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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
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. It is election season in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. This is the fifth election cycle in the country since democracy was restored in 1999 after many years of military rule. Elections conducted since then, particularly presidential elections, had been marred with various controversies, including …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As the people of some African countries take to the streets to unseat their leaders, Nigerians get the opportunity to do the same this month – but instead of needing to protest, they can affect change by going to polling stations. It’s election season in Nigeria. The country, a federation of 36 states with a …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post discusses the recent digitization of Mexican state gazettes, on the anniversary celebration of Mexican national independence.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report available, entitled "Restrictions on Land Ownership by Foreigners in Selected Jurisdictions"
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Jennifer González
One of our spring 2023 projects is working on the foreign legal gazettes. This is a description of the project and the volunteers and interns that are making it happen.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
Today’s interview is with Jake Neuberger, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. He will be a panelist in our upcoming Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Conversation with the Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns. Describe your background I was born and raised in southern Connecticut and …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Interested in what the Law Library does? This blog posts details our most read Global Legal Monitor articles and Legal Research Reports in fiscal year 2020.
Posted in: Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Ruth recently brought you the most viewed foreign law reports of 2018, and today we are excited to bring you the most viewed Global Legal Monitor articles of 2018! The Global Legal Monitor is written by the Law Library’s foreign legal specialists, and brings you the latest legal news from around the world. You can …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library