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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Debora Keysor, a Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Starting July 1, the Law Library of Congress will be one of two law libraries to serve as test hosts of the Access and Education Program for PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Working in collaboration, …
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Posted by: Francisco Macías
It has been said that “he who controls the definition controls the argument.” It is perhaps for that reason that we strive to find authoritative sources that provide the definitive meaning of a word. In the realm of the Spanish language, it is an accepted practice to consult the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. We, the authors of the In Custodia Legis blog, would like to apologize. In all our excitement over Live Tweeting the 15th Wickersham Award Ceremony celebrating the Honorable Justice John Paul Stevens …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Throughout the year, the Law Library has visitors that want to see and hear about our exceptional collections and services. Visitors come from near and far; over the past several months we’ve seen visitors from as close as Capitol Hill and …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Jean Marie Layton, Part-time Contractor in the Office of Collections, Outreach, and Services. William C. Burton received the Blackstone Award at the Friends of the Law Library of Congress Wickersham Awards Ceremony on June 13, 2011. I was fortunate to attend the gathering at which the Honorable Justice John Paul …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst. Recently this blog highlighted various religious law materials in the Law Library’s collections, including our extensive canon law collection. There have been some important developments in the canon law area this year. These developments relate to the implementation of the Apostolic Letter …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Brock Thompson, chair of LC GLOBE, the gay and lesbian employee association at the Library of Congress. Brock is also a former editor of In Custodia Legis. This spring, the Library of Congress added two small but important pieces of gay and lesbian legal history to the “Creating …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress. Last month I spent a week in Russia in my favorite city in the world, Moscow. One of my guilty pleasures while there was roaming the wonderful flea markets on the …
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Posted by: Francisco Macías
No, May 5th is not Mexican Independence Day. Mexico’s independence is celebrated on September 16th and shouldn’t be confused with the holiday of May 5th. The celebration of “Cinco de Mayo” commemorates the “Battle of Puebla” (May 5, 1862). In this battle, Mexican forces led by Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (from what is now the city …
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