Top of page
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Post describing the 1950 “investigation on a Government-wide scale of homosexuality and other sex perversion” and highlighting parts of the report contained in the Library's Serial Set
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by John Al Saddy, legal research fellow at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Last month, the Law Library released an additional 250 digitized historical reports, many of which were previously unavailable to the public. These reports, in addition to those released in March 2020, are now …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This is a description of the historical events leading up to and including the Battle of Greasy Grass, and the legal implications of that battle.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The following is an interview with Jessica Craig, a junior fellow in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background: I have lived in the Southern Californian city of Camarillo all my life, which is located equally between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. I am a first-generation college graduate and …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Congressional Record on Congress.gov provides a detailed account of the debates and proceedings of Congress, and is a helpful source for conducting research on the legislative history of a piece of legislation. Until now, the Congressional Record on Congress.gov has consisted exclusively of the Daily Edition of the Record. There is another version of …
Posted in: Congress
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The life of Josiah Walls, an African American Congressmen from the State of Florida.
Posted in: African American History, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congressional documents preceding the Serial Set from 1789 to 1817 became the American State Papers. However, these documents were not collected and published until the 1830s, when “[t]he volumes of Congressional documents, [sic] [became] too numerous for easy reference, and we (Congress) [found] a great difficulty in keeping our (the) series perfect.” (H. Doc. no. 35, …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, France and the life of the sculptor Bartholdi.
Posted in: In the News, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The Law Library of Congress is engaging in rapid digitization of many rare collection materials and historical U.S. Government documents, as well as its collection of original research on foreign, comparative, and international law topics for Congress and federal agencies. Staff from the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress look forward to …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Event, Law Library