The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson, with illustrations by Ally Shwed (Macmillan, Sept. 22, 2020). This book talk is co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library and the Harvard Kennedy School Ash …
Two years ago, the Harvard Law School Library received an extraordinary archival collection when the family of Justice Antonin Scalia decided to donate his papers here. As project archivist for the Scalia papers, I’ve been surveying and processing this remarkable collection, with the goal of identifying, processing, and making accessible those parts of the collection that will be open …
852 RARE: An Update on the Antonin Scalia Collection Read More »
A recent Harvard Law School Library project—undertaken in preparation for the renovation and re-purposing of the Lewis building—resulted in a spreadsheet of hundreds of older titles for me to sift through, verify, and (often) catalog. While the list is daunting it has led to a trove of fascinating books and pamphlets all of them are intriguing to anyone …
852 RARE: When the French Revolution was a Current Event Read More »
A graduation requirement for each Harvard Law School LLM student is to research and write a paper on a legal topic, of at least 25 pages (short paper) or at least 50 pages (long paper) in length, under the supervision of an HLS faculty member. Our LLM students are currently deep in the process of finding faculty supervisors …
Library Research Guides for LLMs (and Everyone Else!) Read More »
Several recently-published books on African constitutionalism in our collection caught my eye this week. I admit that I don’t really know much about this topic, but it strikes me as massive, likely made up of many varying and diverse philosophies and viewpoints. So I was interested in exploring its recent scholarly treatment. In this post, I will focus …
Spotlight on Recently-Published Titles on African Constitutionalism Read More »
I recently returned from a leave of absence from the library. During my leave, I was fortunate to teach a US Criminal Law and Procedure course at the University of Würzburg in Germany. Criminal Procedure was one of my favorite classes in law school, and I relished the opportunity to talk about the Fourth Amendment with German law …