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Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post is part two of yesterday's post on the history of the American bar exam and explores the pioneers who broke through the discriminatory barriers over time.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Felix Cohen noted that, “[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as “distinct, independent political communities’” (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the early nation-to-nation relations between tribal nations and the United States, self-determination was not codified. After termination policies of the 1950s were put in place, many tribal nations and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, when the Law Library celebrates the accomplishments that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to American history, society and law. Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee, a twentieth-century Chinese American economist, was also a suffragist and a women’s rights advocate who worked within the Chinese American community …
Posted in: Asian American History, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is the first of two guest posts by Rebecca Komathy, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is currently a graduate student in the master of library and information science program at San Jose State University. The second blog post on this topic will be …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post, part 2 in a series, discusses the coram nobis proceeding relating to Fred Korematsu's earlier conviction as a nisei prisoner of a Japanese internment camp in the United States during WWII.
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post describes the life and career of voting rights and civil rights activist Bob Moses.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian of the modern United States focusing on domestic policy and law in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Ryan previously contributed three other posts to In Custodia Legis - Federal Courts, Judge Gerhard Gesell, and the Security State, Simon Sobeloff and Jewish Baltimore, …
Posted in: Federal Judiciary
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses the acquisition of a document signed by Mary Coffin Starbuck of Nantucket and the Wampanoag Sachem, Wunnatuckquannum.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Jennifer describes the Constitution of the Colony of Maryland in Liberia and the history of Liberia.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library