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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar, "Yemen: The Judiciary and Governing Bodies in Houthi-Controlled Areas," on January 30, 2025 at 2:00 P.M, hosted by foreign law specialist George Sadek.
Posted in: Education, Event, Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The U.S. Reports collection delves into historic Supreme Court cases which have ties to Pride month and the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Bailey highlights several from the twentieth century in this blog post.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, LGBTQ
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This LGBTQ+ history month, Bailey explores one of two LGBTQ+ historical sites on the national register and examines the laws created to protect them.
Posted in: Law Library, LGBTQ, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
Tomorrow is the first day of June, and the start of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride month. We celebrate it in June because of the Stonewall Uprising, which occurred on June 28, 1969 in New York City, New York. To prepare, I thought it would be helpful to look at some of the …
Posted in: Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes two major Supreme Court case decisions that greatly affected the rights of LGBTQ individuals.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post recounts the history of 3 early modern trials of LGBTQ people.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This is a bibliography of LBGTQI law resources.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Bibliography curated by Alexander Salopek, a collection development specialist in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. He previously wrote posts on Theodore Roosevelt and Marriage Equality in the U.S. October commemorates LGBTQIA+ History Month, a perfect time to provide an update on the Law Library’s recent LGBTQIA+ acquisitions. In the past …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ, Pic of the Week