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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
Posted by: Jennifer González
An introduction to the fall 2022 fall cohort of remote interns working on the metadata for foreign legal gazettes.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post discusses the origin of Orange Shirt Day, the Department of the Interior's investigation into Indian residential schools in the United States and the intergenerational trauma caused by the cultural assimilation and land dispossession policies of the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join us on October 20 at 2 p.m. EDT for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “Pakistan’s Legal Framework to Manage the Risks of Extreme Climate Events & Disasters.” Please register here. This past summer, nearly one-third of Pakistan was struck by floods caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains and melting glacier …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A recently published Law Library of Congress report, Economic Espionage Laws, “addresses economic espionage laws and the regulation of fraudulent filing of corporate, import-export, and banking documentation” in sixteen countries. The report consists of a comparative summary followed by individual country surveys for sixteen countries. The countries surveyed are Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Israel, …
Posted in: Global Law, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Miranda Lalla, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Tariq Ahmad at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On June 23, 2022, Bill S-10 received royal assent after being passed by the Canadian Parliament. Its provisions give effect to the …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division celebrates our summer remote interns with short biographies.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes two land claims cases heard before the Supreme Court: FPC v. Tuscarora Indian Nation and County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
Short biographies of the summer 2022 cohort of Herencia interns.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library