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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
For St. Patrick's Day and National Irish-American Heritage Month, Bailey looks into the collections to learn a bit more about how Irish-American culture manifested in the United States, immigration law that affected it, and Congressional recognition of the Irish Free State in the 1920s.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
A blog article detailing the life of a locally known and nationally forgotten figure: Thomas Mundy Peterson who was the first African American to vote in the United States following the ratification of the fifteenth amendment in 1870.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post is part two of yesterday's post on the history of the American bar exam and explores the pioneers who broke through the discriminatory barriers over time.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Former Digital Resources Division intern Kaycee Conover introduces us to Filipino revolutionary José Rizal, whose writings moved Congress during the consideration of the Philippine Bill in 1902.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post examines the newly published book, "The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930” by Robert C. Post.
Posted in: Event, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post summarizes the upcoming February Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
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 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.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, we reflect on the most-viewed In Custodia Legis posts of 2023.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library