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Archive: August 2017 (2 Posts)

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Religious Matrimonial Laws in Selected Middle East and African Countries

Posted by: Ruth Levush

I previously blogged about Jewish religious law that governs marriages and divorces of Jews in Israel. I also blogged about Jewish divorces in other countries. This time I asked my colleagues in the Global Legal Research Directorate for examples of countries that recognize the application of religious matrimonial laws. In this blog post I will highlight whether and the …

Posted in: Global Law

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An Interview with Nezihe Fazilet, Law Library Foreign Law Consultant

Posted by: Ruth Levush

Today’s interview is with Nezihe Fazilet. Nezihe is a Law Library foreign law consultant in the Global Legal Research Directorate at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background I was born in Kayseri, Turkey into a traditional Turkish family and lived there until I graduated from high school. Then my family moved to Ankara, the capital …

Posted in: Interview