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Archive: August 2021 (5 Posts)

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Informality Beyond COVID-Casual – IMF and ILO Report on the Global Informal Workforce

Posted by: Kelly Goles

This is a guest post by Elizabeth Boomer, an international law consultant in the Global Legal Research Directorate. Elizabeth has previously written for In Custodia Legis on Technology & the Law of Corporate Responsibility – The Impact of Blockchain, 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Day – A Time to Reflect …

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Upcoming US Law Webinars – September 2021

Posted by: Kelly Goles

Next month, our librarians will provide instruction on tracing federal regulations and using the Law Library’s print and online collections. More information about the contents of each class can be found below. Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations Date: Thursday, September 9, 11:00 AM EDT – 12:00 PM EDT Content: Provides participants with information …

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Aslihan Bulut Has Been Appointed Law Librarian of Congress

Posted by: Kelly Goles

Aslihan Bulut has been appointed as Law Librarian of Congress after serving in that position in an acting capacity for almost five months. Since 2019, Bulut served as the deputy law librarian for collections at the Law Library of Congress, where she oversaw the Global Legal Collections Directorate in establishing priorities, design, launch, and execution …

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What is the Constitution Annotated?

Posted by: Kelly Goles

This is a guest post by Meghan C. Totten, a paralegal specialist and legal editor in the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service. For over a hundred years, the Constitution Annotated—officially The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation—has served as Congress’s Constitution of record. A Senate document, the Constitution …