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Archive: 2021 (30 Posts)

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Join Us on February 23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar – Evolution of Presidential Powers under the Turkish Constitutional System

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, the Law Library of Congress foreign law specialist for Turkic-speaking jurisdictions. The 2017 constitutional amendments, adopted by a popular referendum on April 16, 2017, brought major changes to the Turkish constitutional system. Most importantly, the referendum introduced an executive presidency, concentrating the executive powers of the former …

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Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for January 2021

Posted by: Robert Brammer

Last month, Andrew mentioned that the Congress.gov team had added the ability to bundle your various saved search alerts into one consolidated email. This month we are bringing you new search fields to find all amendments for a bill, resolution or amendment, and the ability to display large bill texts in plain text format to …

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Watch a Recording of our Human Rights Day Panel Discussion on Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On December 10th, at 3pm EST, the Law Library of Congress held our annual Human Rights Day event. Each year, the Law Library of Congress commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, Associate Professor at the University …