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Posted by: Anna Price
A discussion of the origins of four states designated as commonwealths, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Anna Price
A brief history of the Smithsonian Institution, including a biography of its benefactor, James Smithson, and its legislative history.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
In this post, foreign law specialist Sayuri describes the topic of the new Law Library of Congress legal report, "South Korea: Public Prosecution Reform."
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post contains research contributed by Ilya Dines. In the Law Library, we are working to make our rare books collection more widely available via blog posts and digitization, so that it can be found and used by researchers and the public. Some aspects of these materials are mainly noticed by historians, legal scholars, philosophers, …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Join Foreign Law Specialist Kayahan Cantekin on August 31 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on "Law on Elections and Political Parties in Turkey.”
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Education
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division oversees several summer 2023 projects including metadata work on the U.S. Reports, HTML work for US Treaties, and reviewing story maps for publication.
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Library of Congress is proud to announce a new research guide for the Constitution Annotated.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join the Law Library of Congress at the 2023 National Book Festival on Saturday, August 12, 2023.
Posted in: Law Library, Event
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today's interview is with Andrew Reiter, a legislative data specialist in the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Posted in: Law Library, Interview