When Loans Become Cheesy
Posted by: Heather Casey
A bank in Italy accepts wheels of cheese as collateral on loans. Yum!
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
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Foreign Legal Gazette Collection – Spring 2024 Recap
Posted by: Jennifer González
This spring, the Law Library of Congress added two new foreign legal gazette collections to our website, namely Panama and Czechia, and also released a new Bite-Sized Legal Research Tutorial featuring guidance to researchers on how to use the Foreign Legal Gazettes Guide.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Foreign Legal Gazette Collection – Winter 2024 Recap
Posted by: Jennifer González
This winter, the Law Library of Congress celebrated a significant milestone for the foreign legal gazettes collection with over 30,000 gazette issues now available online. Additionally, we added three new foreign legal gazette collections for Argentina, Chile, and Rwanda.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
New Law Library Report on the Legal Treatment of Embryos Created Through IVF
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The Law Library of Congress recently published a report on the options for, and restrictions on, the use of excess embryos created through IVF in nine jurisdictions: Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Legal Reports
An Interview with Sarah Bandini, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post is an interview with Sarah Bandini, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Lessons from the Capitalsaurus: Federal Archaeological Law since 1906
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
A peculiar street sign in DC leads to the discovery of DC's official dinosaur - and the later laws that came into effect in order to protect future findings.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Foreign Legal Gazette Collections – Fall 2023 Recap
Posted by: Jennifer González
In fall 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Grenada, Italy, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
The Most Viewed Legal Research Reports and Global Legal Monitor Articles of 2023
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, we reflect on the top ten most-viewed Global Legal Monitor articles and Legal Research Reports produced by the Law Library of Congress in 2023.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Legal Reports
Law Library Report on Legal Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors Published
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Law Library report on "Legal Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors" Published. It provides information on the laws that apply to the protection and restrictions on eligibility for asylum for unaccompanied minors.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports