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Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Dr. Sanaz Alasti, a Scholar in Residence at the Law Library of Congress. Dr. Alasti is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University and an Iranian legal scholar. This interview is conducted as part of a series of interviews that introduce our scholars and summer interns to In Custodia …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
One of the wonderful features of Congress.gov is its responsive design. If you are like I was and have no idea what that means check out Mashable’s article, “Why 2013 Is the Year of Responsive Web Design.” (Congress.gov launched back in 2012; we are a little ahead of the curve.) I’ve mentioned before that: I also love …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I love the dome of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. During a recent walk, I noticed the sky completely blue except for one cloud just above the flame atop the dome. Whether you call it the Flame of Knowledge, Torch of Knowledge, or Torch of Learning, it looks brilliant sitting at the pinnacle of …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The United Kingdom’s rich ancient legal history provides ample examples of legislation that has a rather bizarre or odd angle to it. I always find it interesting to read about these odd laws, and wonder at what point they are simply urban legends, rather than real laws. Most times, posts about weird laws don’t provide …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Chayada Polpun, a summer intern working in the Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress. It is part of a series of interviews that introduce our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers. You may have noticed that Chayada missed the interns’ group photo we recently published …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today it is my turn to contribute to our Global Legal Collection Highlights series. The idea of this series, as is probably clear from its name, is to highlight our foreign law collection and keep In Custodia Legis readers abreast of new and/or interesting items that have been added. We have recently had posts that …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The Law Library of Congress and the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Criminal Law Section are co-hosting an event to mark a year-long commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Criminal Justice Act of 1964. This landmark legislation secured the 6th Amendment right to counsel in federal court. The event will begin with remarks by David Mao, …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
With daily posts on In Custodia Legis, it may appear that we never take a vacation. Fortunately, the blog team is big enough that we do have the opportunity for the occasional getaway. This leads to the old grammar school question, what did you do on your summer break? Today’s pic of the week answers …
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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
This post was co-authored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer One of our most frequent requests at the Law Library of Congress is to help patrons with their legislative history research. Often, researchers will want information about the votes and debates made on the floor of Congress in order to track the history of the …
Posted in: Law Library, Research Guide