You can hot dog, be a hot dog, and exclaim Hot Dog! Of course, you can eat a hot dog, or you can try to add your name to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Hall of Fame by downing more than 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. You can also do all of that while watching wiener dog races. There are Coneys, Chicago-Style, and Rippers. No matter how you serve it, the hot dog is the best of the wurst and an American tradition (even if its origins can be traced to Frankfurt, Germany). And so much so, that not only is July 21 National Hot Dog Day but July is also National Hot Dog Month. Let’s take a few moments and examine some legal and literary aspects of the hot dog.
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Ex Libris Juris - HCLL Blog
What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.