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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Directorate in the Law Library of Congress. Peter is our Russian law specialist and has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on Soviet law and the assassination of JFK, laws of the Russian Federation, the 95th anniversary of the …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who has previously written about state government contracts, Justifying Speed, and Food for Thought, among other topics. The New Year’s Greeting for 2013 is available for download in PDF format: 2013_new_years_letter. FORWARD PROGRESS The Law Library of Congress Made Great Strides in Reaching Its Strategic Goals for …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted Justifying Speed, Food for Thought, Another Trip Down Memory Lane, 2012 Burton Awards – Pic of the Week, Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Happy New Year! Here at the Law Library of Congress we are looking forward to another busy year filled with fascinating research, great public events, and (of course) many wonderful law books—old and new! We try very hard to share our resources and expertise with as many people as possible, including through our Reading Room, …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
This week we are releasing an updated look for the Law Library’s website. From time to time, the Library changes its website design and features to make it more user-friendly and better functioning. This release is more of a refreshment of the site as well as an update to its search function. We welcome you …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
There is still a lot of interest in the Titanic one hundred years later as Kelly’s post topped In Custodia Legis by a wide margin this month. It was great to see many of the Library of Congress blogs post on a similar topic. It demonstrated the breadth of knowledge throughout our wonderful institution. In …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law Librarian in London, and Rebellious Children and Witches. It’s hard to believe that 100 days have passed …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This month we welcomed both Tina and Jeanine to what we affectionately refer to as our blog team. Tina wasted little time in claiming the top spot with her post A Law Classification Scheme as Linked Data?. Her post was also mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog, Infodocket, and the Law Librarian Blog. Jeanine’s first post as an official …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Legislative Fellows Program Interns Inna Grebeniuk and Irina Khakhutaishvili. Inna is a Senior Legal Adviser at the Main Legal and Experts Department, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Irina is the Chief Specialist for International Relations at the Secretariat of the President, Constitutional Court of Georgia. I hope you …
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