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HLS Library Event: Fifty Years After Furman: The Death Penalty in America

Wednesday March 22, 4 to 5 pm WCC 2019 Milstein West Open to HUID holders Join the HLS Library for a fireside chat moderated by HLS’s Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law Carol Steiker, featuring professors Mugambi Jouet (Associate Professor, USC Gould School of Law), Corinna Barrett Lain (S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law, University …

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HLS Library Event: Scholars and Artists Discuss the Death Penalty

Tuesday March 7, 4 to 5 pm WCC 2019 Milstein West AB Open to HUID holders Join the HLS Library for a conversation moderated by Harvard’s 300th Anniversary University Professor Martha Minow, featuring professor John Bessler from the University of Baltimore Law School, Boston-based photographer Lou Jones, and painter/artist/writer Antonio Martorell. This event is part of the Library’s …

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Exhibit – Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy

Open to HUID holders in the Caspersen Room, Langdell Hall, weekdays 9 to 5 through June 2023; and open to all online. This Harvard Law School Library exhibit explores the power of visual imagery to change minds about the death penalty. Drawing from material in the Library’s Historical & Special Collections, the exhibit tells a story in three …

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New Research Guide: Argentinian Legal Research

Juan-Andrés Fuentes, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Research Librarian, has created a new Argentinian legal research guide. It includes information about the structure of Argentina’s government, judicial, and legal systems, and explains the country’s primary sources including its Constitution, legislation, treaties, regulations, and case law. Links to secondary sources, legal terms, and additional information are included as well. Find all our …

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Welcome Back to HLS!

Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing break and that 2023 is getting off to a good start. The Library reopens Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and we look forward to seeing and working with you this semester. You can find the Library’s hours here. This charming illustration is a view of the Treasure Room (now called …

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New Research Guide: Brazilian Legal Research

Juan-Andrés Fuentes, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Research Librarian, has created a new Brazilian legal research guide. It includes information about the structure of Brazil’s government, judicial, and legal systems, and explains the country’s primary sources including its Constitution, legislation, treaties, regulations, and case law. Links to secondary sources, legal terms, and additional information are included as well. …

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New Research Guide: Colombian Legal Research

Juan-Andrés Fuentes, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Research Librarian, has created a new Colombian legal research guide. It includes information about the structure of Colombia’s government, judicial, and legal systems, and explains the country’s primary sources including its Constitution, legislation, treaties, regulations, and case law. Links to secondary sources, legal terms, and additional information are included as well. …

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