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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Jesús Colón Rosado, an intern working in the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Jesús previously authored the post The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its Government Structure. Background Under the Spanish regime, the government of each municipality in Puerto Rico was called an ayuntamiento …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Guest Post
Posted by: Margaret Wood
I think many people probably still have an image of the reference librarian as someone who answers calls on an old black rotary phone and helps patrons search the card catalog. The Law Library does have a more up-to-date phone system and the card catalog is online, but in addition to interacting with patrons in these …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we want to dedicate this month’s From the Serial Set post to the peoples of Asia and the Pacific Islands who enriched U.S. history and culture. Today, we’ll be sharing highlights from the narrative of Commodore Perry’s journey from the Chesapeake Bay to the Edo …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Asian American History, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This guest post is by the chief of the Law Library’s Public Services Division, Andrew Winston. Andrew has written several posts for the blog, including The Constitution Annotated–Impeachment Clauses, Federal Courts Web Archive Launched, A Visit to the Peace Palace Library, and The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code. Our reading room is closed, …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
A commemoration of the 396th anniversary of the conclusion of a treaty between the English settlers of New Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag people.
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Native Americans
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
The Law Library of Congress was delighted to engage with attendees again this year at the Library’s National Book Festival. We had 11 staff members volunteer at the festival from our Global Legal Research Directorate, Global Legal Collection Directorate, Public Services Division and Legislative and External Relations Office. We discussed our collection, legal research products and unique expertise in foreign …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Collections, Global Law, In the News, Event
Posted by: Laney Zhang
At the Law Library of Congress, we have been asked many times about the law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) on private property, such as whether individuals may privately own houses, or whether the law protects private property at all. With this blog post, I’d like to discuss a few basics …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
I have previously written about the budget process and appropriations. Now, I am turning to authorization legislation. In theory, process for funding the government is an orderly one in which each year the President proposes a budget; the U.S. Congress passes appropriations legislation; the enrolled bills are sent to the President for signing; and voila, government agencies …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Congress, THOMAS
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Here at the Global Legal Research Center we receive many interesting foreign law inquiries. Questions about laws that govern matters of personal status, including customary and religious laws, arise frequently from many of the African jurisdictions I cover. One of the issues that I have had the opportunity to research is the legality of proxy …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Global Law, Education