Posts in 'Rare Books'

Detail of illustration from law textbook
Rare Books in the Classroom
On view in Professor Noel Lenski's Roman Law seminar: a late 17th-century "cartoon," produced to help students memorize each book of the Digest...
Sketch of Jimmy Hines and son
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Racket: The People v. Hines & the Courtroom as Spectacle - A Rare Book Exhibit
Racket: The People v. Hines & the Courtroom as Spectacle Rare Book Exhibition Lillian Goldman Law Library, Level 3 & Level 2 August 21 - December 1...
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Welcome to Yale Law School, Class of 2026
Welcome to Yale Law School (YLS). We’re glad you’re here! During your time at YLS we would like to encourage you to take advantage of our vast...
Detail, Ashlynn Smith, Initial Study for Twins on the Bench
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Rare Book Exhibit on L2: Twins on the Bench
Twins on the Bench An exhibit celebrating the unveiling at the Yale Law School of a portrait of the Late Honorable George Bundy Smith '62 and the...
Woman and child testifying in court, in treatise on the law concerning rape
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Current Exhibit: On Being On: Authority & the Legal Treatise
On Being On: Authority and the Legal Treatise An exhibit on view in the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Level Two March 6 - April 12, 2023 Accompanying "...
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New exhibit: On Being On: Authority and the Legal Treatise
On Being On: Authority and the Legal Treatise An exhibit on view in the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Level Two March 6 - April 12, 2023 Accompanying "...
Face-shaped capital from 16th-century legal document
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Hamlet's Legal Documents - A Rare Book Room Open House
New Haven Map
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Panel Discussion: Yale Reckons with Slavery
In this informal panel discussion relating to the Lillian Goldman Law Library’s current exhibition, Race, Slavery, & the Founders of Yale Law School...
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Race, Slavery, & the Founders of Yale Law School Exhibit Event
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(Tiny) new acquisition: Elizabeth Fry's Books for prisoners project, ca. 1839
In 1839, the English Quaker, Elizabeth Fry, published this pocket-sized devotional work, intended for distribution to women prisoners in France. Fry...