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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Author

Posted by: Laney Zhang

“Each of us has a crouching tiger deep in the heart.” This is what internationally-acclaimed Taiwanese director Ang Lee told a Chinese journalist, Chai Jing, in a recent interview about his latest film, Life of Pi.  The crouching tiger is Lee’s metaphor for the inner power driving him in his continuous efforts to try “thrilling” …

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A Healthy Dose of Super Bowl Ads?

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

I finally realized that U.S. sports channels just aren’t going to bend to my will and start showing more rugby.  The result of this is that I’ve been watching a lot of American football lately instead.  One thing I’ve always noticed when watching football is how many commercial breaks there are during the game.  During …

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Global Legal Monitor: 2012 Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

For those of us who are global legal news buffs, 2012 was a great year.  I am speaking of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), a Law Library of Congress publication which provides summaries on new legal developments around the world.  In 2012, GLM published 512 articles on a range of legal issues in various jurisdictions. …

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Debate Over the 2012 Egyptian Constitution

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a Senior Legal Analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Last week George provided an overview of the drafting process and content of the Egyptian Constitution of 2012.  He has also previously written posts on Egypt’s constitutional referendum and several other topics. In my last post, …

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Israel’s 2013 Elections: The Making of a Coalition Government

Posted by: Ruth Levush

Israeli voters are going to the polls today (January 22, 2013) to cast their ballots for the 19th Knesset (Israel’s parliament). Unlike in the U.S., where after the ballots are counted the presidential winner can go ahead with selecting his cabinet, the winner of the Israeli elections is not necessarily going to head the upcoming …

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Treaty on the Creation of the Soviet Union – Signed, Sealed, and Delivered?

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Center and a specialist on the laws of Eastern European and former Soviet Union jurisdictions. In previous posts, my colleagues have discussed different types of laws from various countries.  These have included unusual laws, little-known laws, and laws that were …