Join us this Thursday, December 7, at 3:00 p.m. EST for Human Rights Day 2023: âScience Literacy and the Law.â This event will celebrate Human Rights Day with a lecture focused on scientific literacy and the law, as well as exonerations and how forensic science is critical to the administration of criminal justice. Dr. Sarah Cooper, who will provide this lecture, is an expert on the challenges that arise when legal systems and actors interact with scientific expertise. Science helps the law to understand the world in which legal policy, including human rights standards, must operate, but how valued is science literacy within law systems, like criminal trials, and by the community - lawyers - that monopolize them? Inspired by the National Academy of Sciencesâ recommendation to expand our conceptions of science literacy, and drawing on the criminal justice systemâs use of forensic science for context, this lecture will present ideas for how we can work towards answering these questions and, in doing so, build a stronger justice system for all.Â
Please register here.
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 November, we published 9 Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World:
In November, we published 18 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:
Watch a Recording of our Constitution Day Event
An Interview with Ali Smith, Public Services Intern with the Law Library of Congress
New Law Library Report Examines Cybersecurity Laws of Several Countries
New Law Library Report on Lobbying and Foreign Agent Registration Laws
Observing Native American Heritage Month and Veterans History Month at the NMAI
Collection Highlights: The Many Lawbooks of Francis Hilliard
Join Us on 12/7 for Human Rights Day: Science Literacy and the Law
Join Us on 11/30 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled "Review of Law Library of Congress Research Reports Published in 2023."
A Walk Through Arlington National Cemetery
Commemorating German-American Friendship Day - Pic of the Week
New Law Report Examines School Bus Safety Rules
The New York City Rat's Legal History
100 Year Anniversary of Restrictions on Alcohol in England and Wales for Those Under 18
More Than Three Centuries Later, Connecticut General Assembly Absolves Accused Witches
NAGPRA: An Attempt to Correct the Past
Collection Highlights: Supernatural Ordeals and the Law of the Jungle in the Works of Friedrich Majer
Ada Deer: Advocate for Tribal Sovereignty
The Global Legal Monitor is our online publication covering legal news and developments worldwide. These are the articles from November:
European Union: Commission Launches Anti-subsidy Investigation into Imports of Battery Electric Vehicles from China
India: Parliament Enacts 'Women's Reservation Bill'
Germany: Ministry of the Interior Bans Activities of Hamas and Samidoun
Morocco: New Draft Law on Alternative Sentencing Proposed
New Zealand: White Island Management Company Found Guilty of Health and Safety Breach
Kazakhstan: New Legal Framework for Online Platforms and Online Advertising Takes Effect
United States: Federal Appellate Court Holds Social Media Messages Sufficient to Establish Personal Jurisdiction
United States: Appeals Court Reverses District Court Dismissal of Tribe's Hunting Rights Complaint
Egypt: Supreme Council for Media Blocks News Media Website for Violating Press and Media Law
Kuwait: New Policies Approved to Replace Expats with Kuwaiti Citizens in Public and Private Sectors
France: New Law Establishes Legal Framework for 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Italy: New Law Introduces Crimes of Nautical Homicide and Nautical Personal Injury
Australia: High Court Rules Indefinite Immigration Detention Unlawful
Austria: Draft Law to Introduce a Fundamental Right to Information and Abolish Official Secrecy Published
Brazil: Tax Rates for Purchase of Firearms and Ammunition Increased
Vietnam: Court Orders Five Contractors to Pay $18.7M in Compensation for Delivering Substandard Expressway
South Korea: Supreme Court Reverses Guilty Judgment of Defamation for Scholar Who Examined World War II Comfort Women
Colombia: New Law Regulating Nationality Enacted
United States: Appeals Court Affirms Defendant Who Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIS Violated Terms of Supervised Release
United Kingdom: Supreme Court Rules Relocating Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Unlawful
Finland: Government Closes Most Border Crossings to Russia
Finland: Government Closes Entire Land Border with Russia
El Salvador: Law Integrating Functions of CONMIGRANTES into Ministry of Foreign Affairs Enacted
Germany: Amendment of Competition Act Gives More Power to Federal Cartel Office
Brazil: New Law Grants Special Pension to Children or Adolescents Orphaned due to Femicide
United Kingdom: King's Speech Sets Out Government's Legislative Agenda
South Korea: Supreme Court Rules 14th-Century Korean Buddhist Statue Stolen from Japan in 2012 Must Be Returned to Japan
Here are the webinars and events coming up in December:
12/5 at 1:00 PM: Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series - Tracing Federal Regulations
12/7 at 3:00 PM: Human Rights Day 2023: Science Literacy and the Law
Join us next Thursday, December 7, at 3:00 p.m. EST for Human Rights Day 2023: âScience Literacy and the Law.â This event will celebrate Human Rights Day with a lecture focused on scientific literacy and the law, as well as exonerations and how forensic science is critical to the administration of criminal justice. Dr. Sarah Cooper, who will provide this lecture, is an expert on the challenges that arise when legal systems and actors interact with scientific expertise. Science helps the law to understand the world in which legal policy, including human rights standards, must operate, but how valued is science literacy within law systems, like criminal trials, and by the community - lawyers - that monopolize them? Inspired by the National Academy of Sciencesâ recommendation to expand our conceptions of science literacy, and drawing on the criminal justice systemâs use of forensic science for context, this lecture will present ideas for how we can work towards answering these questions and, in doing so, build a stronger justice system for all.Â
Please register here.
A Review of Recently Published Law Library of Congress Reports
November 30th at 2pm EDT.
Register here.
The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of Congress. This presentation will highlight some of the Law Library of Congress legal reports published in 2023, highlighting reports on immigration, artificial intelligence, environmental issues, and lobbying. The presentation will also review some of the most popular blog posts and Global Legal Monitor articles for the past year.
The webinar will be presented by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, senior foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Join us on Thursday, December 7, at 3:00 p.m. EST for Human Rights Day 2023: âScience Literacy and the Law.â This event will celebrate Human Rights Day with a lecture focused on scientific literacy and the law, as well as exonerations and how forensic science is critical to the administration of criminal justice. Dr. Sarah Cooper, who will provide this lecture, is an expert on the challenges that arise when legal systems and actors interact with scientific expertise. Science helps the law to understand the world in which legal policy, including human rights standards, must operate, but how valued is science literacy within law systems, like criminal trials, and by the community - lawyers - that monopolize them? Inspired by the National Academy of Sciencesâ recommendation to expand our conceptions of science literacy, and drawing on the criminal justice systemâs use of forensic science for context, this lecture will present ideas for how we can work towards answering these questions and, in doing so, build a stronger justice system for all.Â
Please register here.
Join us on Tuesday, December 5, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, join bibliographic and research instruction librarian Barbara Bavis for an Orientation to Legal Research Webinar focusing on Tracing Federal Regulations. This webinar will provide an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process; the publication and citation of regulations; and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, to the proposed rule in the Federal Register, to the regulationâs docket. Freely-available governmental websites like Congress.gov, GovInfo, and Law.gov will be highlighted, as well as subscription databases that can be accessed at oneâs local public law or academic library.
Please register here.
A Review of Recently Published Law Library of Congress Reports
November 30th at 2pm EDT.
Register here.
The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of Congress. This presentation will highlight some of the Law Library of Congress legal reports published in 2023, highlighting reports on immigration, artificial intelligence, environmental issues, and lobbying. The presentation will also review some of the most popular blog posts and Global Legal Monitor articles for the past year.
The webinar will be presented by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, senior foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
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