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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report available, entitled "Foreigners' right to real property ownership"
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad on April 25 at 2:00pm for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Judicial Responses to Anti-conversion Laws in India.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. We are proud to announce that our new multi-jurisdiction report on mechanisms employed to fund immigration agencies in selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is now available on law.gov. The report …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress covering Italian, Vatican, Roman, and Canon law. Join us on March 30, 2023, at 2 p.m. EDT for our next foreign and comparative law webinar titled, “Italian Legislative Framework for the Return of Unlawfully Obtained Artwork.” …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
A blog post about the agricultural pursuits of George Washington Carver
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library of Congress has released a new comparative report on the regulation of hemp in multiple jurisdictions.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library, Legal Reports, Research Guide
Posted by: Jennifer González
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 escalated tensions over slavery and this blog article tells the story of famous resistance in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering laws of Arabic-speaking countries and Islamic law. Join us on February 23 at 2 p.m. EST for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “The Dilemma of Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Forced Labor and …
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