The Importance of Independence Documents and Constitutions
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Blog post about Fijian Independence and the loss of the original legal document
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Category: Global Law
OI! YOU THERE: Bobbies and Guns
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
In keeping with the firearms theme of the past few weeks, I thought it would be remiss of me to discuss the laws relating to the ownership and possession of firearms by the general public and exclude those under which England’s “Bobbies” (the police) must operate. It is true that police in England and Wales …
Posted in: Global Law
Global Legal Resource Room
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
In addition to the Law Library Reading Room, the public can also access legal materials in our Global Legal Resource Room. This space was established to provide a secure area for our 16,250 volume foreign law reference collection. The Resource Room is located in our administrative offices as the primary users of this collection are …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Help Finding Comparative and International Law
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Directorate. The Law Library’s Multinational Collections Database is now the Global Legal Information Catalog (GLIC). GLIC is a research tool for the Library of Congress Collections that interfaces with our library catalog. Why do you need to use it? …
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British Gun Laws – What it Takes to (Lawfully) Own a Gun
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
In my previous blog post, I reviewed an unfortunate firearms incident that prompted the use of the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. I mentioned the stringent laws applying to firearms in Great Britain and thought it would be good to provide a brief overview of the legislation in terms of what exactly is required to lawfully …
Posted in: Global Law
Maybe a Dingo Killed the Baby
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
It’s a phrase that has entered into popular culture and one that people might use to demonstrate the Australian (“Austrayan”) accent but, just as Kirk Lazarus said in Tropic Thunder, “the dingo’s got my baby” (and variations on this quote) really does come from a true story, and a baby really did die. The cause …
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A Simple Case of “Do the Crime, Do the Time”?
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
People who try to bring illegal drugs into any country are clearly taking a high risk in order to obtain the returns they seek. In some countries, including a number in Southeast Asia, the stakes are very high indeed, as those caught with drugs may face the death penalty or a considerable number of years …
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Henry VIII is Alive and Well and Living in New Zealand
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, and some of the rules and regulations that seemed to have made things better for people than they might otherwise have been. The New Zealand Government and Parliament have since tried …
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Gun Laws – Truly Exceptional Circumstances Must Exist to Avoid Minimum Sentencing
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
As Kelly said in a previous post, there are certain cases that attract our attention for both their quirkiness and deeper societal meanings. With several hundred years of cases, there are many, many quirky ones across my jurisdictions. There has been one particular case that has stuck with me for the past few years as …
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