Expanding Wigmore’s List of 100 Legal Novels
Posted by: Jennifer González
John Henry Wigmore, American lawyer and legal scholar, created a list of 100 legal novels in 1908.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Category: Guest Post
An Introduction to the Lieber Collection
Posted by: Jennifer González
The online Lieber Collection of the Law Library of Congress is full of historical items related to military law, international law, and constitutional law.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
The New York City Rat’s Legal History
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article details the legal history of mitigating urban rats in New York City, including the 2022 Rat Action Plan and various rat-specific local laws.
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Key West Slave Ship Seizures and the Slave Trade in 19th Century Florida
Posted by: Jennifer González
An exploration of the relationship between the slave trade and slavers, especially as told in Key West, Florida.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
“Law or No Law”: Abolitionist Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Posted by: Jennifer González
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 escalated tensions over slavery and this blog article tells the story of famous resistance in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Escaping Slavery: The Consequences of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Syndication Regulation and TV’s Big Three: Broadcasting Regulations and 1970s Television
Posted by: Jennifer González
A brief description of the effects of the Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR) and Financial Interest Syndication Rules (Fin-Syn) on television broadcasting in the 1970s.
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Alchemy and The Act Against Multipliers
Posted by: Jennifer González
King Henry IV of England forbade transmutation, a principle of alchemy, in the Act Against Multiplication of 1404.
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U.S. Space Force: The Sixth Branch of the U.S. Armed Forces
Posted by: Jennifer González
Today marks the third anniversary of the establishment of the United States Space Force.
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