On this Day: Queen Christina of Sweden Abdicates June 6, 1654
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
A post about Swedish Queen Christina abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism .
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Women's History
Category: Global Law
FALQs: The Danish Constitution of 1849 – 175th Anniversary
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the Danish Constitutional Act of 1849, signed on June 5, 1849 and ending absolute monarchy in Denmark.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Law Library
FALQs: European Parliament Elections
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post describes European Parliament elections.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
Anniversary of the German Basic Law – German Constitutions in the Course of Time
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Eva Dauke, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Every year, on May 23, Germany celebrates the “Day of the Basic Law.” The Basic Law is Germany’s constitution, which lays out the country’s fundamental rights, among …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
FALQs: Supreme Court Justice Selection in Norway
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On May 1, 2024, the Norwegian Supreme Court Justice Normann turned 70 years old and, as a Norwegian state employee, will be forced to retire from Norway’s highest court. Next year, another justice, Arne Ringnes, turns 70. This has created two upcoming vacancies on the …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Law Library
Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office Spurs Possible Law Change
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
New Law Report Examines School Bus Safety Rules
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The Law Library of Congress recently published a new legal report, titled: "School Bus Safety Requirements: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Iceland, Mexico, Russia, United Arab Emirates."
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Join Us on 10/26 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled “Nordic Noir: Genealogy as a Criminal Investigation Technique in Denmark and Sweden”
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
In 2020, the Swedish Police solved a 16-year-old cold case using forensic genetic genealogy, a first for the country. Following the conviction, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection found that there was no legal basis for using investigative genetic genealogy. Earlier in 2023, the Danish and Swedish parliaments both voted on whether the police should have …
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Midsommar Becomes Weekend Holiday in Sweden in 1953 – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
A few weeks ago, on June 6, Swedes celebrated their national day, in remembrance of both Gustav Vasa being elected king on this date in 1523 and the adoption of the Constitution of 1809, establishing the constitutional monarchy. If you ask a Swede, however, it seems an even bigger celebration is actually Midsommarafton (Midsummer’s Eve), …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Pic of the Week