webinars in March of 2024.
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Collections, Law Library
Category: Collections
Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, City Planner, Astronomer
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Some of the founding fathers– Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton—met at a dinner party on June 20, 1790, to discuss options for the siting of the capital of the new Federal government. On July 16, 1790, the founders formally selected a spot on the Potomac River as the permanent capital (Washington, D.C.), after 10 years of siting …
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Philadelphia’s Gilded Age Medievalist: Henry Charles Lea
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses Henry Carey Lea, an independent scholar who by himself was an era in American Medieval Studies
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Old Legal Theories Given a New Life
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The Law Library recently received a book that republishes an important Soviet legal text on criminal procedure. It was written by Andrei Vyshinsky, a prosecutor during the "Great Purge" of Soviet leadership and elite.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Remembering José Rizal, Filipino Revolutionary
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Former Digital Resources Division intern Kaycee Conover introduces us to Filipino revolutionary José Rizal, whose writings moved Congress during the consideration of the Philippine Bill in 1902.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Commemorating American History with Commemorative Postage Stamps
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post examines the history of Commemorative Postage Stamps and the process in which ideas for new commemorative stamps can be submitted.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
New Report Examines Regulation of Lobbying Activities in the Judicial Branch
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The Law Library's recently published legal research report, Regulation of Lobbying Activities in the Judicial Branch, is now available online.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Felix Cohen noted that, “[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as “distinct, independent political communities’” (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the early nation-to-nation relations between tribal nations and the United States, self-determination was not codified. After termination policies of the 1950s were put in place, many tribal nations and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Upcoming US Law Webinars – February 2024
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming U.S. Law webinars taking place in February.
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library