New Online Collection: Foreign Legal Gazettes
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Law Library has published five new online collections: Foreign Legal Gazettes from Dubai, Egypt, Morocco, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Archive: May 2022 (20 Posts)
The Chinese Exclusion Act, Part 2 – The Legacy
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Second part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post, Asian American History
The Chinese Exclusion Act, Part 1 – The History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post, Asian American History
New Acquisition: Document Signed by President Andrew Johnson Related to the 14th Amendment
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
In a post last month, I highlighted a document that the Law Library acquired for its rare book collection: a sea letter signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in 1794 for the schooner Two Friends. In that post, I mentioned the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. In this post, I …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Education in Early Modern Spain: Whose Responsibility?
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Katie DeFonzo, who served as a fall 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Es la Educacion vna segunda vida; que se da al hombre, ò por major dezir, la mas comoda conservacion de …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post
Watch Recordings of Law Library Webinars and Events You May Have Missed
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Over the past six months, the Law Library has held many webinars on topics concerning foreign, comparative, and international law, Law Library collections, as well as our recurring orientations on how to research U.S. case law, federal statutes, and federal regulations. The Law Library also presented its annual Supreme Court Fellows Lecture and Human Rights Day events, as well …
Posted in: Law Library, Education
Presidential Proclamation 10000
Posted by: Margaret Wood
While looking for information in the Code of Federal Regulations over the last couple of years I noticed that we were getting close to the 10,000th presidential proclamation and I thought it would be fun to locate that 10,000th proclamation. But what are proclamations and where are they published? The Law Library’s research guide, Executive …
Posted in: In the News
New Law Library Report Explores “Golden Visas” and “Golden Passports” in Various Countries
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last month, the Law Library of Congress published a new report titled Investment Migration Programs of Visa Waiver Program Countries. The report consists of a table and map showing which countries that are part of the United States visa waiver program provide residence visas or citizenship to eligible applicants who undertake to make certain investments in …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, In the News
Justice Louis Brandeis’ Childhood Home – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Pic of the Week of the childhood home of Justice Louis Brandeis.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week, Jewish American History