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    Magna Carta Exhibit This Summer

    Harvard Law School Library Historical & Special Collections is pleased to announce a special exhibit opening this June. One Text, Sixteen Manuscripts: Magna Carta at the Harvard Law School Library first debuted in September 2015 to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary. In honor of the exciting new scholarship surrounding HLS MS 172, we are pleased

    May 21, 2025

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    Magna Carta in Harvard Law School Library collection determined to be an original 

    A Magna Carta within the Harvard Law School Library collection has been determined to be an original manuscript from the year 1300. HLSL purchased the document in 1946 from a book dealer when all parties believed it was a 1327 copy.   In 2023, Magna Carta historians Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University

    May 16, 2025

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    HLS Librarian Juan-Andrés Fuentes receives 2025 Douglas Bryant Fellowship 

    “This project aims to highlight the significance of Spanish-language literature from Latin America in the field of international law.” Juan-Andrés Fuentes Harvard Law School Librarian 2025 Douglas Bryant Fellowship awardees   I am proud to be one of the 2025 Douglas Bryant Fellowship awardees from Harvard Library for my research project, “Rethinking International Law Literature: Recognizing the Value

    April 30, 2025

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