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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Svitlana Vodyanyk, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, in which we publish posts every two weeks that provide information on the resources in the Law Library’s collection relating to different countries and topics. The Law …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
I’m betting at least a few of our readers braved the Black Friday shopping crowds to get their hands on particular products at bargain prices. You may have even ventured out to shop on Thanksgiving Thursday, with a number of stores deciding to open much earlier than in previous years. Of course, as was widely …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Center at the Law Library of Congress and a foreign law specialist covering Russia and former Soviet Union jurisdictions. In a recent interview with NPR, the Librarian of Congress Dr. James H. Billington said that “the assassination of President Kennedy …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, our foreign law specialist for Portuguese-speaking countries. Eduardo has previously written a post for In Custodia Legis on the legal history of capoeira in Brazil. Immigration, citizenship pathways, and border security are recurrent topics in the media. You may have wondered: How does immigration work in …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dr. Sanaz Alasti, an Iranian legal scholar who spent time with us this summer as a Scholar in Residence. Dr. Alasti is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University. She is the author of several books, including one that provides a comparative perspective on punishments under …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following interview is with Bing Jia. Bing is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. Apart from some brief moves, I spent my childhood in Liaocheng, a historical and cultural city in Northern China. The Old Town — which is shaded from the summer heat …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Elections for Australia’s federal Parliament will be held this weekend on September 7, 2013. Initially, in January of this year, the then prime minister, Julia Gillard, announced that September 14 would be the election date. But in June a new prime minister, Kevin Rudd (who is also a former prime minister), took over and in …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This past weekend New Zealand’s laws made an appearance in international news publications once again with headlines such as “South African Chef ‘Too Fat’ to Live in New Zealand” (BBC), “New Zealand Cites Obesity In Denying Chef’s Work Visa” (NPR), “Obese Man Faces Deportation” (Sky News), and “New Zealand Immigration Officials Say Man is Too …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This is the fourth post in our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, following posts on Russian law, Kuwait business law, and European Union law. Be sure to let us know in the comments if there is a particular country that you would like us to cover in this series! When I started working at the …
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