Join Us to Celebrate Law Day on April 25th at 3 p.m. EDT
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a promotional post for the Law Library of Congress and American Bar Association's Law Day event in 2024.
Posted in: Event, Global Law, Law Library
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An Interview with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today's interview is with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: In the News, Interview, Law Library
Comics and the Law
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
It is the current fashion, both in academics and popular culture, to convey information about more serious topics, such as war, chemistry, military life in a combat zone, autobiography, cancer, and pandemic preparedness in graphic novels. As a librarian and a reader, I’ve enjoyed the ability of graphic novels to communicate dense non-fiction material in …
Posted in: Collections
FALQs: Execution of Drug Offenders in Indonesia
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. In late April 2015, Indonesia executed two Australian citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who had been convicted of drug trafficking offenses in 2006. The two men were part of the “Bali Nine” syndicate that had attempted to smuggle 18 pounds (more than 8 kilograms) …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Nairobi Shipment
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in the Processing Section of the Law Library. Monday morning we received five large boxes shipped from the Nairobi field office of the Library of Congress. It’s always fun when these deliveries arrive as we never know what we’ll find. The last shipment from Nairobi was mostly …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Browse Law Library of Congress Content by Jurisdiction
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We recently started to do some user testing on our website, Law.gov. It has been interesting to listen to the feedback because I know the answers and sometimes people are close but miss what I can clearly see. I’m sitting in my office occasionally saying things to the screen (while my phone is muted). I have sat …
Posted in: Law Library
Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This post was co-authored with Constance A. Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Connie has previously blogged about Law Relating to Refugee Rights – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Law and Longitude, Water Rights at Star Island, and our Guide on Legal Translation. Recent Nigerian and Ugandan laws criminalizing homosexuality have brought the issue …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library
In Custodia Legis Posts: 2013 Roundup
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As I said in my post last week on the foreign and comparative law reports we published in 2013, December is a good time to look back and evaluate the year. This has been a busy year for the In Custodia Legis blog team. So far in 2013, we have published 233 posts and May …
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Interview with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, a summer intern at the Global Legal Research Center, Law Library of Congress. The Law Library’s internship program is in full swing and we plan to introduce all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers every week. Stay tuned. Describe your background I was born and raised …
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