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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The other week I was lucky enough to attend an informative Power Lunch, hosted by the Law Library of Congress and presented by one of our legal analysts, Dr. Wendy Zeldin. Dr. Zeldin (who has a very impressive list of credentials, including a Masters and PhD degree from Harvard University) discussed the Norwegian Criminal Justice …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The English are, generally speaking, a fairly genteel group of people. Hunting in England is now relatively uncommon, with fox hunting (very controversially) legislated against in 2007. Even owning a gun is rather unusual and involves a long and highly regulated process. I definitely noticed a huge contrast when I first moved here – during hunting season deer …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This week’s interview is with Róisín Fitzpatrick, one of our interns here for the summer. Describe your background. I am from Ireland and live in a very rural area called Loch Gowna, Cavan. I was lucky enough to be accepted onto the Washington Ireland Program for this summer. This is a leadership program that brings …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
I have decided to take advantage of the blog to draw a little attention to some of the legal research aids for my primary jurisdiction, the United Kingdom, that we have available online through the Law Library of Congress website. There are a mixture of resources available from this site on the U.K., from research guides …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Britain’s coalition government announced in September that, pursuant to a pledge in its Programme for Government, it is conducting a review of the U.K.’s extradition arrangements. The review will be led by a retired Law Lord, who presided over the inquiry into the death of Princess Diana, and two independent lawyers with expertise in extradition …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
On my drive to work at the end of last week I heard the joyful news on the radio that singer Katy Perry and British actor/comedian Russell Brand have announced that they are going to get married. Wonderful! The second part of the announcement was that Katy Perry loves the UK so much that she wants …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The Law Library of Congress has decided to provide a little outlet for my genius personality to shine through in the form of a blog. I have sat and pondered what to write about for the past few days now, after conveniently unfortunately being out of town on vacation during the launch week. Whilst there …
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