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Posted by: Jennifer González
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy celebrates 30 years under this name and the Department of Energy.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post examines the history of Commemorative Postage Stamps and the process in which ideas for new commemorative stamps can be submitted.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The Law Library's recently published legal research report, Regulation of Lobbying Activities in the Judicial Branch, is now available online.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post discusses piracy and its modern application, especially concerning the corroboration with pirates in title 18, chapter 81 of the United States Code; 1651-1657 and the case United States v. Ali (2012).
Posted in: Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Felix Cohen noted that, “[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as “distinct, independent political communities’” (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the early nation-to-nation relations between tribal nations and the United States, self-determination was not codified. After termination policies of the 1950s were put in place, many tribal nations and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming U.S. Law webinars taking place in February.
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
A peculiar street sign in DC leads to the discovery of DC's official dinosaur - and the later laws that came into effect in order to protect future findings.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer González
In fall 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Grenada, Italy, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, we reflect on the top ten most-viewed Global Legal Monitor articles and Legal Research Reports produced by the Law Library of Congress in 2023.
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