Legal Research

Law Library of Congress Launches Video Podcasts

By Simon Chester

Without much in the way of overt hoopla, the Law Library of Congress today launched seven video podcasts of lectures and presentations on matters of current interest. The link to the Itunes site is here.

The topics covered are:

Legislating in Heels–An Anecdotal Journal: The Honorable Constance “Connie” Morella 1:09:03

Legal Challenges Facing NATO at 60 1:41:21

The Approach of the Halakah and Sharia’ to Contemporary Legal Issues 1:33:14

Law Day 2009: Emancipation Proclamation 1:20:10

Human Environment Challenges, Domestic and International – a Talk by Barry Hill 1:00:52

Looking Beyond Gitmo: U.S. and Foreign Approaches Toward Legal Treatment of Terrorist Suspects 1:42:11

For Slaw readers, the most interesting piece is likely to be R.M. Dworkin on:

Is There Truth in Interpretation? Law, Literature, and History 1:07:10

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).