Law Library: News & Events: Law Library of Congress Highlights from January

The mission of the Law Library of Congress is to provide authoritative legal research, reference and instruction services, and access to an unrivaled collection of U.S., foreign, comparative, and international law. Here are some of the new resources you may have missed recently.

In January, we published 20 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:

Congress.gov January 2022 New, Tip, and Top

Join Us for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: “Illegal Migration in the Central and Western Mediterranean from the Perspective of International and Domestic Law”

The Posthumous Pardon of Homer Plessy

How Not to Apologize: A Lesson from a 17th Century Hospital in Barcelona

New Acquisition: A 14th-Century Manuscript of Registrum Brevium

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in DC – Pic of the Week

On this Day: The Danish Queen Margarethe II – 50 Years as Head of State

FALQs: The Icelandic Reduced Workweek Trial

A New Year’s Greeting from the Law Librarian of Congress

Upcoming US Law Webinars – February 2022

The Bound Congressional Record – Congressional Reactions to the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Carlists, Conflicts, and Churches — The Village of Ripoll

Looking into the Past: Space Telescopes and the Law of Outer Space

How Havana Became British … For Eleven Months

Enjoy Our New Virtual Meeting Background Featuring a 15th-Century Manuscript

How the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 Influenced the Outer Space Treaty of 1967

Lions and Tigers and Zebras, Oh My!

The Global Legal Monitor is our online publication covering legal news and developments worldwide. These are the articles from January:

Spain: New Law Providing for Increased Protection of Animals Adopted

Italy: EU Legislation on Strengthening of Investment Companies Implemented

Germany: New Requirements for Exceptions to COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Rules Adopted

France: Government Bans Single-Use Plastic Packaging for Various Perishable Products

Canada: Bill C-4 Banning Conversion Therapy Comes into Force

Italy: Declaration of State of Emergency due to COVID-19 Pandemic Extended

Israel: Pilot for Live Broadcast of Lower Courts' Decisions Launched by Judiciary

Israel: New Procedures Instituted to Make Testifying in Sexual Offense Trials Less Traumatic for Complainants

Sweden: New Sentencing Rules Remove Exceptions for Young Offenders

Slovakia: Amendment to Identity Card Act Introduces Biometric Data

Finland: Supreme Court Declares Judges' Participation via Videolink a Procedural Error

Switzerland: Government Shortens Quarantine and Isolation Period, Proposes Extending Validity of COVID-19 Measures to March

Libya: First Presidential Election in Country's History Postponed

Greenland: Ban on Uranium Mining Enters into Force

Egypt: Ninth UN Anti-corruption Conference Held in Sharm El-Sheikh

Israel: Enforcement of Treatment Plans for Prevention of Domestic Violence Adopted

Turkey: Country Ratifies 2004 Protocol to Amend Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability

United States: U.S. District Court Denies Motion for Service of Process via Twitter in Cryptocurrency Value Manipulation Case

France: Law on Economic and Professional Gender Equality Adopted

Italy: New Legislation Liberalizes Domestic Electricity Market

Turkey: Constitutional Court Issues New Pilot Judgment on Online News Blocking

Italy: EU Legislation on Road Infrastructure Safety Implemented

Italy: Measures to Protect Economy and Labor Enacted

The following Legal Reports were published:

Lifecycle of parliamentary documents : Australia, Canada, European Parliament, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom

Turkey : presidential decrees

Here are the webinars coming up in February:

2/3 at 11:00 am: Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Federal Statutes

2/10 at 2:00 pm: Illegal Migration in the Central and Western Mediterranean from the Perspective of International and Domestic Law: A Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar

2/24 at 2:00 pm: Congress.gov Webinar