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Posted by: Heather Casey
Did you know that while Costa Rica is only 0.03% of the land mass on earth, it contains nearly 6% of the world’s biodiversity? For a country that is slightly smaller than West Virginia, that is pretty impressive. As part of our ongoing celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to look at some …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Heather Casey
When I was a kid, I would visit my grandparents in El Paso, Texas, every summer. One of the things I most looked forward to during these visits was crossing the Rio Grande and visiting the markets of Juárez, Mexico. Of all the sights and sounds within the bustling markets, the colorful pottery stalls stood …
Posted in: Law Library, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Heather Casey
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Chichén Itzá, a UNESCO world heritage site located on the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Since we’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at this pre-colonial city. The pre-Hispanic city of …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Heather Casey
Tomorrow is the first day of June, and the start of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride month. We celebrate it in June because of the Stonewall Uprising, which occurred on June 28, 1969 in New York City, New York. To prepare, I thought it would be helpful to look at some of the …
Posted in: Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Heather Casey
A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip to Fairfield, Connecticut, to visit family. While there, I took the opportunity to stop by one of Fairfield’s historic districts. Fairfield is a quintessential New England coastal town, and some of its buildings date back to before the American Revolution, while many more date to just …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
This is a guest post by Seongryeol Park, a foreign law intern working with Sayuri Umeda in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Starting June 28, 2023, South Koreans will be younger on paper in some situations. On December 8, 2022, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed bills to amend …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Heather Casey
A post on UNESCO granting the baguette a place on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Posted by: Heather Casey
The pictures of the week are of the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
A few months ago, I read an absolutely fascinating book on early human societies, “The Dawn of Everything.” Co-authored by David Graeber and David Wengrow, this book offers a critique of popular views on western civilization and the traditional narratives of mankind’s linear development from primitivism to civilization. It is a long book, but I …
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