Upcoming US Law Webinars – April 2023
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post details the upcoming webinars on U.S. Law for the month of April.
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Honoring the Life of Margaret Wood
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Law Library is sad to report the passing of Margaret Wood, Senior Legal Reference Librarian, who worked for nearly 17 years at the Library of Congress and honors her life and legacy.
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Syndication Regulation and TV’s Big Three: Broadcasting Regulations and 1970s Television
Posted by: Jennifer González
A brief description of the effects of the Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR) and Financial Interest Syndication Rules (Fin-Syn) on television broadcasting in the 1970s.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Hansberry v. Lee: The Supreme Court Case that Influenced the Play “A Raisin in the Sun”
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Sarah Friedman, a Presidential Management Fellow working in the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. She previously authored The Legal History of the Presidential Management Fellows Program. In March of 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, opened on Broadway. The play centers …
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Fall Remote Metadata Program: West Coast Team
Posted by: Jennifer González
Short interviews with the current remote metadata interns and volunteers.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Fall Remote Metadata Program: Central Team
Posted by: Jennifer González
Short interviews with the current remote metadata interns and volunteers.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Fall Remote Metadata Program: Foreign Legal Gazettes
Posted by: Jennifer González
An introduction to the fall 2022 fall cohort of remote interns working on the metadata for foreign legal gazettes.
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Evolution of American Funerary Customs and Laws
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Mattie Aguero, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. While cultural customs surrounding death may differ, every society practices some form of ritual for the final disposition of the deceased. In the United States, this ritual is referred to as funeral rites. …
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The Complex Origins of Western Legal Traditions
Posted by: Heather Casey
A few months ago, I read an absolutely fascinating book on early human societies, “The Dawn of Everything.” Co-authored by David Graeber and David Wengrow, this book offers a critique of popular views on western civilization and the traditional narratives of mankind’s linear development from primitivism to civilization. It is a long book, but I …
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