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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Donna Brearcliffe, Special Assistant in the General and International Collections Directorate of Library Services, Library of Congress. May 1st is Law Day–a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law and an opportunity to understand how law and the legal process protect our liberty and promote justice. …
Posted in: Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
The American Theatre Wing announced today their nominees for the 73rd annual Tony Awards. While reading about this season’s nominees, my head automatically went into thinking about the different ways musical theatre, in its artistic or production form, relates to law. While researching the relationship between law and musical theatre, I came across the true …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Law Library of Congress blog, In Custodia Legis, is celebrating its seventh year in operation! During this time, we have published many research guides for both foreign and domestic law. I thought it would be useful to go back and revisit those guides in order to organize them into a basic index. Are there any …
Posted in: Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
In tribute to Justice Antonin Scalia’s life and commitment to the rule of law, this pic of the week features Justice Scalia at the Library’s Magna Carta evening gala. Justice Scalia was a monumental legal thinker, who was known for his deep reverence of the United States Constitution, exuberant personality, and interest in opera. Therefore, it probably does …
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As we have mentioned in previous posts, the Law Library of Congress is a Supreme Court depository library. This means that we collect the records and briefs filed in cases before the court. We also receive copies of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions hot off the presses. Yesterday we received a bench opinion for King …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This week’s interview is with Ann Hemmens, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. My parents were transplants from Illinois and I inherited their interest in travel and living in different parts of the country. I’ve …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted Justifying Speed, Food for Thought, Another Trip Down Memory Lane, 2012 Burton Awards – Pic of the Week, Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
There is still a lot of interest in the Titanic one hundred years later as Kelly’s post topped In Custodia Legis by a wide margin this month. It was great to see many of the Library of Congress blogs post on a similar topic. It demonstrated the breadth of knowledge throughout our wonderful institution. In …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Margaret has previously posted on the debt ceiling, Law Day, our Reading Room, and the changeover between Congresses. This week we decided to treat you to photographs of the Law Library Reading Room’s pneumatic tubes and the pneumatic tube system. …
Posted in: Guest Post, Pic of the Week