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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Global Legal Monitor (GLM), one of the Law Library of Congress’s premier online sources, published 473 articles in 2015 covering legal developments from around the world on a variety of issues, particularly parliamentary acts and court decisions. When writing for the Global Legal Monitor, we try to focus on issues that we believe will interest our readers. One of the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The newest entry in our On the Shelf series is one of my favorites: Das Österreichische Recht. Well favorite may not be the right word. Those few of us who have had the pleasure of working with this title both love and fear it. Das Osterreichische Recht is a 113 volume looseleaf set containing the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
As the first third of the year draws to a close, I thought it would be nice to take a look at the metrics for a few different resources on Congress.gov and the Law Library’s website. I find it helpful, when thinking about how to update and improve our website, to review what gets the most attention from our …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
One of my favorite weekend pastimes is urban hiking. Washington, D.C., especially at this time of year, is perfect for that. I particularly enjoy walking up and down Georgia Avenue, which extends from parts of D.C. (it changes to 7th Street south of U Street NW) all the way into Montgomery County, Maryland. One of …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
Blog post about Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate
Posted in: African American History, Law Library, Pic of the Week