The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions. Eduardo has previously published posts about the Brazilian law collection, capoeira and the law, and on a Law Library report on citizenship pathways and border protection. Foreign and comparative law research involves not …
This weekend several Law Library of Congress staff members will be traveling to Philadelphia for the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Below is a quick rundown of the panel discussions at which attendees will be able to hear about some of our work: Janice Hyde – “Effective Content Management for …
The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress who covers Japan and jurisdictions in South East Asia. She has previously written blog posts on “Sentencing of Parents who Kill Children in Japan“; “Cambodian Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights“; “English Translations of Post-Second …
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. In late April 2015, Indonesia executed two Australian citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who had been convicted of drug trafficking offenses in 2006. The two men were part of the “Bali Nine” syndicate that had attempted to smuggle 18 pounds (more than 8 kilograms) …
The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. She most recently published a blog post on her new bibliography of Islamic law materials. The Law Library of Congress has published a report titled Treatment of Foreign Fighters in Selected Jurisdictions. The focus of …
The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Connie has previously written posts on an event and associated research guide related to translations of foreign law, one of our Human Rights Day events, and water rights at Star Island. She also jointly wrote …
April 25, 2015, marks 100 years since the first landing of Australian and New Zealand troops (known as the ANZACs, for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) at the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in Turkish) in Turkey during World War I. A few years ago I wrote about the significance of April 25th, ANZAC Day, which …
This week the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law is taking place in Washington, D.C. Peter wrote about attending the conference a couple of years ago. Several of our staff members are attending various seminars, where they will learn about the latest developments in international law from scholars and practitioners from all …
April is National Poetry Month! Today we interview Rob Casper, who is the head of the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress. Rob blogs for the Center at From the Catbird Seat. We have previously cross-posted blog posts related to both the Center and the Law Library: The Capitol Building from the …
