Canada Extends Criminal Law Jurisdiction to the Moon
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Blog post on Canada extending criminal law jurisdiction to include the moon
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
Archive: August 2022 (23 Posts)
New Features and Updates to the Constitution Annotated Website
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. Written in “plain English“, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, better known as the Constitution Annotated, has served as Congress’s Constitution of record for over one hundred …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Celebrating over 3,000 Historical and Contemporary Legal Reports Now Online
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
For more than eighty years, the Law Library of Congress has been engaged in the preparation of research reports on legal topics, with an emphasis on foreign, comparative, and international law, in response to requests from Congress, the executive and judicial branches of the federal government, and others. The Law Library has authored thousands of …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
An Interview with Carson Lloyd, Global Legal Research Directorate Intern
Posted by: Anna Price
Today’s interview is with Carson Lloyd, an intern working in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress under the supervision of Louis Myers, a foreign, comparative, and international legal reference librarian. Describe your Background. I am originally from Stratford Upon Avon, a small town in the United Kingdom which is famous …
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An Interview with Michael Chalupovitsch, Foreign Law Specialist
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Today’s interview is with Michael Chalupovitsch, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, home of the best bagels in the world! I come from a Jewish family; my father from Finland and my mother a …
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