The Great Chicago Fire
Posted by: Jennifer González
A discussion of the Great Chicago Fire, the fire codes that resulted, and the Library of Congress resources.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Category: Guest Post
Economic Regulation of the Commercial Aviation Sector and the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act
Posted by: Jennifer González
An overview of commercial airline regulation from the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority Act through the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act and its impacts globally.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
More Than Pocket Money: A History of Child Actor Laws
Posted by: Jennifer González
The courts grapple with the issue of child actors and their earnings throughout the 20th century.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
The Chinese Exclusion Act, Part 2 – The Legacy
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Second part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
The Chinese Exclusion Act, Part 1 – The History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Education in Early Modern Spain: Whose Responsibility?
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Katie DeFonzo, who served as a fall 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Es la Educacion vna segunda vida; que se da al hombre, ò por major dezir, la mas comoda conservacion de …
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New Report on the Legal Framework for Nuclear Technology and Information in the United Kingdom and Australia
Posted by: Kelly Goles
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 Presences of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; and 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom. The Law …
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Erna Scheffler – The First Female Judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post provides information on Erna Scheffler, the first female judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Women's History
Royal Blood: Exploring Ancestral Claims to Nobility in the Spanish Kingdom
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Johannah Ball, who served as a fall 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Herencia is a rich collection of Spanish government documents from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Many documents fit into definite …
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