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The Perils of Widowhood

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

As part of my daily duties on the Global Legal Research team at the Law Library of Congress, I recently had to look into the issue of gender-based violence in Kenya and South Africa.  In the course of this exercise, I noticed that despite various law reform initiatives to strengthen laws designed to prevent certain …

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Meet the New Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress.  David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer.  It wasn’t that long ago that he was appointed Deputy Law Librarian of Congress.  Our avid In Custodia Legis readers might remember David from his interview or previous guest post on Rebellious Children …