New Acquisitions for Indigenous People’s Day
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post highlights new acquisitions of the Law Library related to Federal Indian and sovereign Indigenous law.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
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Join Us for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: “Freedom of Speech in the Time of Pandemic: Central America and Eurasia”
Posted by: Robert Brammer
On October 21st, at 2pm EDT, Law Library analysts Iana Fremer and Dante Figueroa will be presenting a webinar on the Law Library of Congress report titled, “Freedom of Expression during COVID-19,” which was released in September 2020. The presenters will review current legislative developments regulating mass media and their ability to distribute information freely …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Join Us on 9/23 for a Webinar on Free Speech & the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan
Posted by: Kelly Goles
On September 23, 2021, at 2pm EDT, Foreign Law Specialists Tariq Ahmad and George Sadek will present our next Foreign and Comparative Law webinar, “Free Speech & the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan.” Please click here to register. In recent years, there has been increased global focus on the governmental responses to …
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Meet the Remote DRD Interns (1 of 4)
Posted by: Jennifer González
This summer, the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress had the honor of hosting over 100 remote interns. Several of them worked on the Herencia project, and many more worked on other digital projects. Over the next few blog posts, we will highlight those remote interns that worked on the Data and …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Join Us for a Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on September 2nd!
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Whether you are a professional who uses Congress.gov each day in the course of your work or an engaged citizen who uses Congress.gov to stay up to date on the latest federal legislative information, we invite you to join us for the Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on September 2nd from 1-4pm Eastern Time. Please register …
Posted in: Congress
Join Us on August 19 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on “Indigenous Land and Resource Rights in New Zealand and Sweden”
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post was co-authored by Kelly Buchanan and Elin Hofverberg, foreign law specialists in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. August 9, 2021, marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples as designated by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on February 17, 1995. The rights of indigenous people have …
Posted in: Global Law
Congress.gov June 2021 New, Tip, and Top
Posted by: Robert Brammer
In May, Andrew highlighted the addition of the Statutes at Large from the 82nd – 92nd Congresses (1951-1972) to Congress.gov. He also mentioned that these laws did not yet have titles listed in Congress.gov, and that the titles would be added in a future release. With this release, the Congress.gov team has added the titles …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
LGBTQ Rights in Denmark
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
An overview of LGBTQ right in Denmark
Posted in: Global Law, LGBTQ
Join Us for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: “New Laws of China and How to Find Them Online”
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 …
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