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|| Current Legal Topics ||
Legal commentary and recommended resources on issues and events with legal significance.
- United States: The Constitution
- Campaign Finance
- State Legislation on Comprehensive Health Care Coverage
- Sex Selection & Abortion
- Habeas Corpus Rights
- Supreme Court Nominations: Sonia Sotomayor
|| Global Legal Monitor ||
Timely news on legal developments from around the world.
- Denmark: Human rights - Burka Ban Debated (24-AUG-09)
- Russian Federation: National security - Flags with Depiction of Cross Outlawed (24-AUG-09)
- Taiwan: Energy - Renewable Energy Law and Amendment of Energy Management Law (24-AUG-09)
- ASEAN / China: Trade and commerce - Investment Deal (24-AUG-09)
- Mexico / United States: Police - Return of Stolen Oil Products Proceeds (24-AUG-09)
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Global and Comparative Law Resources
GLIN: Global Legal Information Network
International legal database with official full texts of published documents in the original languages. For a video introduction to GLIN, please click here.
Guide to Law Online
Annotated guide to online sources of legal information on government and law by U.S. state, country, or region.
Legal Blawgs
Access the web archive of more than 100 legal blawgs.
Multinational Collections Database
Sources that reprint the laws and regulations of international jurisdictions on specific legal topics.
Legislative Resources
THOMAS
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress.
Congressional Hearings
Full-text access to historical Congressional committee hearings on a variety of topics.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Collection of U.S. Congressional documents and debates (1774-1875), including laws, journals, and letters of the Founding Fathers.
|| Featured Webcast ||
Congressman Butterfield (NC-1) discussing the Emancipation Proclamation for Law Day, 2009.
|| News and Events ||
Roberta Shaffer Appointed Law Librarian of Congress
The Librarian of Congress has appointed Roberta Shaffer Law Librarian of Congress. Her tenure begins on August 30th.
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New Video Describing GLIN Available
An 8-minute introduction describing the Global Legal Information Network is now available. Click here to learn about this network with the goal of achieving universal access to primary sources of all nations' laws.
THOMAS Launches First RSS Feed The Daily Digest is now available as the first RSS feed from THOMAS. The THOMAS: Daily Digest feed is one of five RSS feeds available from the Law Library of Congress.
Legal Blawgs
The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the Legal Blawgs web archive. Harvesting began in 2007 and the archive has grown to more than 100 items covering a broad cross section of legal topics.
Orientation to THOMAS
August 26, 2009, 10pm – 12:30pm.
Orientation to Legal Research
September 3, 2009, 10am – 12:30pm.
Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched
The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned Global Legal Monitor.
GLIN Global Journal
Periodic newsletter by and about GLIN Network members.
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