Hunting for Witchcraft in the French Provinces
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Erika Hope Spencer discusses avenues for research in Library of Congress collections on the subject of Witchcraft.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Archive: October 2022 (22 Posts)
The Laws of the Good People: Fairy Lore in Robert Kirk’s Secret Commonwealth
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
As we approach the last day of the spooky season, I find myself rereading Robert Kirk’s 17th-century classic of fairy lore, The Secret Commonwealth. This book describes what people in Kirk’s time and community believed fairies were, where and how they lived, what they were able to do, and how they interacted with human beings. …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
America’s Blackcurrant Ban
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Margaret Daab, a foreign intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. I recently learned of an unlikely enemy in American history. When it threatened livelihoods in the early 20th century, the government vowed to end its destructive ways. The villain of this story? …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
The Law Library of Congress Invites Applications for the Guggenheim Scholars Program
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library of Congress invites applications for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Scholars Program. The purpose of this program is to fund a scholar whose research will draw upon the Law Library’s world-class collections, target new acquisitions, and leverage the Law Library’s staff expertise. The focus of the program is to create new research …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Law Library
FALQs: Israel to Hold Elections on November 1, 2022: What Do You Need to Know
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This blog posts highlights everything one needs to know about elections in Israel.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News, Law Library
The Senate Comic Book Hearings of 1954
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Senate Comic Book hearings of 1954 resulted in a code announced 68 years ago today.
Posted in: Law Library
The Hands that Spun the Revolution
Posted by: Jennifer González
A brief history of how the promotion of homespun clothing in the American colonies traces its origin to resistance on the part of colonists to several British laws that required the taxation of imported goods.
Posted in: Law Library
Join Us for a Webinar on Recently Published Reports from the Law Library of Congress
Posted by: Kelly Goles
On November 17, 2022, at 2 p.m. EST, the Legal Research Institute of the Law Library of Congress will present the latest installment in its Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series. The webinar will provide an overview of recently published Law Library research reports, covering timely topics such as Investment Migration Programs of Visa Waiver Program …
Posted in: Event, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
The Legal History of the Presidential Management Fellows Program
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Sarah Friedman, a Presidential Management Fellow working in the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. I recently joined the Law Library of Congress for a developmental detail as part of the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program. I have benefited from a number of early career …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library