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Posted by: Ruth Levush
A search of legal reports produced by the Law Library of Congress has identified multiple reports on gun laws around the world. The reports date back to the early 1960s, reflecting the interest in the topics of “firearms” OR “weapons” OR “gun control” OR “weapons industry” by Law Library of Congress patrons over the years. …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Goles
We celebrate many commemorative days, weeks, and holidays at the Law Library of Congress, from Public Service Recognition Week to Constitution Day. One week that is particularly dear to our hearts is National Library Week. Each April, libraries across America celebrate the important work of libraries and librarians, and the countless ways in which they …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Calling all students of history, government, law, public policy, international relations, and other interested members of the public – help us expand access to hundreds of previously unreleased legal reports and other publications from the Law Library of Congress dating back to the 1940s! We are excited to launch our second crowdsourcing campaign with By …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The following is a guest post by Kathryn Gstalder, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current graduate student in the Master of Library & Information Science Program at Wayne State University. The word “quarantine” has broad legal implications. Relating to agriculture, Indigenous peoples, public health, …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
At the beginning of every year, many of us take a moment or two to assess the previous year and make resolutions for the next one. Here at the Law Library of Congress, we are no different; we review our products and make plans to improve them. This includes the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), an …
Posted in: Law Library, In the News
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Global Legal Monitor (GLM), one of the Law Library of Congress’s premier online sources, published 473 articles in 2015 covering legal developments from around the world on a variety of issues, particularly parliamentary acts and court decisions. When writing for the Global Legal Monitor, we try to focus on issues that we believe will interest our readers. One of the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, in which we publish posts about materials in the Law Library’s collection related to particular topics or jurisdictions. December 10 was international Human Rights Day. …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Event, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Tammie Nelson, project manager of Congress.gov and an Information Technology Specialist at the Library of Congress. Ever since I have been working at the Library of Congress, I have made it a practice to find and photograph the national library when I visit a new country. Judging by many of the Pics of …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
With this series of posts, published at the beginning of each month, I do two things: highlight a few of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles published in the previous month that I found particularly interesting, and provide a list of the ten GLM articles that were viewed the most times during the month. So, …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, In the News