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Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post from Nicolas Boring, the foreign law specialist covering French- speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged about The Library of the French National Assembly – Pic of the Week, among others. A recent Law Library of Congress report examines a little-known historical development: the right …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Legal Reports
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post discusses the history and the legal status of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Jim Martin
Post about Simon Sobeloff, a prominent Jewish legal figure in Baltimore, Maryland, and his contributions to desegregation
Posted in: Guest Post, Jewish American History, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Breshan Bryant, the newest technician in the Law Library’s Collection Services Division (CSD). We’re very happy to have her aboard. Describe your background. I was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland. I am the best of four siblings and the proud aunt of seven nieces …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne, Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress. A number of Law Library of Congress staff members recently attended the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 112th Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, DC. The conference provides law librarians and legal information professionals with opportunities for …
Posted in: Event, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly McKenna
The following is a guest post by Kathryn McNickle, a foreign law intern working with Clare Feikert-Ahalt in the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill has begun to make its way through the House of Commons, where it enjoys cross-party support. If passed, it will make it much quicker for couples …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
The following is a guest post by Stephen Mayeaux, Legal Information Specialist in the Digital Resources Division at the Law Library of Congress. The Law Library of Congress is proud to share the first of six subsections that comprise our Spanish Legal Documents collection (also known as the “Hispanic Legal Documents” collection, and often discussed …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Tihomir Stoytchev presented two copies of the commemorative reprint of Bulgaria’s Tarnovo Constitution to the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Last Friday, April 19th, marked the first day of the month long 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an armed uprising against Nazi attempts to transport all the Jews in the ghetto to death and labor camps. By the summer of 1942, the Germans had contained the Jews from Warsaw, Poland and the surrounding areas into the …
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