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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the final webinar offered in 2024 by the Law Library of Congress which is an Orientation to Legal Research on 12/5 at 1:00 PM EST.
Posted in: Education, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post promotes a Human Rights Day panel discussion on 12/4/24 at 3pm on laws governing accessibility.
Posted in: Event, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights a brief overview of some of the first Native American women lawyers and judges in the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Native Americans, Women's History
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the final Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar for 2024. The webinar will review the most popular legal reports published by the Law Library of Congress in 2024.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Event, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post summarizes the history of standardized time zones in the United States, including their development, implementation, and eventual codification as law.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post explores how houses can be legally deemed haunted and how that impacts the process of selling a "haunted house."
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
One of the perplexing aspects of the surge in witch trials that took place in Europe between the 15th and the 18th centuries is the question of how much the personal experiences of that era’s legal personnel influenced the practice of criminal justice throughout the period. In a previous post on this blog, we saw …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Heather Casey
A bank in Italy accepts wheels of cheese as collateral on loans. Yum!
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Today's blog post is an interview with Foreign Law Intern Maximilian Spitzley.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library