The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written for In Custodia Legis on the Italian Parliamentary Library; Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century); and Recent Legislation Enacted by Italy to Tackle COVID-19. Over a year ago, on March 23, …
The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written on the Italian Parliamentary Library and Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century). As of March 11, 2020, 10,590 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy, with an additional 827 dead from …
In anticipation of the Library’s upcoming program, “La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice,” – a conference held in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland to …
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has written a number of In Custodia Legis blog posts related to Italian, Roman, and Canon law. In recent times, Italy has witnessed the growing influence of certain sects and cults and of crime associated …
This blog post gives an overview of the euro, the criteria for joining the eurozone, and the institution responsible for overseeing the eurozone on the occasion of Bulgaria joining the eurozone.
Today's blog post announces the upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled "The European Convention on Human Rights at 75+ - Toothless Tiger or Effective Enforcer?," that will be presented at 2:00 PM EST on February 26th via Zoom.
Today's picture of the week post by our Assistant Librarian for Legal Research, Peter Roudik, showcases a wooden lectern from the National Library of Naples.