The Most Viewed Legal Research Reports and Global Legal Monitor Articles of 2022
Posted by: Kelly Goles
A look at the most viewed global legal monitor posts and legal research reports
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, In the News, Law Library
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Law Library of Congress Report Examines Economic Espionage Laws in Selected Countries
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A recently published Law Library of Congress report, Economic Espionage Laws, “addresses economic espionage laws and the regulation of fraudulent filing of corporate, import-export, and banking documentation” in sixteen countries. The report consists of a comparative summary followed by individual country surveys for sixteen countries. The countries surveyed are Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Israel, …
Posted in: Global Law
Historic Thefts: The Mona Lisa and Legal Quests for Repatriation
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Casey Mazzoli, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a graduate of the Masters of Library and Information Science program at Kent State University. On August 22, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, gaining the painting …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
The Chinese Exclusion Act, Part 1 – The History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Loving v. Virginia: “Banished” for Love
Posted by: Francisco Macías
This is a blog post about Loving v. Virginia by the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: African American History, Education, Event, Law Library
Interview with Tessa Kelder, Global Legal Research Fellow
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I am from the Netherlands. My husband, our 6 year-old son, and I moved to D.C. from The Hague, as my husband is a short-term fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library. We will be here till the end of July, after which we’ll spend a few weeks at Cape Cod before going …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
An Interview with Endia Sowers Paige, Legal Reference Librarian
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Endia Sowers Paige, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background I am from South Carolina, but I grew up living in several places including North Carolina, Michigan and Germany. I spent childhood summers at my grandmother’s house in rural …
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Where to Find China’s Provincial Family Planning Regulations
Posted by: Laney Zhang
Earlier today China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued a communique announcing that all married couples will be allowed to have two children. This decision brings an end to the decades-long “one-child policy.” Still, the new “two-child policy” will need to be adopted by provinces, autonomous regions, …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Trains and Corruption in China, Part II
Posted by: Laney Zhang
We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. — Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854). In 2011, I wrote a guest post on the topic of trains and corruption when China‘s then Minister of Railways, Mr. Liu Zhijun, was removed from office for taking bribes relating to rail construction projects, in particular the …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News