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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library of Congress has released a new comparative report on the regulation of hemp in multiple jurisdictions.
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Posted by: Anna Price
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Law Library is pleased to announce a new research guide on the topic. Title IX (pronounced “title nine”) is the popular name for a particular section of the Education Amendments of 1972. Specifically, Title IX provides: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The Law Library is pleased to announce new online offerings on US environmental laws. Researchers who are interested in learning more about this topic can start their research by reviewing our new research guide, Environmental Law: A Beginner’s Guide. In addition to listing treatises, journals, and other collections, the guide discusses major federal legislation on …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the current Librarian-in-Residence 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, Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, and Research Guides …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the current Librarian-in-Residence at the Law Library of Congress. Louis has recently authored blog posts for In Custodia Legis, including New Acquisition: The Trial of Governor Picton, A Case of Torture in Trinidad, Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, and Research Guides …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the Law Library’s current Librarian-in-Residence. Today we are pleased to be back with another exciting chapter of Research Guides in Focus. We are introducing our newest guide, Legal Research: A Guide to Case Law. This guide covers strategies and resources to aid researchers as they navigate …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the Law Library’s current Librarian-in-Residence. Now that we have reviewed several research guides on a range of topics, including How to Find Free Case Law Online and Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, Research Guides in Focus presents another guide, Neighbor Law: A Beginner’s Guide. This guide …
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Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the Law Library’s current Librarian-in-Residence. Continuing the Research Guides in Focus series, today we are highlighting a guide that introduces readers to resources on finding local laws, Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide. The guide begins by explaining that local laws can go by many names—ordinance, bylaw, …
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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
The following is a guest post by Anna Price, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. For this latest installment of Research Guides in Focus, we are presenting an overview of one of the Law Library’s newest additions to our Research Guide collection – How to Trace Federal Regulations: A Beginner’s Guide. …
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