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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Here at the Global Legal Research Center we receive many interesting foreign law inquiries. Questions about laws that govern matters of personal status, including customary and religious laws, arise frequently from many of the African jurisdictions I cover. One of the issues that I have had the opportunity to research is the legality of proxy …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Education, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We recently started to do some user testing on our website, Law.gov. It has been interesting to listen to the feedback because I know the answers and sometimes people are close but miss what I can clearly see. I’m sitting in my office occasionally saying things to the screen (while my phone is muted). I have sat …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante is a frequent contributor to In Custodia Legis. His recent posts relate to Roman and Canon law collections, rules on the election of a new pontiff, the treasures of the Italian Parliamentary Libraries, and international …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Dante Figueroa, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante is not new to In Custodia Legis; he has written many guest blog posts. Describe your background. I was born in Concepción, Southern Chile, in a green and rainy land. I am the oldest of three …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Tina Gheen
This summer Jolande Goldberg and I had three talented women working with us on the Indigenous Law Portal: Colleen Hybl, Daly Topp, and Shannon Wang. These interns were part of the LC Knowledge Navigators Program Non-paid Internship Program with the University of Virginia. During their time with us, they learned a great deal about LC Classification …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
According to a June 2014 report by the United States Congressional Budget Office (CBO), most of the annual spending by the federal government on surface transportation programs is in the form of grants to state and local governments. These grants are primarily financed through the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF). After decades of stable balances to …
Posted in: Congress, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
I am always impressed by breadth of issues and number of jurisdictions covered every day in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM). Just in the stretch of the last four months, including February through May 2014, 157 articles were published, covering recent developments in various countries and areas of law. Here is the list of the …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library