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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist who covers South Asian countries and Canada at the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously written for us on a number of issues, including the Library of Congress collection on Islamic Law in Pakistan, sedition law in India, and physician-assisted suicide …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Every time I drive down the Pennsylvania Turnpike to visit family in Somerset County, PA , I know I have reached my exit when I see the verdigris copper dome of the Somerset County Courthouse. It sits high on a hill above the turnpike and the rest of the city of Somerset. From the first …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today’s interview is with Carla Davis-Castro. Carla is a librarian who has been working on our Indigenous Law Portal. Describe your background. I am a Salvadoran American from North Carolina who loves living in DC. In the year and a half I have been at the Library of Congress, I have moved from the Congressional Research Service to …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post about the life and activism of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post highlighting some of the Law Library of Congress's holdings regarding Native Americans
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When I was growing up, I would always find my way to a local Chicago Public Library branch. My favorite was the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library on 95th and Halsted, which became a kind of refuge for me. I hung out so much at my …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Madison, Wisconsin, and while there I took a few minutes to tour the state’s beautiful capitol building. I enjoy seeing various capitol buildings and previously blogged about my tour of the Indiana State House. You might not be able to tell from the above photo, but the capitol …
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Posted by: Laney Zhang
As described in previous blog posts authored by Jenny and Tariq, the rapid expansion of Uber around the world has presented new challenges to regulators in foreign countries. It is interesting to note that China recently issued a departmental rule regulating “online taxi-booking services.” Effective November 1, 2016, the Interim Administrative Measures for the Business of Online …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the origins of the Cherokee National Holiday.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Law Library, Native Americans