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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This is a joint post drafted by Clare Feikert and Margaret Wood. The Global Legal Research Center has done a number of briefings and blogs, as well as too many Global Legal Monitor Articles to list, on electoral law across various jurisdictions around the world. The Russian Federation, Parliamentary Elections: Legal Issues, 2008; Elections in …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Rohit Gupta, a Systems Architect within the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) Web Services. Rohit joins Meg, Rich, and Barry in our series of Congress.gov interviews designed to highlight the people who have contributed to the new system. Describe your background. I grew up in Bombay, India and moved to the …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services in the Law Library of Congress. Robert has previously blogged about Marsh’s Library, the National Library of Uzbekistan, Souvenirs from Moscow, and Humboldt University Law Faculty in our Pic of the Week series. On a recent trip to Finland, I spotted this colorful bookmobile. In addition to this …
Posted in: Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This week’s interview is with Kirsty McClay, who got what can either be considered one of the most coveted or one of the most dreaded intern spots in the whole Law Library – she got to work with me. Describe your background. I’m originally from Antrim; a small town in Northern Ireland, where I grew …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
In flipping through the Pic of the Week posts, I noticed that we have also had a lot of photos of libraries from around the world. We do love libraries here at the Law Library of Congress! We seem to be drawn to them whether we are at home, work, on vacation, or even on …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s pics are brought to you all the way from New Zealand! I recently returned from a trip there to visit family over the holiday period. While in Wellington, I stopped in to see friends and former colleagues at the Beehive (executive wing of the parliamentary complex) and Parliament House, and also took a …
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We love it when other bloggers talk about In Custodia Legis. A few of our posts were discussed across the legal blogosphere this month. The Tools for My Trade? post was mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog. Nathan’s Laws in a Crusader State was highlighted on Dum Spiro Spero. Hanibal’s post, Congratulations to the People Behind …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We have now completed our first full calendar year of In Custodia Legis. Our team of bloggers covers current legal trends and subjects from around the world so you never know what the next topic of a post will be. But I can tell you what the most popular posts of the past year were. To …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS