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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
One of my favorite weekend pastimes is urban hiking. Washington, D.C., especially at this time of year, is perfect for that. I particularly enjoy walking up and down Georgia Avenue, which extends from parts of D.C. (it changes to 7th Street south of U Street NW) all the way into Montgomery County, Maryland. One of …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Have you ever wondered how the In Custodia Legis sausage is made? Well, you are in luck. Every month the blog team meets to develop what we call the “editorial calendar.” The majority of the meeting is usually spent on handing out assignments to bloggers to generate content, including by looking at upcoming events and …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The United States Capitol building, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day. Construction of the building actually began in 1793. When Congress, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress moved in at the end of 1800 only the north wing, although not fully complete, was ready for occupancy. Major construction works continued gradually into …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Her most recent posts included a 6-installment series regarding the legal themes in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Three of our law librarians were furiously live-tweeting at Wednesday’s Congress.gov launch. Thirty fingers …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As part of my daily duties as a member of the Global Legal Research Center (GLRC) at the Law Library of Congress, I often rely on the collections and expertise of the Africa and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) of the Library of Congress. Created in 1978, AMED has three sections (African, Hebraic, and Near East) …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services. As a librarian, I always seek out interesting or unusual libraries when I travel. During a recent trip to Dublin, I visited Archbishop Marsh’s Library, Ireland‘s first public library, which was built in 1701. An indication of the …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s Pic of the Week is a map of African legislative bodies hanging on my office wall. It provides simple but crucial information on the number of representatives in each African country’s national legislative body and the country’s type of the legislative body, either unicameral or bicameral legislature. Of the 54 African countries, 24 …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
You may remember that in my July 9, 2011 post, I discussed the measures that the Law Library of Congress has taken in response to the birth of South Sudan. These included creating a Guide to the Laws of South Sudan page and getting our overseas offices to start collecting South Sudanese laws. On August …
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