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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and various other countries in East and Southeast Asia. She has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on various topics, including English translations of post-World War II South Korean laws, laws and regulations passed in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is reposted from the Library of Congress blog. This is a guest post by Sue Siegel, director of development for the Library. The Library is one of the greatest gifts the United States Congress has given to the American people. Its support provides a foundation of excellence in collecting, preserving and providing access …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Marie-Philippe Lavoie, an intern who worked with Tariq Ahmad in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress this summer. The globalization of business has allowed multinational corporations to conduct economic activities that transcend national boundaries. These activities have had both a positive and a negative impact …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a 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 two other Halloween-related posts titled “The Case of a Ghost Haunted England for Over Two Hundred …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Donna Sokol
On this day 196 years ago, September 15, 1821, the Acta de Independencia de Centro América declared independence from Spain for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer González
In honor of the 97th anniversary of the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, the Law Library of Congress celebrates pioneering women in Congress.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Rebecca Boggs Roberts. Rebecca is a program coordinator at Smithsonian Associates, writer, and the former program director for the Historic Congressional Cemetery. In 2003, an unidentified man called the Historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. and asked the cemetery manager, “Would you be interested in getting William Wirt’s head back?” The answer, of course, …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Laura Read Lee, a Junior Fellow in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. In this post, Laura describes the new page that she designed, “Bringing Congress to the Classroom.” The Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress has recently launched a new webpage …
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This is a guest post by Dasha Kolyaskina. Dasha is working in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress as part of the Library of Congress’s Junior Fellows Program. The program’s focus is to increase access to our collections for our various patron groups. As a Junior Fellow at the Law Library …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library