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Research Guides in Focus – Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories

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This is a guest post by senior legal reference librarian Emily Carr.

The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of a redesigned Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories at its new Library of Congress Research Guides location. This project originally started in 1999 as an outgrowth of the nation-specific guide portal, with the state pages created to provide quick links to primary and selected secondary free online resources. At the time, such links tended to point to secondary sources, as few primary source materials (laws, cases, regulations, et al.) were offered freely online. Over the years, we have considerably expanded the Guide to Law Online to include new available content, focusing on official government websites whenever possible.

Our new platform is a welcome enhancement to the project, as it features collection details, from recommended bibliographic selections to highlights of the Library of Congress photo and map collections. Our Alaska page, for example, displays a Carol Highsmith photograph of Mount McKinley.

Screen capture of state LibGuide on Alaska

Guide to Law Online: U.S. Alaska.

For this initial launch, we will present the first five states/territories of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, and Arkansas. Groups of 5-10 states will be added weekly as we make our way through the alphabet.

A team of content management interns, past and present, assisted with the initial migration (shout-outs to Adrian Applin, Angela Gonzalez-Curci, Julie McBrien, Emily McCutcheon, Christina Marquez, Ashley Matthews, and Lauren Shade). Our Librarian-in-Residence, Louis Myers, exhaustively reviewed and updated each page, with Anna Price providing extensive editorial review, and Barbara Bavis overseeing the final review and providing guidance.

Please take a look and provide us with your feedback!

Irish Supreme Court Rules Subway Serves Freshly Baked Cake

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The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis, including Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; and The UK’s Legal Response to the London Bombings of 7/7. On September […]

Introducing the New Multi-jurisdiction Service of Process Report

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This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Kayahan previously blogged about Introducing the New Civil Education Models Report. We’re proud to announce that our new multi-jurisdiction report on rules governing the service of process is now available on law.gov. […]

The Constitutional Council and Judicial Review in France

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The following is a guest post from Nicolas Boring, the foreign law specialist covering French-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged about Telework and the French “Right to Disconnect”, Report on Right of Huguenots to French Citizenship, “Bastille Day” Is About More Than the Bastille, and others. The U.S. Supreme Court […]

Tradition vs Efficiency: ‘Hanko’ Affects Workplace Efficiency and Telework in Japan

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The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and other countries in East and Southeast Asia. Sayuri has previously authored posts on Food Delivery in Japan – History and Current Regulation, New Era, New Law Number, Holy Cow – Making Sense of Japanese Wagyu Cow Export Rules, Japanese Criminal Legal System as Seen Through the Carlos Ghosn […]

United Nations Day – A Time to Reflect on the Potential Role of the International Court of Justice

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This is a guest post by Elizabeth Boomer, an international law consultant in the Global Legal Research Directorate. Elizabeth has previously written for In Custodia Legis on Technology & the Law of Corporate Responsibility – The Impact of Blockchain, and the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Tomorrow, […]

Research Guides In Focus – Neighbor Law: A Beginner’s Guide

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The following is a guest post by Louis Myers, the Law Library’s current Librarian-in-Residence. Now that we have reviewed several research guides on a range of topics, including How to Find Free Case Law Online and Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, Research Guides in Focus presents another guide, Neighbor Law: A Beginner’s Guide. This guide […]

From the Serial Set: The History of the Minimum Wage

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The following is a guest post by Elina Lee, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. In honor of Labor Day, we decided to explore the early history of the federal minimum wage as shown through the United States Congressional Serial Set. According to Serial Set Vol. No. 6857 […]