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FALQs: Soviet Investigation of Nazi War Crimes

Posted by: Ruth Levush

The following is a guest post by the Director of the Global Legal Research Center Peter Roudik. Peter is a frequent contributor to In Custodia Legis. He has written a number of posts, including on “Ukraine: Two Understandings of Lustration,” “Crimean History, Status, and Referendum,” “Regulating the Winter Olympics in Russia,” “Soviet Law and the Assassination …

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FALQs: Cuban Legal System

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Gustavo Guerra, a foreign law specialist covering a number of Spanish-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress.  It is the second post in our “Frequently Asked Legal Questions” series, following on from our post yesterday on French terrorism laws.  This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked …

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FALQs: Terrorism in France

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Today we start a new series on In Custodia Legis!  “FALQs” are “Frequently Asked Legal Questions.“  We will briefly discuss interesting and useful information on laws and legal issues related to events from around the world.  Please feel free to let us know in the comments if there are particular global events or issues that …

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Legislative Data Challenges, One Year Later

Posted by: Tina Gheen

The following is a guest post by Jim Mangiafico. Jim is the winner of our Legislative Data Challenges and has been working with our partner, the National Archives of the United Kingdom, for the second challenge to further the work he began during our challenges. He has graciously agreed to provide an update on his …

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New Year’s Greetings from the Law Librarian of Congress

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who has previously written about the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, federal architecture, state government contracts, speed limits, and cruise ship food rules, among other topics. The New Year’s Greeting for 2014 is available for download in PDF format. PREPARING TO LAUNCH …

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Justice Breyer, Symposium Explore Legacies of Magna Carta

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is an article written by Mark Hartsell, writer-editor for The Gazette, the Library of Congress staff newsletter. The legacy of Magna Carta, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer said, sometimes can be seen in the things that don’t happen. The court’s decision in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), brought …

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Human Rights Day Event Scheduled for February 2015

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is guest post by Constance Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Connie is chair of the Law Library’s planning committee for Human Rights Day and has previously written or co-written a number of posts for In Custodia Legis. Today is the world’s Human Rights Day, a day proclaimed by the …