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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Supreetha Sampath Kumar, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On November 8, 2016, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced the “notebandi” initiative, declaring that the use of all Rupees (Rs.) 500 and …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the history of how Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands became part of the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. Background As more and more countries are heading toward cashless societies, I became painfully aware of the realities of a country without cash as I toured Sweden this past summer. Not only did some stores not accept cash, but travelling by bus also required either an app …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Winston, Senior Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and Brian Kaviar, an intern at the Law Library of Congress. The Federal Courts Web Archive, recently launched by the Library of Congress Web Archiving Team and the Law Library of Congress, provides retrospective archival coverage …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Yesterday was International Day of Peace and since, historically speaking, peace often meant treaties between various countries, it seemed a good occasion to talk about doing treaty research. When I began working at the Law Library of Congress over 11 1/2 years ago, I was excited by the variety of questions from patrons. But there …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A couple of years ago, I attended two separate marriage ceremonies for the same couple. The couple, now happily married, consisted of a Jewish American-Israeli dual national and a British national of Indian Hindu descent. The Hindu wedding that took place in the United Kingdom was fascinating for me; it being the first, and so far …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
This week’s interview is with Anu Rai, interim chief of the Law Library’s Asset Management team within the Office of Administrative Operations. Anu works to develop the Law Library’s information technology infrastructure and align Law Library information technology plans and processes with the Library’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). Describe your background. I am …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Rebecca Boggs Roberts. Rebecca is a program coordinator at Smithsonian Associates, writer, and the former program director for the Historic Congressional Cemetery. In 2003, an unidentified man called the Historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. and asked the cemetery manager, “Would you be interested in getting William Wirt’s head back?” The answer, of course, …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Natalie Buda Smith. Natalie is a user experience team supervisor here at the Library of Congress. Describe your background. Most of my 25+ year career has been in the field of user experience, working in different countries for a range of organizations including Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and federal agencies. …
Posted in: Interview