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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
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. March 21, 2015, marks the 25th anniversary of Namibia’s independence. Namibia, which gained its independence on March 21, 1990, is Africa’s third-youngest nation next …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This post is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series. It is election season in Nigeria. As I noted in my recent post, barring any changes to the schedule, Nigeria will hold presidential and National Assembly elections on March 28, 2015. Nigeria will also hold elections for state house assemblies as well as gubernatorial …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a legal research analyst in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s June 4, 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Constance Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Connie has previously written or co-written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis including: Law Relating to Refugee Rights-Global Legal Collection Highlights, Water Rights at Star Island and Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations. …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a legal analyst in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously blogged about Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Canada. …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News