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Posted by: Anna Price
A summary of recent trademark litigation involving a genealogical claim to the fleur-de-lis symbol.
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This post announces the publication of a report on jurisdictions that impose salary requirements on foreign mariners in their waters. It provides information on the conditions and type of wages paid under such requirements. The report is based on the findings of a multi-jurisdictional survey conducted by the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, foreign law specialist Louis Gilbert brings us a post on Burkina Faso replacing colonial-era court robes with Faso Dan Fani, a traditional fabric, symbolizing national pride.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Heather Casey
Join Heather Casey for a foreign law webinar on coalition governments around the world. The focus of this webinar will be on explaining what coalition governments are and how they are formed in various jurisdictions, as well as how coalition governments function, with an emphasis on the similarities and differences between coalitions.
Posted in: Event, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post will highlight the life and career of Bessie Margolin, including her most influential case Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Company, which has been compared to Brown v. Board in terms of its importance to U.S. law.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Alexander Salopek, a collection development specialist in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. He previously wrote posts on Fred Korematsu’s Drive for Justice, Fred Korematsu Winning Justice, What a Difference 17 Years Made, Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today's blog post discusses the history of civil rights activist, feminist and scholar Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The Law Library of Congress recently published a multinational report, Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions, which provides individual surveys of selected jurisdictions and gives an overview of their legislation on access to information for persons with disabilities. Providing access constitutes one of the human rights protections specifically guaranteed under article …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces a newly published legal report by the Law Library of Congress focusing on protective services for government officials in selected countries.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports