Today's blog post describes the upcoming FCIL webinar, taking place on May 23 on Weaponization of Passports - Tool of War and Diplomacy: Legality, Methodology, and Impact of Russian ‘Passportization’ Policy toward Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
Join us on June 16th at 2 p.m. EDT for a webinar titled, “The Most Improbable War: Legal Transformations in Ukraine and Russia Before and During the Invasion.” Please register here. This entry in our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series will provide an overview of the historic roots of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It is …
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. Peter has contributed to In Custodia Legis a number of posts related to Russia and the former Soviet Union. These include posts on a spring holiday for workers, the Soviet investigation of Nazi war crimes, lustration in …
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Directorate in the Law Library of Congress. Peter is our Russian law specialist and has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on Soviet law and the assassination of JFK, laws of the Russian Federation, the 95th anniversary of the …
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Global Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. Peter has previously contributed various posts to In Custodia Legis, including on the Pittsburgh Agreement, the ASIL Annual Meeting, Russia’s immigration policies and the U.S. Trade Act, and the Treaty on the Creation of the …
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. In addition to his administrative duties, Peter provides jurisdictional coverage for Russia and other former Soviet republics and explains legal developments in these countries to the Law Library’s patrons. Russia is currently the subject of discussion …
The Law Library of Congress recently hosted a group of legal analysts from a Moscow based non-government organization called the “Consulting and Legal Protection of People.” According to its director, Svetlana Boshno, the organization coordinates its activities with the Russian State Civil Service Academy under the Russian Federation President and works with members and staff of …
Today's blog post in an interview with an intern at the Law Library of Congress, Esther Markov, who works alongside Assistant Law Librarian for Legal Research, Peter Roudik.
