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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Typical depictions of librarians (on the nicer end of the spectrum) include people who are fastidious and exacting and who keep cats. In the Law Library, we may have to add “those who are magical” to the list. (Hmm, maybe that explains the whole cat thing.) Last October I wrote about stage 1 of our …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week is National Police Week. President John F. Kennedy is credited with creating the commemoration as part of a proclamation signed in 1962, which designated May 14th as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which it falls as Police Week. If you recall my recent post, it takes Congressional action to make …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I read with interest Kelly’s post last week regarding cricket and the law, especially the section on the Indian case where the plaintiffs stated that watching the sport was a matter of “right to life and personal liberty.” Today being the Washington Nationals‘ Opening Day, it got me thinking about our National Pastime and how …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The following is a guest post by Brian Kuhagen, now the law serials cataloger in the Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Brian mostly works on classifying older serial titles in our foreign law collections. In mid-December, I traveled to Oslo for the holiday season. While there, I was able to take …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Armed with the extensive research on the background, content and effects of Magna Carta provided to docents, coupled with the “road map” provided by Nathan Dorn in his Gallery Talk, I have truly enjoyed giving tours of the Law Library’s Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor exhibit. None so much though as the one I gave …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library