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Law and the Library is a series of debates and discussions on a wide variety of contemporary legal issues. The series presented by the Law Library of Congress ranges from talks by current or former Members of Congress to pressing foreign, comparative, and international legal issues.

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Law and the Library is a series of debates and discussions on a wide variety of contemporary legal issues. The series presented by the Law Library of Congress ranges from talks by current or former Members of Congress to pressing foreign, comparative, and international legal issues.

    Sovereignty & Legitimacy: On the Changing Face of Law, Questions & Speculations

    Sovereignty & Legitimacy: On the Changing Face of Law, Questions & Speculations

    Joseph Raz delivered the second Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence on the subject of "Sovereignty & Legitimacy: On the Changing Face of Law, Questions and Speculations."

    Speaker Biography: Joseph Raz is a legal, moral and political philosopher and one of the most prominent advocates of legal positivism. He is Thomas M. Macioce Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School, Columbia University.

    For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5356.

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    Constitution Day 2011: The Supreme Court and Free Speech

    Constitution Day 2011: The Supreme Court and Free Speech

    In honor of Constitution Day, journalist Dahlia Lithwick speaks on the Supreme Court and free speech.

    Speaker Biography: Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate, writes the column "Supreme Court Dispatches" and has covered the Microsoft trial and other legal issues. Before joining Slate, she worked for a family law firm in Reno, Nev., and clerked for Procter Hug, chief justice of the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1996. Her work has appeared in the New Republic, Commentary, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Elle and on CNN.com. She is a weekly legal commentator for the NPR show, Day to Day.

    For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5355.

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    Looking Beyond Gitmo: U.S. and Foreign Approaches Toward Legal Treatment of Terrorist Suspects

    Looking Beyond Gitmo: U.S. and Foreign Approaches Toward Legal Treatment of Terrorist Suspects

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    Human Environment Challenges, Domestic and International - a Talk by Barry Hill

    Human Environment Challenges, Domestic and International - a Talk by Barry Hill

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    Introduction to the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

    Introduction to the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

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    How Different Jurisdictions Treat Foreign Law: Panel

    How Different Jurisdictions Treat Foreign Law: Panel

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