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A Close Look at Spain’s 1817 Health Guidelines: Avoiding the Spread of Disease

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Alice Pérez Ververa, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current student of the Information School at the University of Washington. This document was a mandate with 24 instructions written by Spanish government and health authorities on handling the …

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Irish Supreme Court Rules Subway Serves Freshly Baked Cake

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis, including Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; and The UK’s Legal Response to the London Bombings of 7/7. On September …

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American Association of Law Libraries 2019 Conference Recap

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne, Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress.  A number of Law Library of Congress staff members recently attended the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 112th Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, DC. The conference provides law librarians and legal information professionals with opportunities for …

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Introducing Spanish Legal Documents (15th – 19th Centuries): Opinions and Judgments

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Stephen Mayeaux, Legal Information Specialist in the Digital Resources Division at the Law Library of Congress.  The Law Library of Congress is proud to share the first of six subsections that comprise our Spanish Legal Documents collection (also known as the “Hispanic Legal Documents” collection, and often discussed …