Asian Americans in the Military
Posted by: Jennifer González
A short overview of the hardships of Asian Americans serving in the U.S. Military.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
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Posted by: Jennifer González
A short overview of the hardships of Asian Americans serving in the U.S. Military.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ post looks at universal jurisdiction in Germany and surveys recent court cases.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the 2022 agreement between Canada and Denmark concerning the territory of Greenland.
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, In the News, Guest Post
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
We recently published a report on the Recognition of Foreign Passports on our website. The report, produced by specialists and analysts of the Global Legal Research Directorate, surveys 20 jurisdictions around the world as well as international law, and focuses on the rules and approaches for recognizing foreign passports. In addition, the report covers the …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the new memorial for Native veterans, unveiled on November 11 2020.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
Posted by: Ruth Levush
In recent months we have witnessed major changes in many areas, particularly following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, we will be presenting a webinar on global developments in election and campaign finance laws, both before and during the pandemic. …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Event
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A recent Law Library of Congress report, Legal Provisions on Gender Equality, examines the legal provisions governing inheritance rights, the legal age of marriage, and the transmittal of citizenship through the mother in 18 Middle Eastern and North African countries. The countries surveyed include Israel, Iran, and 16 Arab countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The following is a guest post by Janeen Williams, a Legal Reference Specialist with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. The federal judiciary has the authority to review actions of the legislative and executive branches to verify that they comport with the Constitution see Marbury v. Madison). However, judicial review does …
Posted in: Law Library
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 …
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