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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Steve Clarke, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. Canada‘s new majority Conservative Government headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper has introduced a bill (Bill C-7) that would limit Senators to one nine-year term. The 105 members of Canada’s upper house currently have no terms of office and are only obliged …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Shrek died last month. Not green ogre Shrek – he’s still happily living in Ogre Swamp as far as I know – but Shrek the sheep. Shrek became a celebrity in New Zealand after he was found in 2004 after six years of avoiding being shorn by hiding out in a cave in the hills …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Issam Saliba, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. In a speech delivered on June 17, 2011, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, outlined the changes that are included in a proposed new constitution, which will be voted on in a referendum scheduled for tomorrow – July 1, 2011. The King …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst. Recently this blog highlighted various religious law materials in the Law Library’s collections, including our extensive canon law collection. There have been some important developments in the canon law area this year. These developments relate to the implementation of the Apostolic Letter …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The British Royal Family has been a quite a topic of conversation here in the U.S. this year, what with “that” wedding a few weeks ago. Coming from a Commonwealth Realm I saw many references to Queen Elizabeth II and her family while I was growing up – her picture on our coins and notes, …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
In honor or Samoan Independence Day, the picture of the week depicts traditional Samoan houses.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Pacific Islander History, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today, Eritrea, Africa’s youngest nation (at least until next month, when South Sudan is expected to declare its formal independence), celebrates its 20th Independence Day. Eritrea, like all of its African brethren, is a colonial creation. Although Turkey, Egypt, and the local Ethiopian rulers controlled different parts of what later became Eritrea at different times, …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Yesterday was New Zealand’s Budget Day – the day that the Minister of Finance tables various documents and makes a statement in Parliament relating to the Government’s economic policies and spending proposals for the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1. While the proposals in the Budget are interesting and have a large impact …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Samoa is considering moving to the Western side of the International Date Line.
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library, Pacific Islander History