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Posted by: Laney Zhang
“Where can I find the official version of this law that was just released?” “What is the legal status of this document titled ‘provisions’ or ‘measures’?” “Is this law or regulatory document currently effective?” These are a few common questions people may have when doing Chinese law research. For anyone who has had such questions …
Posted in: Event, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
One of the things that makes the Law Library of Congress so unique is its specialty in foreign, comparative, and international law. It often surprises people to learn that the majority of the Law Library’s collection is in a language other than English. The Law Library’s foreign law collections developed as the United States assumed …
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Cryptocurrencies, once obscure and primarily associated with financing illegal activities, have become mainstream. Cryptocurrencies are a type of virtual currency that uses cryptographic algorithms to validate and secure transactions. The transactions are digitally recorded on a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain. As more and more people invest in and trade cryptocurrencies, governments around the …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following post is by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written for In Custodia Legis on the Italian Parliamentary Library; Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century); Recent Legislation Enacted by Italy to Tackle COVID-19; and Italy: A New Silk Road Between Italy and China – the Belt and Road Initiative. …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Laney Zhang
Today’s interview is with Yunzhou Wang, a foreign law intern working virtually in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress under my supervision. Describe your background. I was born in Huainan, a small city in China. I spent my first 18 years in that city. After I graduated from high school, I went to …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Kelly Goles
As part of the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, on November 18, 2021, at 2 p.m. EST, we will present a webinar providing an overview of recently published Law Library research reports, covering timely topics such as, “Taxation of Cryptocurrency Block Rewards in Selected Jurisdictions” and China’s …
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes a recently published Law Library report on the regulation of car crash avoidance systems to detect vulnerable road users.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Ashley Gonzalez, who served as a summer 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Herencia! What curious snapshots of history lie within your depths? As a summer 2021 intern, I had the exciting opportunity …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
We hope you enjoyed part one of our four-part mini-bios of our remote interns working on data and creative projects with the Digital Resources Division! Our interns this summer represented 60 schools from 30 different states or countries. The University of Washington had the biggest representation with 11 students, followed by San José State University …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library