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Posted by: Jennifer González
One of our spring 2023 projects is working on the foreign legal gazettes. This is a description of the project and the volunteers and interns that are making it happen.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post remembers Native American Heritage Month, and discusses activist negotiator Hank Adams, Assiniboine-Sioux, and the impacts of his work.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post is a bibliography of materials acquired since 2019 for the jurisdictions of Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
On October 21st, at 2pm EDT, Law Library analysts Iana Fremer and Dante Figueroa will be presenting a webinar on the Law Library of Congress report titled, “Freedom of Expression during COVID-19,” which was released in September 2020. The presenters will review current legislative developments regulating mass media and their ability to distribute information freely …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
We recently published a report on the Recognition of Foreign Passports on our website. The report, produced by specialists and analysts of the Global Legal Research Directorate, surveys 20 jurisdictions around the world as well as international law, and focuses on the rules and approaches for recognizing foreign passports. In addition, the report covers the …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The following is a guest post by Jacquelyn Deppe, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a graduate student of the Masters of Information program at Rutgers University. International Coffee Day is celebrated in the United States on September 29, and internationally on October 1. According to …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The permeation of misinformation and disinformation relating to any conceivable issue, particularly on social media platforms, is rampant. This problem has become particularly acute with the advent of the COVID-19 global pandemic. A policy document issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) described the ubiquity of false information and the challenge it presents in …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Legal Reports
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The Law Library of Congress highlights new titles concerning Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Robert shared last month about the new subcommittee features and other enhancements. In September, he announced the Congress.gov Chrome extension. We have now updated the Chrome extension. You can download the new version from LC Labs. Be sure to share your feedback. New Enhancements for November 2018 We are continuing to work on the new Committee …
Posted in: Congress