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Posted by: Francisco Macías
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo! (And just as everyone is Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, everyone is Mexican on Cinco de Mayo.) This year marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Mexican forces’ victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862. (If you’re interested in reading more, see last year’s post, …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Francisco Macías
Because April is National Poetry Month, as established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, I would like to highlight some little known materials that are available at the Law Library of Congress–with the aim of promoting a bit of poetry. If you are familiar with Mexican history or if you have read my …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last week, in the course of researching a Global Legal Monitor article about the possibility of New Zealand introducing a law requiring plain packaging of cigarettes, I discovered that the New Zealand Legislation website has recently been updated! Such things are quite exciting to some of us here at the Law Library, as you may …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
In a post last year, I looked at some of the United Kingdom’s weird laws. I started to research a “part two” to that post, but ended up finding so much interesting (and yes, shockingly legal) information relating to the Loch Ness monster (commonly and affectionately referred to as “Nessie”) that I decided to dedicate an entire post to her …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. On March 28 and 29, 2012, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar on the subject of “The Political Question Doctrine in U.S. Constitutional Law,” which was organized by the Supreme Court of Costa Rica‘s …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
With all the news this week surrounding the 100th anniversary of the sailing (and, of course, sinking) of the RMS Titanic in April 1912, I’m sure everyone has read or seen at least something related to this event. However, if you really want to learn about the disaster from different perspectives and get a sense …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. George has previously guest posted on events in Egypt and elections in Saudi Arabia. In November 2011, Seif al Islam, one of Muammar al Gaddafi’s sons, was captured in the Sahara desert and is currently imprisoned …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Last month, while riding the metro on my way to work, I was checking the daily news in one of the local newspapers. This particular newspaper seldom takes interest in foreign affairs, except, of course, if they concern serious matters such as nuclear threats, terrorism activities, mass murders, etc. On this occasion, the newspaper contained …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Our list of the ten most popular Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles in March resembles that of February. Articles that appeared in the top ten list in February and March include those on Belarus, South Korea, Turkey, Hong Kong, Denmark, the United States (on a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling relating to eyewitness identifications), and …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library