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Posted by: Margaret Wood
As an adult, I still enjoy reading children’s books. Indeed, now that I am an adult, I probably read more children’s books than I did as a kid–when I was trying to persuade the authorities to let me read adult biographies of the Tudor monarchs. One of the reasons I enjoy reading children’s books so much is …
Posted in: Congress, In the News, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, senior legal research specialist in our Public Services Division This has been an interesting month. I have answered a number of unique inquiries from our researchers and one of them was kind enough to allow me to share her question with you. She asked if I could give …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
These days when we think about forensic evidence our minds turn to shows such as the “CSI” franchise. We think of DNA. Bullet striations. Hair and fiber analysis. And fingerprints. Of all these things, fingerprint matching has perhaps the longest history and remains one of the most used tools for identifying criminals. I was therefore …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Robert Brammer
On May 1st I took an oath that I cannot say I ever anticipated. On Law Day, I was admitted to the Kentucky Bar, and as part of the oath of admission, I had to swear that ”… since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel …
Posted in: Education, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Living in Washington, D.C., it can be easy to take for granted the monuments that people come across the nation and around the globe to visit. Recently, the reopening of the Washington Monument has been big news here in D.C. It had been closed for repairs since the earthquake in August 2011 (there was another small …
Posted in: In the News, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist covering Japan and several Southeast Asian countries at the Law Library of Congress. Last year I completed a major research report titled “Japan: Legal Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011,” which is now available on the Law Library’s …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today’s interview is with Daria Pistriak, a staffer at Ukraine‘s Office of the Ombudsman, currently interning at the Law Library of Congress as part of her participation in the Legislative Fellows Program, a U.S. Department of State-funded program designed to expose promising young professionals from selected European countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine) to …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
On April 26, 2014, Tanzania celebrated 50 years of the Tanganyika and Zanzibar union. A former German (1880s-1918) and British (1919-1961) colony, Tanganyika (now commonly referred to as mainland Tanzania) became independent on December 9, 1961. Zanzibar, which also saw successive colonial rulers (p. 15), including under Portugal, the Busaidy Dynasty and Britain, gained its …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Noriko Ohtaki, a research fellow at the Law Library of Congress. This is a quick guide to searching online for current Japanese laws and regulations. In Japan, laws and regulations (cabinet orders, ministerial ordinances, and rules made by government agencies) are promulgated in the Official Gazette. You can find …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post