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New Year’s Greetings from the Law Librarian of Congress

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who has previously written about the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, federal architecture, state government contracts, speed limits, and cruise ship food rules, among other topics. The New Year’s Greeting for 2014 is available for download in PDF format. PREPARING TO LAUNCH …

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Justice Breyer, Symposium Explore Legacies of Magna Carta

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is an article written by Mark Hartsell, writer-editor for The Gazette, the Library of Congress staff newsletter. The legacy of Magna Carta, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer said, sometimes can be seen in the things that don’t happen. The court’s decision in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), brought …

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Human Rights Day Event Scheduled for February 2015

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is guest post by Constance Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Connie is chair of the Law Library’s planning committee for Human Rights Day and has previously written or co-written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis. Today is the world’s Human Rights Day, a day proclaimed by the …

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Sentencing of Parents who Kill Children in Japan

Posted by: Ruth Levush

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress.  Sayuri has previously written blog posts on “Cambodian Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights“; “English Translations of Post-Second World War South Korean Laws“; “Laws and Regulations Passed in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan …

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Ukraine: Two Understandings of Lustration

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, director of legal research at the Law Library of Congress.  He has written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis, including on “Crimean History, Status, and Referendum,” “Regulating the Winter Olympics in Russia,” “Soviet Law and the Assassination of JFK,” and the “Treaty on the …

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Direct Democracy: Ties between Switzerland and the U.S.

Posted by: Ruth Levush

The following is a guest post by Dr. Goran Seferovic. Goran is a senior research associate at the University of Zurich’s Institute of Law and has been our scholar in residence at the Law Library of Congress this past summer. Goran is conducting research on direct democracy and intends to publish a book on this subject. You can read …

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Free Public Access to Federal Materials on Guide to Law Online

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress.  Through an agreement with the Library of Congress, the publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has generously allowed the Law Library of Congress to offer free online access to historical U.S. legal materials from HeinOnline.  These titles are available …

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A Magna Carta MOOC

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Emm Barnes Johnstone, historian of medicine with the Centre for Public History, Heritage and Engagement with the Past at Royal Holloway, University of London. Royal Holloway, a college of the University of London, sits just two miles from Runnymede. We are home to some of the world’s experts …