
FALQs: Government Formation in Finland
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the government formation process in Finland.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the government formation process in Finland.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Today, June 6, Sweden celebrates 500 years as an independent nation. On June 6, 1523, Gustav Eriksson Vasa was elected king of Sweden at the assembly (riksmötet) in Strängsnäs, officially uniting Sweden under one king and ending forever the Kalmar Union that tied Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (including Finland) together under one monarch. …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The Law Library is happy to announce that our collection of legacy and contemporary reports has grown to over 4,000. This summer, we plan to announce a new update to our crowdsourcing campaign, with the release of several hundred additional digitized reports that were published over the last couple years and which would benefit greatly from volunteer transcriptions to help ensure accurate full-text searchability of our collection.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join legal research analyst Iana Fremer on May 18 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on E-Governance and E-Voting in the Baltic States.
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Among the many resources that the Law Library is renowned for is the preparation of legal reports on foreign, comparative, and international law topics. As we continue to publish contemporary and historical legal reports on law.gov on a weekly basis, the Law Library of Congress is proud to announce that our legal reports will now …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report available, entitled "Foreigners' right to real property ownership"
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Ruth Levush
An interview with Jorge Barrera Rojas, Foreign Law Specialist for the laws of countries in South America, Central America, and Spain.
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad on April 25 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Judicial Responses to Anti-conversion Laws in India.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
You can now watch a recording of our webinar "An Overview of Treaty Research," which was part of our Lunch and Learn Webinar series.
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library