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Posted by: Robert Brammer
Andrew brought us the last Congress.gov update at the beginning of September. That update included the ability to search the Committee Schedule from the global “All Sources” search option, a new look for the appropriations table, and the addition of Law Library of Congress reports to the homepage. With this release, we are bringing you more …
Posted in: Congress
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
From September 15 to October 15, 2019 the Library of Congress is hosting a series of events celebrating Hispanic culture and heritage. Here are some of the events you can check out for Hispanic Heritage Month. September 15 – October 15 Hispanic Heritage Display – Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240) 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday, …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
How long does it take to form an Israeli government? This in-depth blog presents the legal provisions for how and when a prime minister is selected, how a government can be formed, and when a snap-election can be called.
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
Today’s interview is with Anna Price, a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Puyallup (pew-ALL-up), Washington, which is about 30 miles south of Seattle and home of the Washington State Fair. I come from a relatively large family – …
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Sophie Higgerson, a junior fellow in the Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress, explores the Law Library’s collection of 18th century French statutes, focusing on the enforcement of the salt tax in pre-revolutionary France.
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Kelly McKenna
The following is a guest post by Stephen Mayeaux, Legal Information Specialist in the Digital Resources Division at the Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. During this celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we bring you the latest—and by far the largest—update from our Spanish …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This following is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian of the modern United States focusing on domestic policy and law in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Ryan previously contributed two other posts to In Custodia Legis - Simon Sobeloff and Jewish Baltimore and Rights and Resistance: Civil Liberties during World War …
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post, Federal Judiciary
Posted by: Tynesha Hubbard
Today’s interview is with Angela Kinney. Angela is the Chief of the African, Latin American & Western European Division in the Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access Directorate of Library Services. Describe your background I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in a large, happy family that included my parents and eight brothers and sisters. My …
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
On September 17, 1809, 210 years ago today, Sweden and Russia signed the Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina), marking the end of the Finnish war of 1808-1809 and also the end of the Sweden-Finland era. Finland had been part of Sweden since 1323, when another peace treaty between Novgorod (Russia) and Sweden, the Peace of Pähkinäsaari …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law