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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Eritrea is one of the most difficult African jurisdictions for which to conduct legal research. This is primarily because the country’s laws are not easily accessible. While a few proclamations and notices have been uploaded to various websites piecemeal, there is not a central location where researchers can access the laws of the country for …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Last week, the Law Library of Congress added four newly-issued Eritrean codes to its collection: the Civil Code, Civil Procedure Code, Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code. We are grateful to the staff of the Library of Congress Field Office in Nairobi, Kenya, who made considerable efforts to acquire the material. The issuance of these …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today, Eritrea, Africa’s youngest nation (at least until next month, when South Sudan is expected to declare its formal independence), celebrates its 20th Independence Day. Eritrea, like all of its African brethren, is a colonial creation. Although Turkey, Egypt, and the local Ethiopian rulers controlled different parts of what later became Eritrea at different times, …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Jennifer González
This spring, the Law Library of Congress added two new foreign legal gazette collections to our website, namely Panama and Czechia, and also released a new Bite-Sized Legal Research Tutorial featuring guidance to researchers on how to use the Foreign Legal Gazettes Guide.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
This winter, the Law Library of Congress celebrated a significant milestone for the foreign legal gazettes collection with over 30,000 gazette issues now available online. Additionally, we added three new foreign legal gazette collections for Argentina, Chile, and Rwanda.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
In fall 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Grenada, Italy, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
In summer 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Philippines, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Botswana.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
In spring 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Costa Rica, Gabon, and Ecuador.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
In winter 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Tunisia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Mexican states of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Jalisco, and Colima.
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