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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This following is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian of the modern United States focusing on domestic policy and law in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Ryan previously contributed two other posts to In Custodia Legis - Simon Sobeloff and Jewish Baltimore and Rights and Resistance: Civil Liberties during World War …
Posted in: Federal Judiciary, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jim Martin
Post about Simon Sobeloff, a prominent Jewish legal figure in Baltimore, Maryland, and his contributions to desegregation
Posted in: Guest Post, Jewish American History, Law Library
Posted by: Laney Zhang
History and overview of the numbering of legal acts in Japan based on the year of the Japanese emperor.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Anne-Cathérine Stolz, a foreign law intern working with Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. On June 14, 2019, Swiss women organized a strike to highlight the gender inequalities in Swiss society and particularly disparities in wages. This was the second time Swiss women have gone on …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
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 …
Posted in: Event, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly McKenna
The following is a guest post by Kathryn McNickle, a foreign law intern working with Clare Feikert-Ahalt in the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill has begun to make its way through the House of Commons, where it enjoys cross-party support. If passed, it will make it much quicker for couples …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jim Martin
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne, legal reference librarian. Elizabeth wrote last year on the occasion of the retirement of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died on Tuesday at the age of 99. When he retired in 2010, he had served for over 34 years and …
Posted in: Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by Colleen Shogan, the Assistant Deputy Librarian of Collections and Services at the Library of Congress. She is also the Library’s designee on the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. The Library of Congress opens its newest exhibition, Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. This …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library