Spotlight on Recently-Published Titles on African Constitutionalism
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...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Teamwork and more updates from June and July analysis
Post by Matt Seccombe, August 9, 2018 During June and July I worked on the prosecution case under count 2 of the indictment, crimes against peace (or, wars of aggression), amounting to 196 documents...
View ArticleWelcome LL.M. Students!
Welcome to the nearly 200 LL.M. students who will be attending Harvard Law School this academic year! Please visit the law library’s research services homepage to learn about all of the services the...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: “When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its...
Post by Matt Seccombe, September 7, 2018 During August I continued with the IMT prosecution documents for Crimes against Peace (Count 2), following the expansion of the war after the attack on Poland...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Ring of Silence
Post by Matt Seccombe, October 2, 2018 During September I worked through the final IMT prosecution documents covering count 2 (aggression), including the war against the US, and began the documents for...
View ArticleLibrary Research Guides for LLMs (and Everyone Else!)
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...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: IMT prosecution documents on persecution of the Jews,...
Post by Matt Seccombe, November 3, 2018 During October I covered the IMT prosecution documents on the persecution of the Jews (a phrase that the prosecutors noted was far short of the reality),...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes on the IMT
Post by Matt Seccombe, January 9, 2019 During November and December I worked on the prosecution documents concerning four institutions charged as being criminal organization (the party leadership, the...
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Two New Exhibits at the Harvard Law School Library!
Two exhibits are now on view in the HLS Library: “Centuries of Japanese Legal Tradition” and “Charles Hamilton Houston and the Harvard Law School.” Both exhibits are on display through January 15,...
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Virtual Faculty Book Talk: Human Rights in a Time of Populism: Challenges and...
The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of Human Rights in a Time of Populism: Challenges and Responses, edited by Gerald L. Neuman...
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Research Guides: Dispute Resolution
Jennifer Allison, Librarian for Foreign, Comparative & International Law, has updated two research guides about dispute resolution. Vector Handshake by Wickey-nl is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 The...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from September 2022
Post by Matt Seccombe In September I completed analysis of the defense documents for Rudolf Hess and began those for Joachim von Ribbentrop, the foreign minister. We now have just over 4000 documents...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from October 2022
Post by Matt Seccombe During October I worked through Ribbentrop’s evidence document books three and four and began the fifth book, placing me roughly at the half-way point in Ribbentrop’s defense...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from November 2022
Post by Matt Seccombe During November I worked through three of Ribbentrop’s nine defense document books, two of them on Poland, to pin the blame for the war on the Poles, and one on the expansion of...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from December 2022
Post by Matt Seccombe December is a short work-month at HLS, so this is early. During the month I finished analyzing Ribbentrop’s last three defense document books, his attorney’s final argument, and...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from January 2023
Post by Matt Seccombe During January I worked through the IMT prosecution’s rebuttal to Ribbentrop’s defense, Keitel’s defense documents, and Kaltenbrunner’s defense documents. Kaltenbrunner’s...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from February 2023
Post by Matt Seccombe During February I spent the first third of the month catching up on the transcript work for Keitel’s and Kaltenbrunner’s defense presentations, noting when new documents were...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from March 2023
Post by Matt Seccombe During March I began work on the defense documents of Hans Frank, who was prosecuted mostly for his activities as governor of occupied Poland (the Government General). I worked...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from April 2023
Post by Matt Seccombe During April I finished the analysis of Hans Frank’s fourth and fifth document books, and then analyzed Wilhelm Frick’s defense documents. Frick, the Interior Minister, presented...
View ArticleScanning Nuremberg: Notes from May 2023
Post by Matt Seccombe During May I analyzed the defense documents of Julius Streicher, the antisemitic propagandist, and Hjalmar Schacht, the regime’s banker in the 1930s. Streicher was the most...
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