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Archive: August 2016 (21 Posts)

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An Interview with Felix Beulke, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

Describe your background I am from Germany and grew up in a town called Passau which is located on the outskirts of the Bavarian Forest and is characterized by its university and student life. In 2008, I moved to the German capital Berlin and went to law school at the historic Humboldt University. What is …

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An Interview with Jasmine Stewart, Collection Services Intern

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

Today’s interview is with Jasmine Stewart, one of this year’s stellar summer interns in the Collection Services Division.  Jasmine has been busy inventorying and creating metadata for a collection of no-longer-available-in-print National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) decisions.  She is also continuing work on accessioning our collection of foreign legal gazettes gifted by the Dag Hammarskjold …

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On the Shelf: Saint Pierre & Miquelon

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

For this edition of On the Shelf, we travel to one of the lesser-known French overseas collectivities, Saint Pierre & Miquelon. This material was brought to the forefront by a combination of projects in the Collection Services Division. As we have mentioned before, we are still chipping away at classifying over a million volumes that …

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Global Anti-Doping Rules – an Overview

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

The following is a guest post by Felix Beulke, a summer intern currently working with Jenny Gesley on research related to the laws of German-speaking jurisdictions at the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. Felix has previously written on Brexit – What Happens Next?. The preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio …

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How Do You Say “Library” in…?

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This week the Library of Congress hosts multiple pre-conferences in Washington, DC before the main International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference in Columbus, OH. If you are visiting DC for one of the pre-conferences, be sure to share your experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #IFLAPREatLOC. To make guests feel welcome, I’ve asked a few …

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Law Library Event—The Depiction of Law in Film and Television

Posted by: Liah Caravalho

“You have the right to remain silent” are words that have become ubiquitous in American popular culture due to the many reiterations of the Miranda warning in television and film. The Miranda warning, which protects defendants against self-incrimination during criminal interrogations, is the result of the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Miranda v. Arizona. This …

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New Report on Education as a Constitutional Right in Foreign Countries

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

The following is a guest post by Luis Acosta, a division chief in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. An interesting aspect of comparative constitutional analysis considers how differences in countries’ histories and legal cultures are reflected in national constitutions. A recent Law Library of Congress report highlights such differences …

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An Interview with Ricardo Wicker, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

Today’s interview is with Ricardo Wicker, a foreign law intern currently working with Nicolas Boring on research related to the laws of France and other French-speaking jurisdictions. Describe your background. I am a law student at the University of Montreal, where I am pursuing a combined a degree from the LL.B./J.D. program. During my training, I have …

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New Report Details the Regulation of Drones in Foreign Countries

Posted by: Ruth Levush

The increased operation of drones in the civilian landscape has raised new challenges for policy makers and regulatory agencies in the United States and around the world. Some of the concerns legislators and regulators have attempted to address include how to protect public safety and personal rights, such as privacy and land ownership, in the …