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Archive: March 2016 (2 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

FALQs: New Zealand’s Flag Referendums

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. Between March 3 and March 24, 2016, New Zealanders were able to vote in the country’s second referendum related to whether or not to change the official flag.  Previously, in November-December 2015, voting in the first referendum narrowed the list of possible alternative flag designs …

Posted in: Global Law, In the News

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

When is a Book Not a Book?

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist covering Japan and several other Asian jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Sayuri has previously written blog posts about testing of older drivers in Japan, sentencing of parents who kill children, English translations of post-World War II South Korean laws, laws …

Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News