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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law webinar on data protection laws in Italy on April 18 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written for In Custodia Legis on the Italian Parliamentary Library; Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century); and Recent Legislation Enacted by Italy to Tackle COVID-19. Over a year ago, on March 23, …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written on the Italian Parliamentary Library and Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century). As of March 11, 2020, 10,590 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy, with an additional 827 dead from …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
In anticipation of the Library’s upcoming program, “La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice,” – a conference held in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland to …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has written a number of In Custodia Legis blog posts related to Italian, Roman, and Canon law. In recent times, Italy has witnessed the growing influence of certain sects and cults and of crime associated …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The Law Library of Congress recently published a multinational report, Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions, which provides individual surveys of selected jurisdictions and gives an overview of their legislation on access to information for persons with disabilities. Providing access constitutes one of the human rights protections specifically guaranteed under article …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the most viewed legal research reports and Global Legal Monitor articles of 2024.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, foreign law specialist summarizes the newly published legal report, titled, "Climate Change and Historic Preservation."
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
One of the perplexing aspects of the surge in witch trials that took place in Europe between the 15th and the 18th centuries is the question of how much the personal experiences of that era’s legal personnel influenced the practice of criminal justice throughout the period. In a previous post on this blog, we saw …
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