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Posted by: Laney Zhang
I was recently doing research for a patron on marriage law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China), and I found the method used by the Chinese marriage law in calculating degrees of kinship very unique. Marriage law usually prohibits blood relatives within certain degrees of blood relatedness to get married. First cousins, …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
In honor of the 97th anniversary of the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, the Law Library of Congress celebrates pioneering women in Congress.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer González
A few years ago, Andrew mentioned the possibility of adding a page where users could browse by jurisdiction among our different content types. Our content types include In Custodia Legis, the Guide to Law Online, the Global Legal Monitor, Legal Reports, and other content materials such as research guides. We are adding more content in …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I recently mentioned that we are doing releases for Congress.gov that are more frequent and smaller in scope. Rather than posting highlights of just the new enhancements, I thought it would be good to share a little more from across Congress.gov including the featured search tip and the top 10 most-viewed bills. Search Tip Adrienne …
Posted in: Congress
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: Jennifer Davis
Last weekend I was pulling English ivy off the corner of my house where it had grown over from the neighbor’s yard, and I reflected on the large number of invasive plants I see growing all over the national capital area: kudzu, porcelain berry, water hyacinth, callery pear, and tree of heaven. I wondered what …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The blog post describes the regulation of names in Germany.
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Conleth Burns, foreign law intern, who wrote a another post earlier this summer, UK Supreme Court rules “Deport first, appeal later” power is unlawful. On June 21st 2017, HM Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the UK’s Parliament by delivering her 64th Queen’s Speech. Despite being called the “Queen’s Speech,” this …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Clare Feikert, foreign law specialist for the United Kingdom at the Law Library of Congress. “Instinctively he and we knew then that what we had not use for was nonetheless of worth”, Environment Committee, Second report, Recycling, 1993-94, HC 63-i, at 14. The “rag and bone man,” also known …
Posted in: Global Law