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 numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
This article describes federal observances created by Congress and Presidents, how they are different from legal public holidays, and examples of well-known and unique observances.
This article describes federal observances created by Congress and Presidents, how they are different from legal public holidays, and examples of well-known and unique observances.
Today's blog post is a guest post by foreign law specialist Gustavo Guerra that examines the newly published legal report titled, "Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation."
A blog article detailing the life of a locally known and nationally forgotten figure: Thomas Mundy Peterson who was the first African American to vote in the United States following the ratification of the fifteenth amendment in 1870.