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Stacks in the Stacks – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This week’s Pic of the Week is from Stephanie Rocío Miles, also known as the Bilingual Librarian.  Stephanie recently visited the Law Library of Congress and blogged about her experience.  She included several pictures from our bigger than a football field size stacks.  She graciously allowed me to use my favorite for today’s Pic of the …

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Professor Joseph Raz – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This week the Law Library of Congress hosted Professor Joseph Raz who delivered a very thought-provoking lecture for the second Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence.  Professor Raz is a leading proponent of legal positivism, which looks to the sources of laws as the basis for their validity, rather than their content.  During the lecture, he offered …

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18th Annual GLIN Directors’ Meeting – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Francisco Macías, Senior Legal Information Analyst. The 18th Annual Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Directors’ Meeting took place at the Library of Congress last week on September 7 and 8.  The representatives from the 24 jurisdictions (including the United States) that attended the meeting are pictured below. The …

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Nameday of a Nation – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

We may celebrate the 4th of July as America’s birthday but September 9th marks the anniversary of the name “United States”.  While this term had been used previously, it was on this day in 1776 that the Second Continental Congress officially agreed to change the name of the new country from the United Colonies to …

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Ready Reference – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Christine Sellers

In the Reading Room of the Law Library of Congress, behind our reference desk is a ready reference section. The ready reference section of any library contains resources that are frequently used by both patrons and librarians in doing legal research. In the Law Library’s section, we have resources such as the District of Columbia …

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Earthquake! – Pics of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

There was some interest on our Facebook page about how the earthquake affected the Law Library of Congress.  Thankfully, there wasn’t much damage.  I thought a few pictures were in order. One of the first items I came across Wednesday morning was The Constitution and the Supreme Court opened on the floor: There were only …

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Legislative Status Steps – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Sometimes the legislative process is a little more confusing than I’m Just a Bill.  As Margaret mentioned in The Curious History of the 2011 Debt Ceiling Legislation earlier this week, sometimes the legislative process takes interesting turns.  Christine also blogged about the unique situation of vehicle bills.  The poster below details the various status steps …

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Humboldt University Law Faculty – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress.  Robert has previously blogged about the Kellogg Biennial Lecture and Souvenirs from Moscow. I was recently in Berlin and explored Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), the oldest university in Berlin.  The impressive building …