Posts in 'Rare Books'

Text by Andrew Hamilton
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"The Choicest Privilege": Press Freedom from Magna Charta to the Early Federal Period - A Rare Book Exhibit
In summer 1789, James Madison proposed amendments to the new Constitution to protect rights "not sufficiently guarded." Madison singled out freedom of...
New York Times advertisement
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Actual Malice: Past & Present in The New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) - A Rare Book Exhibit
"Heed their Rising Voices" proclaimed the full-page advertisement published in The New York Times on March 29, 1960. The ad, funded by the newly...
flowering vine
Blooming Books: A Rare Book Room Open House
Cover art of frightened woman
The Locked Vault Mystery: A Rare Book Room Open House
Jeremy Bentham
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Blackstone's Critic: Jeremy Bentham & the Commentaries
frivolous; illogical; his reasons altogether futile; cold; reserved; affected; wary; exhibiting a frigid pride In 1763, Jeremy Bentham attended...
17th-century Dutch law office
A Valentine's Scriptorium at the Rare Book Room
title page of Blackstone's Commentaries
Blackstone's Type: Politics, Press Reform, and Publishing the Commentaries
drawing of printing press and printer
Rare Book Room Open House - Spring Calendar
Stop by the Rare Book Room this Spring to explore the Yale Law Library's rare book & manuscript collection. Sessions will include: publishing...
Image of Jane Austen
Jane Austen & the Law: December's Rare Book Open House
Text in Law French
Law French: A Rare Book Room Open House