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Japanese Family Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress, who covers Japan and several other Asian jurisdictions.  This post is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, which has included posts on the Law Library’s collections related to a wide range of countries and subjects. The …

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Perspectives on Egypt’s 2014 Constitution

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Research Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Last month, a new Egyptian Constitution was approved in a popular referendum held on January 14-15.  The Head of the Supreme National Electoral Commission, Chief Justice Nabil Saleeb, announced the results of the referendum on January …

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Regulating the Winter Olympics in Russia

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Directorate in the Law Library of Congress.  Peter is our Russian law specialist and has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on Soviet law and the assassination of JFK, laws of the Russian Federation, the 95th anniversary of the …

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Law Relating to Refugee Rights – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, in which we publish posts about materials in the Law Library’s collection related to particular topics or jurisdictions. December 10 was international Human Rights Day.  …