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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Research Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Last month, a new Egyptian Constitution was approved in a popular referendum held on January 14-15. The Head of the Supreme National Electoral Commission, Chief Justice Nabil Saleeb, announced the results of the referendum on January …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Directorate in the Law Library of Congress. Peter is our Russian law specialist and has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on Soviet law and the assassination of JFK, laws of the Russian Federation, the 95th anniversary of the …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The foreign law specialists and analysts at the Law Library of Congress recently completed a report that highlights the emerging global discussion around approaches to regulating virtual currencies, particularly Bitcoin. This is of course a hot topic right now, and the report has been written about in news articles and blogs and referred to on …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
It’s been a couple of years since I wrote about the two websites that I use most frequently in my research: the Australian federal legislation website, ComLaw, and the New Zealand Legislation website. Earlier this month I saw announcements about an exciting development regarding the New Zealand site, so I thought I’d provide an update …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The recent passing of Nelson Mandela saw much sorrow expressed around the world, as well as a great deal of reflection and celebration of his life. Many articles were written from a wide range of angles and perspectives. And many people related their personal experiences of how the events and achievements of Mandela’s life had …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, in which we publish posts about materials in the Law Library’s collection related to particular topics or jurisdictions. December 10 was international Human Rights Day. …
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