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Posted by: Margaret Wood
On July 6, 1553, Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, died at the age of fifteen. Edward had been king since 1547 when he had succeeded to the throne at the age of nine. When Henry died in 1547, he had been married six times and had three children. His marital career is …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Throughout the year, the Library of Congress provides information about a number of commemorative observances. May is always a busy month with the Asian/Pacific American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage observances while in the Law Library we also observe Law Day. In June we observe a more recently added commemorative observance for Lesbian Bisexual Gay …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Matthew Braun, senior legal reference specialist at the Law Library of Congress. At the end of May, I will be leaving the Law Library of Congress, after a little more than five years on the staff, to become the Head of Electronic Resources and Computer Services at the …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
We are at it again – working on one of our posts about movies and the law. This time we are looking at movies which depict murder trials. Although posts about movies and the law might seem somewhat lighthearted, movies are a powerful cultural force which often reflect society’s attitudes and understanding of various ideas. To …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following post is cross posted on the From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature blog. Magna Carta is coming to the Library of Congress in November 2014! This document is regarded as being one of the foundations of representative government and at the same time marked a defeat of the king by his barons. But long before 1215, …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Some of Dante’s recent posts include Introduction to Canon Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Resources and Treasures of the Italian Parliamentary Libraries, and A Fresh Update on the Canonical Rules on the Election of a …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, it will once again be time to reset our clocks an hour ahead for daylight saving time (DST). Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-58, daylight saving time was extended by several weeks. Previously, DST ran from the first Sunday in April to the last …
Posted in: Congress, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This week’s interview is with Anne Guha, an intern with the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Boston and grew up in various places all along the East Coast. I spent most of my childhood in New York City, North Carolina, and Florida, finishing high …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As Andrew mentioned in his 2010 post, Our Hours Thanks to 2 U.S.C. 138, because of this law, if Congress is in session during a blizzard someone must come in to provide coverage in the Law Library Reading Room. Since I have been one of the staff members who helps provide coverage during bad weather over …
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