Congress.gov Mobile vs. Full Screen – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
A variety of Congress.gov views comparing the mobile to the full screen version.
Posted in: Law Library, Congress, Pic of the Week
Archive: August 2018 (20 Posts)
An Interview with Ben Hills, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Laney Zhang
Today’s interview is with Ben Hills, a foreign law intern working with Clare Feikert-Ahalt at the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I am from the United Kingdom, England specifically, and grew up in the East Midlands. I only really speak English, but am familiar with French, German, Latin, and …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Baseball Blues: Sunday Games and the Law
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
There’s nothing like a Sunday afternoon baseball game. The stands are full of families, with children carrying gloves in the hopes of snagging a foul ball or, better yet, a home run ball! But it wasn’t always this way. During the early 1900s (and up until 1933), states’ blue laws prohibited baseball games being played …
Posted in: Law Library
Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for August 2018, Part 2
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Robert recently blogged about the first set of enhancements to Congress.gov for August. Earlier this year, we solicited and received a significant amount of feedback on Congress.gov. An action item from that was to enhance the search form. We were told it would be helpful to have the Words & Phrases box be labeled and larger. …
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Join us for the 18th annual National Book Festival!
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
The Library of Congress is celebrating the 18th annual National Book Festival on Saturday, September 1, 2018, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the Convention Center will be bursting with activities for all ages from all of the Library’s divisions. Over 100 authors will join the celebration throughout the day including U.S. …
Posted in: Law Library, Event
Engagement under Japanese Law and Imperial House Rules
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and various other countries in East and Southeast Asia. Sayuri has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on various topics, including Is the Sound of Children Actually Noise?, How to Boost your Medal Count in the Olympics, South Korean-Style, Two Koreas Separated by Demilitarized Zone, English Translations of Post-World War …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
An Interview with Sarah Ettedgui, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Today’s interview is with Sarah Ettedgui, a foreign law intern working with Nicolas Boring at the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada. My mother is Sephardic (Jewish of Moroccan and Spanish descent) and my father is Salvadoran, which has enabled me to …
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Andrew Carnegie’s Vision of World Peace Continues 105 Years Later at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Ashley Granby Wolf, an intern with the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, the Law Library of Congress and the Peace Palace Library in the Netherlands marked a historical moment in their nations’ long-standing diplomatic relationship. Law Librarian of Congress, Jane Sánchez, and …
Posted in: Law Library, Event
Female Printers in Sixteenth-Century Paris
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The following is a guest post by Marianna Stell. Marianna works in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. In sixteenth-century Paris, a woman did not choose to become a printer. For a woman to learn the craft of printing, she had to be one of two things: the daughter …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections