The following is a guest post by Nathan Dorn, Rare Book Technician at the Law Library of Congress. In a previous post on this blog, a colleague of mine points out that the Law Library possesses significant collections in the area of religious law. An outstanding example of these, which he describes in his post, […]
This week’s interview is with Hanibal Goitom, a Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center. Hanibal has previously written two guest posts for In Custodia Legis. His “Power Lunch” was also discussed in the post There’s No Place Like Home. Describe your background. I am a Foreign Law Specialist at the Law Library […]
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Directorate. Here in the Law Library Reading Room we are continuing our work to relocate certain collections in preparation for the Reading Room Remodeling. The purpose of this post is to give everyone an update about the collections currently […]
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. Last month I wrote about the constitutional dilemma in Egypt and some of the possibilities for moving forward. Since then a number of important events have happened, which eventually led to Egyptians voting in favor of constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution […]
So far for our Pic of the Week series, we’ve taken all of the pictures ourselves. This week we are featuring a photo from a Library of Congress colleague, Dan Chudnov. Washington really looks wonderful in the spring, and this picture demonstrates the reawakening that occurs. In addition to the trees blooming, our city fills […]
The corruption of government officials in China, as in a number of other countries, is a major concern and attempts to investigate and prosecute instances of corruption can generate a lot of public attention – particularly if a senior official or significant project is the subject of the investigation. This has been the case with […]
This is my first post since I arrived back from having my baby (a beautiful girl who, with four brothers, is going to be well taken care of). I am combating a strong urge to write about maternity leave legislation in the UK (it is very generous), but instead have decided to write about something […]
This week’s interview is with Tina Gheen, who is visiting us from the National Science Foundation. Describe your background. I’ve only been at the Law Library for a few weeks, but so far, the experience has been wonderful. I’m here on a detail assignment from the National Science Foundation, so I don’t believe I have […]
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Do you know the Law Library offers two classes to the public: Orientation to Legal Research and THOMAS Orientation? Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections is a basic introduction to legal sources and […]
The following is a guest post by Steve Clarke, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. Whenever I mention in this country that I went to college in Canada, I am almost invariably met with the response, “McGill?” I have often wondered why that is so. I mean, it is true that McGill has been ranked the top […]