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Berlin Then and Now – From the “Stadtschloss” to Dahlem

A Sentimental Walk from Law Libraries to Law Publishers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Raimund-Ekkehard Walter
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When I met Ivan Sipkov for the first time at a conference of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), he used to speak very fondly about the time in the early forties when he served in Berlin as a member of the diplomatic corps of Bulgaria. So, in his honor, I decided to describe the Berlin scenery as he knew it, and today fifty years later: the streets in the center of Berlin (e.g. Unter den Linden); the university campus of the old Friedrich Wilhelm University known today as the Humboldt University; the Potsdam Square, with the new Staatsbibliothek; and the nice Dahlem campus of the Free University.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Ivan Sipkov in memoriam , Winter 1996 , pp. 227 - 233
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Copyright © 1996 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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1 Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht Hamburg. 1987. 56 p. (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Berichte und Mitteilungen. Vol. 3. 1987.) – Ralph Lansky: German Libraries for Comparative, Foreign and International Law. Deutsche Bibliotheken für Rechtsvergleichung … Hamburg, Augsburg: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen 1990. xviii, 209 p. (Arbeitshefte der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen. Vol. 14.) Very useful guide to law libraries in Germany with international law holdings.Google Scholar

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