The Law Library is pleased to announced the addition of two new databases:
ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 1789-2013
All versions of all full-text bills, resolutions, hearings and reports for the first Congress to the present day.
Connection (PAWS username and password required. Select Advanced Search, then check the box for Bills & Laws 1789-Present)
Slavery and the Law
This collection provides invaluable insight to scholars, students, and general readers of the humanities into testimony on a broad range of subjects by a variety of southerners—Black and white, slave and free, slaveholder and non-slaveholder, man and woman. The documents include State Slavery Statutes, a master record of the laws governing American slavery, covering 1789–1865 and petitions to state legislatures and courthouses.
The LSU Law Center community, along with family and friends, honored alumnus John P. Laborde (’49) on Thursday, May 2, 2013 for his historic gifts to the Law Center. Read More >
