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

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court Nominees Research Guide page on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, published on February 25, 2022, upon the nomination of Judge Jackson to the Court, was further updated on April 7 with additional resources on her confirmation.

We published five more Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World Guides, bringing the total published guides to 174:

• Guide to Law Online: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
• Guide to Law Online: Faroe Islands (Part of the Kingdom of Denmark)
• Guide to Law Online: Fiji
• Guide to Law Online: Finland
• Guide to Law Online: France

New acquisitions of note for April:

Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (71 volumes)

JUDY (access): a database of Kenyan, Nigerian and Ghanian law

Seven Rare Law Books, including 3 works covering Canon Law, a dictionary related to the European jus commune, a 16th-century work on the statute of limitations studied by Jefferson, a 17th c. practice guide to conveyancing, and a 16th c. work on continuity in contracts.

In April, we published 19 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:

The Fairfax Stone

National Library Week – These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

Spring Remote Project: Legal Gazettes

New Report on the Legal Framework for Nuclear Technology and Information in the United Kingdom and Australia

Patented Device Aimed to Make it Easier to Obtain Criminal Confessions – Pic of the Week

Congress.gov April 2022 New, Tip, and Top

Spring Remote Project: Transcribing the Century of Lawmaking Site

New Acquisition: 1794 Sea Letter Signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

The History of the Elimination of Leaded Gasoline

110 Years Later: Titanic Lawsuits Follow Tragedy

Spring Remote Project: CRS Bill Summaries

An Interview with Samantha Tejada, Library Technician

An Interview with Heather Casey, Writer/Editor

A Conversation with the Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut and the National Law Day Chair Orlando Lucero

Ashland, Henry Clay’s Estate – Pic of the Week

Join Us on 5/19 for our Webinar: “Afghanistan’s Legal Order in Transition: The Possible Path Forward in an Uncertain Environment”

A Congress.gov Interview with Cassidy Charles, Legislative Data Specialist

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

Israel: Bar Association Issues Preliminary Statement on Online Security Protection Requirements for Clients' Confidential Information

Ukraine: New Laws Criminalize Collaboration with an Aggressor State

Sweden: Parliament Adopts Reduced Tax on Diesel and Gas

Turkey: Competition Authority Amends Merger Control Guidelines

Iraq: Supreme Court Bans Former Minister of Foreign Affairs from Presidential Candidacy; Parliament Fails to Elect a President by Court's Deadline

Italy: Measures to Contain Electricity and Natural Gas Costs and Stimulate Renewable Energies Instituted

Turkey: Law on Nuclear Power Regulation Adopted

Philippines: Instruments of Ratification for UN Arms Trade Treaty and 1961 Statelessness Convention Deposited

Italy: Constitutional Court Eliminates Aggravating Circumstance in Immigration Case

Tunisia: Speaker and Members of Parliament Charged with 'Conspiracy against State Security'

United Arab Emirates: Israeli Citizen Sentenced to Death for Drug Trafficking in Abu Dhabi

Italy: Constitutional Court Rules Municipal Election Provisions Violate Gender Parity Requirements for Electoral Lists

United Kingdom: Government to Introduce Regulations Recognizing Stablecoins as a Form of Payment

United States: Court Rules That Cruise Lines Operating in Cuba Were Not Engaged in Lawful Travel

United States: Legislation Enacted Suspending Permanent and Normal Trade Relations with Russian Federation and Belarus

Turkey: Parliament Passes Law Amending Election Laws and Lowering Electoral Threshold

Philippines: Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance Signed

Switzerland: Government Starts Consultation on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Ordinance

Poland: Parliament Adopts New Law to Regulate Influx of Ukrainian Refugees and Provide Them with Protection and Assistance

Italy: New Measures to Address the Economic and Humanitarian Crisis Arising from the War in Ukraine

Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Egypt: COVID Restrictions Eased during Month of Ramadan

Here are the webinars and events coming up in May:

5/5 at 2:00 pm: Congress.gov Webinar

5/12 at 11:00 am: Orientation to Legal Research – U.S. Case Law

5/17 at 1:00 pm: Orientation to Law Library Collections

5/19 at 2:00 pm: Afghanistan’s Legal Order in Transition- The Possible Path Forward in an Uncertain Environment (Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series)