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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today is Data Privacy Day – “an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy.” In Europe, it’s called European Privacy and Data Protection Day. The day, whether in North America or in Europe or other parts of the world, basically involves various corporations, government officials and representatives, academics, and students …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. My husband was recently lamenting the loss of the second of his original law partners to a judicial appointment, this time to the Supreme Court of Virginia. When I mentioned that such a scenario would be extremely rare in France, the conversation …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last year Clare wrote about changes to the UK government’s legislation website, and we’ve written a lot about enhancements to THOMAS, so when I got an email last week about the Australian government’s legislation website being upgraded I thought it definitely warranted some attention. The ComLaw website provides open access to Commonwealth (i.e., federal) legislation. …
Posted in: Global Law, Gov 2.0
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Have you found yourself needing to research a jurisdiction that you know next to nothing about? Because I studied law in Bangladesh, I will use that country as an example to provide some tips on how you could …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. The Black Code tells us a very long story that started in Versailles, at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, in March 1685 and ended in Paris in April 1848 under Arago, at the beginning of the ephemeral Second Republic. …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. This holiday letter is also available in PDF. With the year drawing to a close, I want to send you my best wishes for the New Year and to provide you with important Law Library of Congress updates as we head into …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Our most recent “Power Lunch” was a discussion by our Foreign Law Specialist, Hanibal Goitom. He presented “Citizenship Issues Affecting Certain Ethiopians of Eritrean Origin.” His talk focused mainly on an international arbitration case that Eritrea and Ethiopia litigated regarding the citizenship of a group of Ethiopians of Eritrean origin who were denationalized by Ethiopia. …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
I don’t know about you, but New Year’s Eve always makes me think of fireworks. Growing up, they were everywhere at this time of year, especially since I lived in a state (South Carolina) that people would travel to in order to buy them. If you’re curious as to what you can buy where you …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
I’ve been getting into the holiday spirit and wanted to blog about something related to the season. I thought I could follow up my Thanksgiving Day post with something about the laws relating to Christmas Day, but then I thought that something with a little more international flavor might be interesting (I did find some …
Posted in: Global Law