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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The foreign law specialists and analysts at the Law Library of Congress recently completed a report that highlights the emerging global discussion around approaches to regulating virtual currencies, particularly Bitcoin. This is of course a hot topic right now, and the report has been written about in news articles and blogs and referred to on …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Francisco Macías
Today, I return to blogging for In Custodia Legis after a considerable hiatus. That gap came from being involved in other projects, among these the Library of Congress Leadership Development Program and the coordination of the Library’s recent Celebration of Mexico and tribute to the Living Legend Award Winner, Dr. Miguel León–Portilla. In keeping with Mexican and Spanish …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Law Library of Congress is the largest law library in the world, and much of its vast collection is housed in the Madison Building’s sub-basement stacks. Whenever a patron requests an item that does not have “RR” at the end of the call number, our expert staff combs through our vast collection of over 2.5 million volumes to locate the item …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be observed as a federal holiday this year on Monday, January 20. Christine wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day back in 2011. That post remains one of the most-visited pages on our blog. Recently, Jeanine interviewed Chuck Verrill, who was present at the March on Washington in …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
On January 30, 1835, an unemployed painter by the name of Richard Lawrence made the first attempt on the life of a sitting U.S. President. That damp, misty day, President Andrew Jackson had traveled to the Capitol Building to attend a Congressional funeral in the House Wing. As the President exited the funeral, he approached …
Posted in: Education, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress who covers Brazil and Portuguese speaking jurisdictions. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I started working at a law firm after entering high school, which most likely influenced me to pursue a …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
Any given provision in the current U.S. Code may be the product of multiple acts passed over a long period of time. So, how do you unpack the provision and discover the different acts that gave rise to a particular section of the Code? Tracing legislation from the Code back to the bills, public laws, and Statutes at Large that created it …
Posted in: Education, Law Library, Research Guide