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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This past weekend New Zealand’s laws made an appearance in international news publications once again with headlines such as “South African Chef ‘Too Fat’ to Live in New Zealand” (BBC), “New Zealand Cites Obesity In Denying Chef’s Work Visa” (NPR), “Obese Man Faces Deportation” (Sky News), and “New Zealand Immigration Officials Say Man is Too …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This is the fourth post in our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, following posts on Russian law, Kuwait business law, and European Union law. Be sure to let us know in the comments if there is a particular country that you would like us to cover in this series! When I started working at the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last weekend several Law Library of Congress staff members traveled to Seattle, Washington to attend (and present at!) the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). It was an excellent conference and we all learned a lot, as well as making new connections and discussing our work with various people. In the …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. This post is part of our new bi-weekly series that highlights foreign law materials in the Law Library’s collection. Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research, officially launched the series two weeks ago with his post …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post