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Posted by: Tina Gheen
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. The author would like to recognize the collaboration of Samuel Urueta, Summer Intern, in the preparation of this posting. Currently, the Vatican City State has a population of about 800 people, which makes it one of the …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
A history of the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Patrick who works as an Information Technology Specialist in the Law Library’s Information Technology Office (ITO). Describe your background. I am a Midwesterner and small-city person. I was born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio. Sandusky is a city on the shore of Lake Erie, about midway between Cleveland and Toledo. …
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Posted by: Tina Gheen
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law: Esztergom, 3-8 August 2008 While reviewing some new Italian legal materials, I became intrigued by a monograph recently acquired by the Benelux, France and Italy Section …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs Kuhagen, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. Meg has previously posted on a variety of topics including States in the Senate, House Committee Hearings Video, the Cardiff Giant, the Canadian Library of Parliament, football blackouts, and librarian services. We have interviewed Law Library staff and our colleagues from around the Library of Congress here at In Custodia Legis. But, …
Posted in: Guest Post, Interview
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Jordan, Senior Writer-Editor at the Law Library of Congress. As the program manager for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation Program on Demography, Technology, and Criminal Justice at the Library of Congress, I am pleased to welcome Orin S. Kerr as the Scholar-in-Residence for the program. As Scholar-in-Residence, …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Audrey works in the Office of Communications of the Library of Congress as a Public Affairs Specialist. She has previously blogged about our Law Day event for the Library of Congress blog. Audrey also helps craft Law Library of Congress press releases including one on the same Law Day event and on David‘s appointment as the Law Librarian of Congress. Describe your background. I was born …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Andrew Weber
States and Cinco de Mayo were popular choices this month when linking to In Custodia Legis and also popular with our readers. Samford University Library’s Government Documents blog liked Nathan’s post about the states we almost had. The Lincoln Law School of San Jose Blog noted Meg’s States in the Senate post. The Law Librarian Blog thought Nathan’s …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I had a lot of fun looking back at pictures of libraries on the blog recently. Our Pic of the Week series has had a lot of great shots. There have been over 75 of these posts since we started the series. We frequently post pictures of the Law Library of Congress Reading Room because …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week