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Posted by: Francisco Macías
No, May 5th is not Mexican Independence Day. Mexico’s independence is celebrated on September 16th and shouldn’t be confused with the holiday of May 5th. The celebration of “Cinco de Mayo” commemorates the “Battle of Puebla” (May 5, 1862). In this battle, Mexican forces led by Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (from what is now the city …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
We often blog about different commemorative events, anniversaries, and holidays, with a particular focus on their legal and cultural history and on items in our collection. I thought I would add to this collection of posts by highlighting New Zealand Sign Language Week – taking place this week, May 2-8. New Zealand Sign Language is …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Greetings from the Law Librarian of Congress, Happy Old Year, and The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released. From the moment that I arrived in Seoul, Korea until the day I …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. From Laurence Binyon’s poem, For the Fallen (1914) Today, April 25, is Anzac Day – a public holiday in …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, World War I
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. In Saudi Arabia on April 23, 2011, individuals eligible to cast their votes in the municipality election will have the right to register themselves for inclusion in the voters’ election registration lists. Half of the seats in the municipal councils across the …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
With the marital celebrations of Prince William and Kate Middleton only a week away, the question flying around some people’s minds is whether Will and Kate have a pre-nuptial agreement (also known in England as a ‘marital property agreement‘) in place. The use of pre-nuptial agreements has not been widespread in England, due mainly to …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As the people of some African countries take to the streets to unseat their leaders, Nigerians get the opportunity to do the same this month – but instead of needing to protest, they can affect change by going to polling stations. It’s election season in Nigeria. The country, a federation of 36 states with a …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This blog post discusses the Sorcery Act 1971 of Papua New Guinea.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The genesis of this post lies in research that led me to the Law Library stacks and into one of my favorite locations: the section containing English trials. Long before the arrival of soap operas and reality television programs, people (well, us Brits, anyway) used to be titillated by sordid criminal trials. I suppose to …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law