The Law Library of Congress Invites Applications for the 2024 Guggenheim Scholars Program
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Law Library of Congress invites applications for its 2024 Guggenheim Scholars Program
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Category: Law Library
An Interview with Gerard Mosolo, Legal Research Fellow
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today’s interview is with Gerard Mosolo, a legal research fellow currently working in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Binga, in the north region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After elementary school, I went to a Catholic boarding …
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Foreign Legal Gazette Collections – Summer 2023 Recap
Posted by: Jennifer González
In summer 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Philippines, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Botswana.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law
Observing Hispanic Heritage Month in Washington, D.C. – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Learn about some of the monuments dedicated to Hispanic heritage individuals who shaped the governments of the Americas.
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An Interview with Laura Schwarz, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post is an interview with Foreign Law Intern Laura Schwarz.
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Foraging for Mushrooms: A Quick Background
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Before hiking in a state park, Bailey researched the practice of foraging mushrooms in the U.S. Code and in the state of Connecticut. This is what she learned.
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Costa Rica Environmental Protections – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
Did you know that while Costa Rica is only 0.03% of the land mass on earth, it contains nearly 6% of the world’s biodiversity? For a country that is slightly smaller than West Virginia, that is pretty impressive. As part of our ongoing celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to look at some …
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Join Us on 10/26 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled “Nordic Noir: Genealogy as a Criminal Investigation Technique in Denmark and Sweden”
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
In 2020, the Swedish Police solved a 16-year-old cold case using forensic genetic genealogy, a first for the country. Following the conviction, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection found that there was no legal basis for using investigative genetic genealogy. Earlier in 2023, the Danish and Swedish parliaments both voted on whether the police should have …
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Law Library of Congress Report Discusses Tax and Investment Incentives
Posted by: Alea Al-Aghbari
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Louis has authored several blog posts for In Custodia Legis, including New Acquisition: The Trial of Governor Picton, A Case of Torture in Trinidad, Indigenous Law Research Strategies: Settlement Acts, Looking into the Past: Space Telescopes and the Law of …
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