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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
Any given provision in the current U.S. Code may be the product of multiple acts passed over a long period of time. So, how do you unpack the provision and discover the different acts that gave rise to a particular section of the Code? Tracing legislation from the Code back to the bills, public laws, and Statutes at Large that created it …
Posted in: Education, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The recent passing of Nelson Mandela saw much sorrow expressed around the world, as well as a great deal of reflection and celebration of his life. Many articles were written from a wide range of angles and perspectives. And many people related their personal experiences of how the events and achievements of Mandela’s life had …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, in which we publish posts about materials in the Law Library’s collection related to particular topics or jurisdictions. December 10 was international Human Rights Day. …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The arrival of the new year this week prompts us once again to think about the calendar and its place in law and legal research. In that connection, today’s Pic of the Week post turns back the clock to the beginning of the fourteenth century for a look at a medieval manuscript from the Law …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The Congress.gov team had a very busy and successful 2013. Earlier this year Tammie and I were interviewed about Congress.gov for GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER. To our pleasant surprise, we were recently named to GovLoop’s list of 20 Innovations that Mattered in 2013. During 2013 we added legislative data throughout the year. We launched with bills from the 107th-112th Congresses in …