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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
(The phrase “it’s just not cricket” is used to say that “something is unfair or dishonest”; “not done.” Perhaps it could have been exclaimed by some of the parties involved in the cases below?) The baseball season starts next week, but in other parts of the world the focus over the last six weeks has …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. I have previously written about the amazing collection of Roman law resources at the Law Library of Congress. I noted that references to Roman law have been made in arguments before, and in decisions of, …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Gustavo Guerra, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. This post is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series in which we provide information on some of the foreign law materials available to researchers at the Library of Congress. Gustavo has previously written posts on …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Who were the first women to become lawyers and judges around the world? Find out in the final of a three-post series by the Law Library of Congress in celebration of Women's History Month.
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Who were the first women to be elected to parliaments around the world? Find out in the second of three posts by the Law Library of Congress in celebration of Women's History Month.
Posted in: Congress, Education, Global Law, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
When did women first gain the right to vote in different countries? Find out in the first of three posts by the Law Library of Congress in celebration of Women's History Month.
Posted in: Congress, Education, Global Law, Law Library, Women's History