New Rare Book Room Exhibit: Dictionaries and the Law

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Did you know that the 1st English-language dictionary was a law dictionary? That James I ordered the second law dictionary to be burned? That Black’s Law Dictionary has been cited over 330 times by the U.S. Supreme Court? Visit the new Rare Book Room exhibit to learn about all of this and more! https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/sites/current-students/library/special-collections/rare-book-room/exhibits/dictionaries.html #legalhistory #rarebooks #blackslawdictionary

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