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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Margaret McAleer, Senior Archives Specialist in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. I am about to end a three-month detail in the Law Library to return to my regular job in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, where I am a senior archives specialist. I have …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
The following is a guest post by Nathan Dorn, Rare Book Technician at the Law Library of Congress. In a previous post on this blog, a colleague of mine points out that the Law Library possesses significant collections in the area of religious law. An outstanding example of these, which he describes in his post, …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s interview is with Hanibal Goitom, a Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center. Hanibal has previously written two guest posts for In Custodia Legis. His “Power Lunch” was also discussed in the post There’s No Place Like Home. Describe your background. I am a Foreign Law Specialist at the Law Library …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Directorate. Here in the Law Library Reading Room we are continuing our work to relocate certain collections in preparation for the Reading Room Remodeling. The purpose of this post is to give everyone an update about the collections currently …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. Last month I wrote about the constitutional dilemma in Egypt and some of the possibilities for moving forward. Since then a number of important events have happened, which eventually led to Egyptians voting in favor of constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
So far for our Pic of the Week series, we’ve taken all of the pictures ourselves. This week we are featuring a photo from a Library of Congress colleague, Dan Chudnov. Washington really looks wonderful in the spring, and this picture demonstrates the reawakening that occurs. In addition to the trees blooming, our city fills …
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Posted by: Laney Zhang
The corruption of government officials in China, as in a number of other countries, is a major concern and attempts to investigate and prosecute instances of corruption can generate a lot of public attention – particularly if a senior official or significant project is the subject of the investigation. This has been the case with …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This is my first post since I arrived back from having my baby (a beautiful girl who, with four brothers, is going to be well taken care of). I am combating a strong urge to write about maternity leave legislation in the UK (it is very generous), but instead have decided to write about something …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Tina Gheen, who is visiting us from the National Science Foundation. Describe your background. I’ve only been at the Law Library for a few weeks, but so far, the experience has been wonderful. I’m here on a detail assignment from the National Science Foundation, so I don’t believe I …
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