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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 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: 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 …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Chris Brain, a foreign law intern working in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress under the supervision of Clare Feikert-Ahalt, senior foreign law specialist covering the United Kingdom. He has previously written about UK – New Immigration and Asylum Bill Provides Fundamental Reforms. This post is …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
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 …
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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.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series and describes Sweden's legislative and policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Overview of the Danish government's legal response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
While working from home together with other Law Library staff our foreign law specialists and analysts have been busy researching many legal issues related to COVID-19, including Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations (March 2020) on measures taken in various countries for continuing legislative activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, we also published a …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Legal Reports