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A Guide to Chinese Legal Research: Official Online Publication of Chinese Law (Update)

Posted by: Laney Zhang

Last year, I blogged about two online sources that are designated by China‘s 2015 revised Law on Legislation to officially publish Chinese laws, regulations, and rules (collectively “legislative documents”): National People’s Congress (NPC) website: designated by article 58 of the Law on Legislation to publish laws adopted by the NPC and its Standing Committee; and Chinese Government …

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Intern Cecilia Contreras Discusses Her Work with Law Library Special Collections

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by Cecilia Contreras, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. As an intern with the Digital Resources Division through the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program (HNIP), I was given the opportunity to work with a collection of miscellaneous legal …

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Marking the 474th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Ecumenical Council of Trent

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Recently, I was reviewing a full cart of canon law books and found interesting materials related to the Catholic Church’s ecumenical councils. Ecumenical councils are “legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the …

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The Constitution Annotated—Impeachment Clauses

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This guest post is by the Law Library’s Chief of the Public Services Division, Andrew Winston. Andrew has written several posts for the blog, including Federal Courts Web Archive Launched, A Visit to the Peace Palace Library, and The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code. The Library of Congress has updated …

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An Interview with Aslihan Bulut – Deputy Law Librarian For Collections

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

Today’s interview is with Aslihan Bulut, our new deputy law librarian for collections.  Aslihan now heads up the Global Legal Collections Directorate of the Law Library. Describe your background. I am 1.5 generation (1.5G) Turkish-American, meaning I immigrated to the United States as an adolescent.  I credit learning English to my discovery of the neighborhood …

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An Interview with Bailey DeSimone, Library Technician (Metadata)

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

Today’s interview is with Bailey DeSimone, a Library Technician (Metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. What is your academic/professional history? I received my bachelor’s degrees in history and global studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From my second week of classes as a first-year to my final …

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Human Rights Day Panel Discussion: The Impact of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Today

Posted by: Tynesha Hubbard

On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, the Law Library of Congress will commemorate Human Rights Day with a discussion on the women’s suffrage movement and how it impacts women’s rights today. Each year the Law Library of Congress celebrates Human Rights Day with a panel discussion focusing on the understanding and recognition of a critical social, …