While visiting family recently in Scranton, Pennsylvania, I paid a visit to the Albright Memorial Library in the city’s downtown.

While for years immigration has been a much-debated political topic, several issues have caused a recent increase in press attention...

Brief videos about introducing legislation, committee and House and Senate consideration, conference committees, and presidential vetoes.

A title recently acquired for the Rare Book Collection of Law Library of Congress answers this and other burning questions on the topics of marriage, canon law and the interaction between indigenous Mexican custom and Spanish law.

An Interview with Monica Greene, Library Technician. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2012-12-12.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Science.gov. This free gateway to government science information and research results from 13 federal agencies provides a search of over 55 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information...

Law Library Honors Human Rights Day with Panel Discussion. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2012-12-11.

Continuing with our unusual laws series, we turn to Tudor Vermin Acts. These acts allowed officials to hinder the growth of vermin by placing a bounty on nuisance animals, creating an incentive for private citizens to take it upon themselves to eradicate what were believed to be agricultural pests.

The Law Library of Congress houses approximately 60,000 rare items, 25,000 of which are contained in a climate controlled vault. To be classified as rare, an item generally must have been published prior to 1801.

This is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. "Recently, I had the chance to drive fast—Autobahn fast—and it was legal..."

Andrew Walz is currently an intern at the Law Library of Congress Information Technology Office providing Geographic Information System support.

It seems that nearly every person who works with the law will, at some point in their career, come across a memorable case that stays with them.

A friend’s son, who lived in Tanzania for a year, gave me this lovely cloth which hangs in my office.

At the start of this month I (along with several of my Global Legal Research Center colleagues) attended a very engaging and thought-provoking presentation by Professor John Witte, Jr. ...