To Play or Not to Play: Video Game Ratings and the Law
Posted by: Anna Price
A brief history of legislation and case law discussing video games, as well as information about the current video games ratings system.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Category: Guest Post
Legal Personality for Animals in India and Pakistan
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
The following is a post by foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad exploring legal personality of animals in India and Pakistan.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
What’s in a Name? The Four U.S. States That Are Technically Commonwealths
Posted by: Anna Price
A discussion of the origins of four states designated as commonwealths, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky.
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The Smithsonian Institution: The History of the World’s Largest Museum and Research Complex
Posted by: Anna Price
A brief history of the Smithsonian Institution, including a biography of its benefactor, James Smithson, and its legislative history.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Research Guide for the Constitution Annotated
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Library of Congress is proud to announce a new research guide for the Constitution Annotated.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Law Library’s New Report Reviews Foreign Ownership of Land Restriction in Major Economies
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report available, entitled "Restrictions on Land Ownership by Foreigners in Selected Jurisdictions"
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
FALQs: International Criminal Court – 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Rome Statute
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ post gives an overview of the ICC, the Rome Statute, the crimes that can be tried, and examples of recent cases.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
“A monstrosity of art”: A Strange D.C. Landmark’s Connection to Congress
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Sarah Friedman, a former Presidential Management Fellow with the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. She previously authored The Legal History of the Presidential Management Fellows Program and Hansberry v. Lee: The Supreme Court Case that Influenced the Play “A Raisin in the Sun.” Washington …
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Join Us on 5/18 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar, “E-Governance and E-Voting in the Baltic States: Leaders of E-Transformation”
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join legal research analyst Iana Fremer on May 18 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on E-Governance and E-Voting in the Baltic States.
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