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Legal Research Reports: Most Viewed Reports of the Decade

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The Law Library of Congress’ Global Legal Research Directorate specializes in U.S. and foreign law, producing legal research reports that explain how countries around the world approach the regulation of particular topics. In the past decade, the Law Library of Congress has published dozens of reports. Millions of views later, we are recapping our most …

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A Close Look at Spain’s 1817 Health Guidelines: Avoiding the Spread of Disease

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Alice Pérez Ververa, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current student of the Information School at the University of Washington. This document was a mandate with 24 instructions written by Spanish government and health authorities on handling the …

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Join Us for a Webinar – How to Conduct Research in the U.S. Serial Set Online

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

This is a guest blog post by our Librarian-in-Residence, Louis Myers. Louis has recently authored blog posts for In Custodia Legis, including Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide and Research Guides in Focus – Neighbor Law: A Beginner’s Guide. The Law Library of Congress is proud to introduce a new webinar series coming to the …

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Join Us on January 28 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on the French Civil Code

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post from Nicolas Boring, the foreign law specialist covering French-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged about Telework and the French “Right to Disconnect”, Report on Right of Huguenots to French Citizenship, “Bastille Day” Is About More Than the Bastille, and other topics. The French Civil Code, which Napoleon …