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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
At the start of May for the last few years I’ve seen multiple news items about the baby names that were rejected by the New Zealand authorities during the previous year (e.g., Lucifer, Prince, J, Rogue…). The list of names, and the fact that the government is able to deem them unacceptable, draws plenty of interest …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The Law Library, along with the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division, will hold a panel discussion on the role and impact of Islamic law in transitioning Arab Spring countries. The program is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4th in the Mumford Room, which is on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building,101 Independence …
Posted in: Event, Global Law
Posted by: Laney Zhang
On May 1 we celebrated Law Day 2013 here at the Law Library of Congress by presenting a panel discussion on the “Movement in America for Civil and Human Rights.” For those who are not familiar with it, Law Day is a “national day to celebrate the rule of law and its contributions to the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The history of anti-terrorism legislation in the UK is expansive and dates back nearly a century. The UK’s anti-terrorism laws have typically been reactive and enacted as emergency temporary legislation that later essentially became permanent through constant renewal. The anti-terrorism laws have their genesis in the troubled relationship between Great Britain and Ireland over the …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
It is that time of the month again when we provide you with updates on the new, exciting articles published in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), the Law Library’s online publication on legal developments around the world. We usually do two things: provide a list of articles with the most views, and note a few …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
A walk through the stacks of the Law Library of Congress will give you a vivid sense, if you had ever wondered, of what more than a million books looks like. Current statistics show that the Law Library houses 2.78 million physical volumes in its collection. Nearly all of these are stored in four gigantesque …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Francisco Macías
Blog post about the First Feminist Congress of Mexico.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Women's History
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following article originally appeared in the April 26, 2013, edition of Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette. Through timely, authoritative legal analysis, the Global Legal Research Directorate contributes to the Law Library of Congress’s services. The directorate covers a global legal perspective while simultaneously fulfilling the Law Library’s primary mission to provide members …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Yesterday I published a post that provided some background information on Pitcairn Island: the mutiny on board the HMS Bounty led by Fletcher Christian on April 28, 1789; the settlement of Pitcairn (and subsequent emigration to Norfolk Island); William Bligh’s long trip home to England; and the court-martials of some of the mutineers that decided …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law