In Custodia Legis is the Law Library’s blog. The Law Library has a blog team that publishes new posts on weekdays. Some of the topics discussed on the blog include international legal developments, current legal trends, legal history and arcana, and information about updates to Congress.gov.
In Custodia Legis
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BlogModernizing Congressional Data – House Legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov Today on the blog, legislative data specialist Andrew from the Congressional Research Service brings us a post on modernizing Congressional data as it pertains to House legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-11-27
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BlogResearch Guides in Focus: National American Indian Heritage Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide Research Guides in Focus post for National American Indian Heritage Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide- Contributor: Bavis, Barbara
- Date: 2024-11-26
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BlogCongress.gov New, Tip, and Top – November 2024, Part 2 The Congress.gov enhancements for November of 2024.
- Contributor: Brammer, Robert
- Date: 2024-11-25
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BlogThe Law Library Launches its First Interactive Map The Law Library's first interactive map is live - and it covers 89 jurisdictions. Explore the new map and how it represents the information represented in the associated legal report, Innovative technology in legislatures in selected countries.- Contributor: Desimone, Bailey
- Date: 2024-11-22
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BlogPablo Abeita: Judge and Isleta Governor This is a short history of the Isleta governor and Court of Indian Offenses Judge, Pablo Abeita.- Contributor: Davis, Jennifer
- Date: 2024-11-21
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BlogFALQs: German Government Formation – Votes of No Confidence and Snap Elections This FALQs post provides information on government formation, snap elections, and votes of no confidence in Germany.- Contributor: Gesley, Jenny
- Date: 2024-11-20
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BlogNew Legal Report on Biosecurity and Biosafety Laws in G20 Nations A blog post promoting a legal report on biosecurity laws in G20 nations.- Contributor: Price, Anna
- Date: 2024-11-19
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BlogLaw Library’s Newly Published Legal Report Titled, “Climate Change and Historic Preservation” Today on the blog, foreign law specialist summarizes the newly published legal report, titled, "Climate Change and Historic Preservation."- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-11-18
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BlogUpcoming US Law Webinars – December 2024 Today's blog post announces the final webinar offered in 2024 by the Law Library of Congress which is an Orientation to Legal Research on 12/5 at 1:00 PM EST.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-11-14
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BlogJoin Us on 12/4 at 3pm for a Panel Discussion – Human Rights Day 2024: Laws Governing Accessibility From Around the World This post promotes a Human Rights Day panel discussion on 12/4/24 at 3pm on laws governing accessibility.
- Contributor: Brammer, Robert
- Date: 2024-11-13
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BlogSenate Journal from Century of Lawmaking added to Congress.gov We are very excited to bring you the Senate Journal as part of today’s release.- Contributor: Weber, Andrew
- Date: 2024-11-12
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BlogA Short History of the First Native American Women Lawyers and Judges in the United States Today's blog post highlights a brief overview of some of the first Native American women lawyers and judges in the United States.
- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-11-07
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BlogAn Interview with Bryant Taylor, Legislative Data Intern at the Congressional Research Service A blog post interview with CRS intern Bryant Taylor.- Contributor: Price, Anna
- Date: 2024-11-06
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BlogJoin Us on 11/21 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled “Review of Law Library of Congress Research Reports Published in 2024” Today's blog post announces the final Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar for 2024. The webinar will review the most popular legal reports published by the Law Library of Congress in 2024.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-11-05
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BlogWhose Time is it Anyway? A Brief History of Standardized Time Zones in the United States This blog post summarizes the history of standardized time zones in the United States, including their development, implementation, and eventual codification as law.- Contributor: González, Jennifer
- Date: 2024-11-01
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BlogHow a House Becomes Legally Haunted: Stambovsky v. Ackley, The “Ghostbuster” Ruling Today's blog post explores how houses can be legally deemed haunted and how that impacts the process of selling a "haunted house."- Contributor: Friedman, Sarah
- Date: 2024-10-31
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BlogWitchcraft and a Haunted Case of Torture in Joost de Damhouder’s Praxis Rerum Criminalium (1555) In this post, Nathan writes about Joost de Damhouder, author of Pra- Contributor: Dorn, Nathan
- Date: 2024-10-30
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BlogVirginia’s Witch Duck: Grace Sherwood This blog post discusses the witch trial and witch ducking of Grace Sherwood, of Pungo and Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1706.- Contributor: Davis, Jennifer
- Date: 2024-10-29
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BlogWhen Loans Become Cheesy A bank in Italy accepts wheels of cheese as loan collateral.- Contributor: Casey, Heather
- Date: 2024-10-28
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BlogAn Interview with Maximilian Spitzley, Foreign Law Intern Today's blog post is an interview with Foreign Law Intern Maximilian Spitzley.- Contributor: Gesley, Jenny
- Date: 2024-10-24
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BlogA Congress.gov Interview with Christy Amatos, Assistant Parliamentarian for the US Senate Today's blog post is a Congress.gov interview with Christy Amatos, Assistant Parliamentarian for the US Senate and the decade she has spent working on Capitol Hill.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-10-23
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Blog“Wholly Irreplaceable”—Endangered Species in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the CITES Convention This post addresses the protection of two endangered species in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines- Contributor: Levush, Ruth
- Date: 2024-10-21
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BlogModernizing Congressional Data – Senate Legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov Today's blog post is a guest post by Andrew Reiter, legislative data specialist with CRS on modernizing Congressional data with a focus on Senate Legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-10-17
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BlogInternational Women Empowerment at the Law Library of Congress Today's blog post explains the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed for the Women’s Empowerment Project (WEP) International Program. WEP was sponsored by the Government of Taiwan in collaboration with the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.- Contributor: Levush, Ruth
- Date: 2024-10-16
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BlogA Congress.gov Interview with Wade Ballou, the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives Today's Congress.gov interview is with Wade Ballou, a Legislative Counsel within the House of Representatives.- Contributor: Gulatsi, Taylor
- Date: 2024-10-15