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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Almost every year, in the fall, I find myself picking up The Lord of the Rings and re-reading parts of it. It has long been one of my favorite books. However, my first introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing was not so positive. When I was in the fifth grade, I had picked up The Hobbit …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Home with a cold this spring, I was re-reading a mystery novel which centered in part around the fate of a British officer in World War I. In the novel, the officer had been executed for cowardice which made me begin to think about movies which portray incidents of military justice. Although fellow staff members …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Some of Dante’s recent posts include Introduction to Canon Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Resources and Treasures of the Italian Parliamentary Libraries, and A Fresh Update on the Canonical Rules on the Election of a …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
During a recent blog team meeting, one of my colleagues mentioned restrictions during the early modern era concerning who could consume that newly discovered drink–chocolate. Having studied medieval history in college, I was reminded that during the Middle Ages there had also been efforts to pass laws regulating many aspects of daily life, with the …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Gustavo Guerra, senior foreign law specialist for Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Directorate. This post is part of the Global Legal Collection Highlights series which is intended to inform readers about recently published materials on foreign law available in English …
Posted in: Global Law