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Archive: September 2017 (14 Posts)

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The Library of Congress: A Free Legal Research Resource Podcast

Posted by: Barbara Bavis

As soon as I saw a reference to “International Podcast Day” on one of our blog team calendars—scheduled for September 30th—I knew that we had to do a post about a podcast episode I had the pleasure of participating in earlier this year. In the Legal Talk Network’s ABA Law Student Podcast episode “The Library …

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Federal Courts Web Archive Launched

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Winston, Senior Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and Brian Kaviar, an intern at the Law Library of Congress.  The Federal Courts Web Archive, recently launched by the Library of Congress Web Archiving Team and the Law Library of Congress, provides retrospective archival coverage …

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An Interview with Michael Goodson, Collection Services Intern

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

Today’s interview is with Michael (“Mookie”) Goodson, an intern in the Collection Services Division.  Mookie has the enviable task of conducting preliminary research, identifying U.S. and foreign legal collection items, related to baseball and the law for next year’s Library-wide exhibit: Baseball Americana. Describe your background. I am one of five children (the son of …

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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for September 2017, Part 2

Posted by: Andrew Weber

We continue our new short sprint development cycle for Congress.gov that we started in July and have continued in August and September.  We are now able to bring enhancements to you at a more frequent pace and fix bugs or other issues even quicker. As I talk to people who train others on Congress.gov, I find that …

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A Little Glimpse at Treaty Research at the Law Library of Congress – International Day of Peace

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Yesterday was International Day of Peace and since, historically speaking, peace often meant treaties between various countries, it seemed a good occasion to talk about doing treaty research.  When I began working at the Law Library of Congress over 11 1/2 years ago, I was excited by the variety of questions from patrons.  But there …

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The Law Library Commemorated Constitution Day with a Book Talk by Professor Michael J. Klarman

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The Law Library of Congress commemorated Constitution Day a little early this year with a book talk by Harvard Law Professor Michael J. Klarman on September 12th. Professor Klarman discussed his book, The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution. Prof. Klarman referred to the Philadelphia convention as a coup because the delegates …

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When Were Marriages Between Cousins Banned in China?

Posted by: Laney Zhang

In my previous blog post, How Degrees of Kinship Are Calculated Under Chinese Law?, it was mentioned that cousin marriage is banned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Marriage Law. In fact, the ban has not been there for very long: it officially appeared in the Law when it was revised in 1980. Marriage between …