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John Peter Zenger – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

This Pic of the Week is from the narrative of the trial of John Peter Zenger.  In this landmark case, Zenger’s attorney, Andrew Hamilton, obtained a jury verdict of not guilty based on his argument that truthful statements are a valid defense against a charge of libel.  The volume is held in the Law Library’s …

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Data Privacy Day 2011

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Today is Data Privacy Day – “an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy.”  In Europe, it’s called European Privacy and Data Protection Day.  The day, whether in North America or in Europe or other parts of the world, basically involves various corporations, government officials and representatives, academics, and students …

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Coutumes of France in the Law Library of Congress

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

The following is a guest post by Dr. Meredith Shedd-Driskel, Law Curator. With the rise of feudalism in medieval France, the country had evolved into two judicial territories.  The provincial parliaments in northern France, acting as sovereign judicial bodies independent of each other and claiming independence from the king, applied droit coutumier, or legal principles …

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Tribute to a K Class Act — Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

This week’s Pic of the Week is in honor of Marie Whited and her retirement from the Law Library.  This past summer, Marie received the American Association of Law Libraries highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award.  She is best known for her subject work with the Library of Congress Classification for Law, …