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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
Today on the blog, Barbara introduces the research guide for the National American Indian Heritage Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide.
Posted in: Law Library, Native Americans, Research Guide
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today on the blog, Jennifer explains the Federal Indian Boarding school program, the origins of Orange Shirt Day, and the relationship of the U.S. Federal Indian Boarding school program to Canada's residential school program.
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Felix Cohen noted that, “[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as “distinct, independent political communities’” (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the early nation-to-nation relations between tribal nations and the United States, self-determination was not codified. After termination policies of the 1950s were put in place, many tribal nations and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
The following is a post by foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad exploring legal personality of animals in India and Pakistan.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Recently, the Law Library acquired a copy of the 1872 House Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs titled Alleged Frauds Against Certain Indian Soldiers. In 1862, in the middle of the Civil War, Indigenous people living in the Midwest who volunteered for service were organized into regiments in the Union Army and were designated …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad on April 25 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Judicial Responses to Anti-conversion Laws in India.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. He has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, Article 370 …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Laney Zhang
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress, to which I contributed. Tariq has previously authored posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law