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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Janice Hyde, Program Officer for the Global Legal Information Network. My colleague, George Sadek, and I had the privilege of accompanying Law Librarian David Mao on a recent trip to Doha, Qatar, where David offered opening remarks at a ceremony inaugurating a new portal that provides access to Qatar’s legal …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Constance A. Johnson, Legal Research Analyst with the Law Library. Connie is chair of the Law Library’s planning committee for Human Rights Day and has previously blogged about Law and Longitude, Water Rights at Star Island, and our Guide on Legal Translation. On December 6, 2012, the Law Library celebrated International Human Rights Day with a …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. Recently, I had the chance to drive fast—Autobahn fast—and it was legal. Most drivers (typically male) dream of driving with no limit to speed; however, unless one is on a race track or private road (as I was), that generally is not possible …
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Pamela Barnes Craig, Instruction/Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Pub. L. 92-318, 86 Stat. 235, 373 turned 40 years old on June 23, 2012. Its birthday passed much like it became law—quietly and unassumingly. Its impact, however, has been …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by James Martin, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. If it can be said that necessity is the mother of invention, then it can also be said that war is quite often its midwife. This was certainly the case in the American Civil War when …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Guest Post
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Law is a serious profession, but as anyone who has ever picked up a wacky laws book would know, law can occasionally be a source of humor. We’ve discussed unusual laws from foreign jurisdictions in the past. Today, we return to the United States to discuss the unusual case of Nickerson v. Hodges. Nickerson frequently …
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This is a guest post by Pamela Barnes Craig, Instruction/Reference Librarian and co-author of Being Well-Informed: Congress.gov Training. As the Library of Congress opens the exhibit The Civil War in America with 200+ unique treasures, there remain many more valuable Civil War collections available for researching and viewing. The Law Library of Congress has several of …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, both legal reference librarians in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. The 2012 Presidential election is projected to be close, and attention has turned to whether the Electoral College may diverge from the popular vote in shaping the outcome …
Posted in: Congress, Education, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Kimberly Ferguson, Specialist in Legislative Information Systems Management in the Library of Congress. Kimberly previous blogged about “Bills To Be Considered on the House Floor” Repository for In Custodia Legis. This week’s interview is with Andy Mendelson, a manager of legislative information at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Andy’s contributions to Congress.gov …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post, Interview