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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress who covers Brazil and Portuguese speaking jurisdictions. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I started working at a law firm after entering high school, which most likely influenced me to pursue a …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
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
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses Joshua Montefiore, the first Jewish person to publish a law book in the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. Recently, three African countries initiated a process to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the Rome Statute). On October 18, Burundi’s president signed legislation to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (the ICC), the first country to do so. The following …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
While the United States does not publish an official gazette, most countries of the world do. These primary law sources are invaluable for foreign legal research. While no two countries’ gazettes are identical, most contain legislation, orders, regulations, statutory instruments, and international agreements. Some even include decisions of courts and administrative agencies. The currency of …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library