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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the achievements of the German lawyer and judge Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit on the occasion of her death at the age of 90 in September 2023.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Women's History
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ post gives an overview of the ICC, the Rome Statute, the crimes that can be tried, and examples of recent cases.
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ describes the mechanisms to protect the rule of law in the European Union.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ post looks at universal jurisdiction in Germany and surveys recent court cases.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post gives an overview of the legality of dumpster diving in Germany on the occasion of Sustainable Gastronomy Day.
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post provides information on Erna Scheffler, the first female judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court.
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Viktoria Simone Fritz, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Wouldn’t it be great to just put all documents submitted and produced in a specific legal dispute into a machine, wait a few seconds – or let’s …
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the Unified Patent Court and unitary patents in Europe.
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The following is a guest post by Zeynep Timocin Cantekin, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. The Council of the European Union stated that the increasing number of terrorist attacks since 2004 and …
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