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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Fifty years ago, on January 31, 1968, Nauru became an independent nation. It is the smallest island republic in the world with a land area of just 8.1 square miles (“about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC“) and a population of around 10,000 people. Prior to independence, from 1947 onward, the island was subject to a …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
It’s enhancement time for Congress.gov! You have submitted a lot of feedback on how you search on our website, and we have listened. Based on a variety of user comments, we have improved the search interface and streamlined the header. Rather than just list the details, let’s take a look first. The new Search Bar …
Posted in: Congress
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Elin Hofverberg, who covers Scandinavian jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Elin’s previous posts include Finland: 100 Years of Independence – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Alfred Nobel’s Will: A Legal Document that Might Have Changed the World and a Man’s Legacy, Swedish Detention Order Regarding Julian Assange, The Masquerade King and …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the life and political contributions of Charles Curtis, the first Native American Congressional member.
Posted in: Law Library, Native Americans, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
On January 25, 1971, Idi Amin Dada overthrew the government of Milton Obote, the man who led Uganda to independence from Britain in 1962 and became the country’s first elected leader. (Appolo Milton Obote: What Others Say 87.) Less than a month after the coup, on February 20, 1971, Idi Amin issued an announcement in the name …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Strolling along the beach in Tel Aviv last December, I saw a funny statue of a man standing on his head. I also noticed several images of this man standing on his head on display in Tel Aviv art galleries in Neve Tsedek. Who is this man and why is he standing on his head? The man …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The pic of the week shows pages of the book Decretales of Gregory IX by Raymond of Penafort.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
While a foreign concept here in the United States, a requirement that anyone who owns a television (or even just a radio) pay a “license fee” to help fund public broadcasting exists in a number of countries around the world. Such fees can be controversial and a number of countries have repealed them over the past few decades, …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Recently, it seems as though we have had a run on 1940s D.C. regulations. In November, I wrote about the city’s 1941 building height restrictions, and yesterday, Ann Hemmens (again) brought me a copy of the 1944 Police Regulations a patron had requested. I perused the index of the latter and found the entry “Sheep: …
Posted in: Collections