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Posted by: Christine Sellers
I don’t know about you, but New Year’s Eve always makes me think of fireworks. Growing up, they were everywhere at this time of year, especially since I lived in a state (South Carolina) that people would travel to in order to buy them. If you’re curious as to what you can buy where you …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
A young American woman dies while scuba diving on her honeymoon in Australia in 2003. After lengthy police investigations, an inquest in 2008 finds that it is likely that her husband (an experienced diver) killed her by holding her under the water. The husband voluntarily returns from the U.S. to face murder charges in Australia. …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Whether or not you’re enjoying the day off, take a minute today to explore the Library’s Veterans History Project. There’s also a bill in THOMAS, S.Res. 670, that would designate this week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as “National Veterans History Project Week.” Want to learn more about Veterans Day? The Department of Veterans …
Posted in: Congress, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
You might have seen some articles in U.S. newspapers last week about the filming of the two Hobbit films in New Zealand. Director Peter Jackson always intended to make The Lord of the Rings prequels there, but some recent activities of an actors union appeared to have thrown this into doubt and led to a …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
How many of you love jury duty? I got to perform my civic duty last week. When you live in D.C. you get called up for jury duty every two years, which people tell me is quite frequent. The D.C. Superior Court uses a “one day or one trial” system. The previous times I’ve gone, …
Posted in: In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
With a little over two months left in the year, 2010 is shaping up to be a year of some challenging hiccups in the cause for advancing women’s rights issues in Africa, both in the legislative initiatives as well as court rulings. It is true that some remarkable attempts to push the issue of women’s …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Britain’s coalition government announced in September that, pursuant to a pledge in its Programme for Government, it is conducting a review of the U.K.’s extradition arrangements. The review will be led by a retired Law Lord, who presided over the inquiry into the death of Princess Diana, and two independent lawyers with expertise in extradition …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Blog post about Fijian Independence and the loss of the original legal document
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Andrew Weber
As part of my job working on our Facebook page and Twitter account, I try to monitor what people are saying about the Law Library of Congress. Sometimes it’s really interesting to see what pops up. While searching the words Law Library of Congress on Twitter, I keep seeing links to items like this Switched …
Posted in: In the News