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Join Us on February 23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar – Evolution of Presidential Powers under the Turkish Constitutional System

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, the Law Library of Congress foreign law specialist for Turkic-speaking jurisdictions. The 2017 constitutional amendments, adopted by a popular referendum on April 16, 2017, brought major changes to the Turkish constitutional system. Most importantly, the referendum introduced an executive presidency, concentrating the executive powers of the former …

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New Acquisition: 15th-Century Manuscript of the Canons and Constitutions of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

One of last year’s noteworthy additions to the Law Library’s rare book collection was a 15th-century manuscript of the canons and constitutions of the archdiocese of the province of Zaragoza, Spain. This item’s acquisition expands the Law Library’s collection of manuscripts, a collection that has been growing in recent years. It includes more than 60 …

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Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for January 2021

Posted by: Robert Brammer

Last month, Andrew mentioned that the Congress.gov team had added the ability to bundle your various saved search alerts into one consolidated email. This month we are bringing you new search fields to find all amendments for a bill, resolution or amendment, and the ability to display large bill texts in plain text format to …

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Upcoming US Law Webinars – February 2021

Posted by: Anna Price

Along with the Law Library’s stand-alone webinars scheduled for February, including our inaugural Lunch and Learn webinar on the Serial Set, we are presenting some of our traditional offerings. Next month, our librarians will instruct on researching federal statutes and navigating Congress.gov. These courses are great for both experienced researchers and those who are unfamiliar …

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Join Us for a Webinar – How to Conduct Research in the U.S. Serial Set Online

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

This is a guest blog post by our Librarian-in-Residence, Louis Myers. Louis has recently authored blog posts for In Custodia Legis, including Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide and Research Guides in Focus – Neighbor Law: A Beginner’s Guide. The Law Library of Congress is proud to introduce a new webinar series coming to the …

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Talking a Blue Streak: Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Posted by: Jennifer Davis

What links shrimp and chocolate? Both shrimp and chocolate are favorite foods of Americans. Both require a great deal of manual labor in the processing of shrimp (peeling) and chocolate (harvesting). Cheap labor makes both foods cheaper to purchase. Cocoa and foreign-harvested shrimp are frequently sold with slave labor at some point in their supply …

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Laws Involving Animals – Real and Mythical

Posted by: Anna Price

While speaking with friends recently, our conversation turned to our pets. My friends own two guinea pigs and they told me that guinea pig adoption can be a complex process. For example, they stated that in some countries, people are prohibited from owning only one guinea pig. Of course, I had to look into this …

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Artificial “Judges”? – Thoughts on AI in Arbitration Law

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

The following is a guest post by Viktoria Simone Fritz, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Wouldn’t it be great to just put all documents submitted and produced in a specific legal dispute into a machine, wait a few seconds – or let’s …

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A Recording of the Law Library’s Foreign Legal Gazettes Database Webinar is Now Available

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

On December 8, 2020, Law Library staff presented a webcast on our new Foreign Legal Gazettes Database. The participants included Kurt Carroll, chief of the Collection Services Division; Elina Lee, metadata technician in the Digital Resources Division; Ken Sigmund, lead technician in the Collection Services Division; and me, Betty Lupinacci, supervisor in the Collection Services …