Law Library: News & Events: Law Library of Congress Highlights from August 2022
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Law Library of Congress Highlights from August 2022
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 August, we published 5 Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World:
Guide to Law Online: Holy See (Vatican City)
Guide to Law Online: Hong Kong
The Law Library continues to work to make its collections more accessible to its patrons. Readspeaker was recently added to the Global Legal Monitor (GLM). This feature allows patrons to have an article read aloud to them and even download an audio file of an article to their device. You can listen to a GLM article by clicking “listen to this page” at the top, left-hand side of an article. The same menu will allow you to download an audio file of the article – just click “listen to this page” and then click on the downward-facing arrow.
In August, we published 23 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:
An Interview with Michael Chalupovitsch, Foreign Law Specialist
Celebrating over 3,000 Historical and Contemporary Legal Reports Now Online
New Features and Updates to the Constitution Annotated Website
Canada Extends Criminal Law Jurisdiction to the Moon
An Interview with Mary Searles, the New Hampshire State Law Librarian
An Antique Stenography Machine – Pic of the Week
FALQs: The Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act
FALQs: The Rule of Law in the European Union
Congress.gov August 2022 New, Tip, and Top
Upcoming US Law Webinars – September 2022
Capitol Columns – Pic of the Week
Join Us on 9/16 for “Law in the time of COVID-19: The Legal Complexities of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Historic Thefts: The Mona Lisa and Legal Quests for Repatriation
Cryptocurrency Law: Recent Legal Developments on Non-fungible Tokens
Join Us for a Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on September 21st!
The Animal Welfare Act Grants Protection to Pets and More
Join Us for Constitution Day 2022 – The Hughes Court: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941
A Congress.gov Interview with Butch Lazorchak, Project Manager
Qatar: Domestic Laws issued in Relation to the 2022 World Cup – Part I
The Global Legal Monitor is our online publication covering legal news and developments worldwide. These are the articles from August:
Israel: 'Fruit of the Poisonous Tree' Legislation Adopted
Switzerland: New Legislation on E-Voting Trials Enters into Force
France: Statute of Limitations for Hidden Environmental Offenses Extended
Belize: Legislation Introduced to Start Consultations on a New Constitution
Antigua and Barbuda: Buggery Laws Struck Down as Unconstitutional
United States: Supreme Court Limits EPA's Authority to Tackle Climate Change
Ukraine: Oligarchs and Their Associates Stripped of Citizenship by Presidential Order
United States: Senate and White House Ratify Finland's and Sweden's Accession to NATO
Tunisia: New Constitution Consolidates Powers in the Hands of the President
Canada: First Indigenous Justice Appointed to Supreme Court
Sweden: Prohibition on Huawei Products in Swedish 5G Network Upheld
Tunisia: Administrative Court Suspends Presidential Decree Dismissing 50 Judges
Israel: Rules Decreasing Limits on Permissible Cash Transactions Enter into Effect
Here are the webinars and events coming up in September:
9/8 at 11:00 am: Orientation to Legal Research- U.S. Case Law
9/14 at 3:00 pm: Constitution Day - The Hughes-era Supreme Court
9/16 at 2:30 pm: Law in the time of COVID-19: The Legal Complexities of the COVID-19 Pandemic
9/20 at 1:00 pm: Orientation to Law Library Collections
9/21 at 1:30 pm: Congress.gov Public Forum
