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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. Last weekend, during my sightseeing in Pittsburgh, I took the below picture. On this day, May 31, 95 years ago, an agreement to establish a new nation called Czechoslovakia was concluded in Pittsburgh. As that country has …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has previously written blog posts on canon law and the papacy: Canon Law Update; Citizenship in the Vatican City State; Medieval Canon Law; and The Papal Inquisition in Modena. Dante recently spent three weeks at …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is an interview with Nichaya Soothipan, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. Nichaya is the third intern we have interviewed this year. We will soon have many more interns working at the Law Library for various periods during the summer months. Describe your background. I was born and raised …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following article originally appeared in the May 3, 2013, edition of Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette. The U.S. Department of State this week honored the Law Library of Congress for legal research work it provides in support of global criminal-justice programs. The State Department presented the “Outstanding Partnership in Criminal Justice Assistance” …
Posted in: Global Law, Event
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: Global Law, In the News, Education
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: Global Law, Event
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: Law Library, Global Law, In the News
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: Law Library, Global Law, In the News