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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Last year, Kurt looked into the origins of Saint Patrick’s Day and examined some of the Law Library’s Rare Book Collection holdings that relate to this day. I thought that I would do a slightly different take on the day and see how, despite the volatile history, it is celebrated in England. The celebrations are, …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who is back from a recent business trip to London, England. Last week I attended a meeting in London, England. While there, I took the opportunity to go sightseeing. The picture to the left shows the front gate of the St. Pancras building …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
It would be wonderful if this post were about all kinds of laws drafted by the Ministry of Magic. It’s not. I’m sorry. While England did at one point have laws regarding witchcraft on the books, those days are long gone. Instead, in what can only be considered to be the highlight of my social calendar …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This weeks’ interview is with Judith Gaskell, former Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judy is currently volunteering at the Law Library and is working in the office next door to mine. I couldn’t resist popping over and asking her to do an interview for our blog. She kindly and graciously accepted. Please …
Posted in: Collections, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The Holiday season flew by again this year. It truly is my favourite time of the year. When not frantically cooking or wrapping gifts, I always spend a part of my time feeling a bit homesick. I compensate for this by watching Masterpiece Classics on PBS; although, there are only so many period dramas I can …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Despite a line that I once heard in a movie that the United States is the only country in which unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are sighted, the United Kingdom appears to have its fair share of unexplained phenomena across its skies too. The UK’s National Archives has published an extensive array of documents of sightings and policy …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Cynthia informed us about International Plan Language Day and the global movement to improve the use of plain language in government and legal writing. Kelly continued the trend and wrote about New Zealand’s approach to using plain English in the country’s laws. I thought I would continue the series. Despite the last, rather confusing weird …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
A number of our Law Library of Congress colleagues retired at the end of October. Stephen Clarke, Mark Strattner, and Alvin Wallace are retiring this month after a long and productive service to the Law Library of Congress (LLC). We hope you enjoy our profiles on them. We are sad to see great friends leave, …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
When doing my cool job, I never know what will cross my path. Recently, I happened to discover some items covering early sumptuary laws in England. These laws were prohibitions against what the Monarch at the time considered to be “extravagance,” typically in the form of food or clothing. They were reportedly aimed to preserve the class system …
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