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Posted by: Andrew Weber
On Monday, I learned the Law Library’s blog, In Custodia Legis, has earned a spot in the 2014 ABA Journal’s Blawg 100, the annual list of “the best in blogs about lawyers and the law.” We have reviewed the ABA nominations list in the past for possible blawgs to include in our archive. Being nominated, …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
This post is co-written by Anne Guha, who was an intern with the Law Library’s Public Services Division this spring and is now working in Public Services, and Barbara Bavis, legal reference specialist. Our patrons at the Law Library of Congress frequently ask us for assistance in investigating the origins and statutory authority of federal …
Posted in: Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, legal reference specialists. Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that the President “shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur… ” An early attempt by the …
Posted in: Education, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Library of Congress is commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta with an exhibition – Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor, a symposium, and a series of talks starting this year. From November 6 through January 19, 2015, the Lincoln Cathedral Magna Carta, one of four remaining originals from 1215 will be on display along with other …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, senior foreign law specialist for Brazil and Portuguese speaking jurisdictions. He has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis titled “Capoeira: From Crime to Culture” and “Law Library Report on Citizenship Pathways and Border Protection in Various Countries.” Brazil was officially discovered by Portugal on April …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
In connection with The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom Exhibition, on October 22nd, Robert provided a gallery talk, titled “From the Ashes of Reconstruction to the Heart of Atlanta: The Long Battle to Integrate Public Accommodations,” regarding Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA). Robert traced the history …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
I love history and recently I have been researching congressional apportionment. But what you ask, is apportionment? According to Merriam Webster’s online dictionary, one of the definitions is to “divide and share out according to a plan.” I can see how this might apply to pizza and pie but what does this have to …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
This is a guest post by Anne Guha, who was an intern with the Law Library’s Public Services Division this spring and is now working in Public Services, with expert assistance from Nicolas Boring, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. At this time of year (well, honestly, at all times of …
Posted in: Education, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
For those of you who follow our @LawLibCongress Twitter account, you may already be aware that most everything has been removed from our Reading Room. Robert and I tweeted many pictures as books and shelves left, using the hashtag #ReadingRoomRedo. The Law Library has a temporary Reading Room set up on the ground floor of …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week