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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Please join us on June 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on "Going Smokefree: Cigarette Bans in New Zealand and the United Kingdom."
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post describes European Parliament elections.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Eva Dauke, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Every year, on May 23, Germany celebrates the “Day of the Basic Law.” The Basic Law is Germany’s constitution, which lays out the country’s fundamental rights, among …
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, Ryan Reft from the Manuscripts Division brings us a post on Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and his "little" black book that documented books that he read, featuring authors that might surprise you.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post describes the upcoming FCIL webinar, taking place on May 23 on Weaponization of Passports - Tool of War and Diplomacy: Legality, Methodology, and Impact of Russian ‘Passportization’ Policy toward Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post examines the legal implications that the sinking the RMS Titanic has had on maritime safety worldwide.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law webinar on data protection laws in Italy on April 18 at 2:00 PM EDT.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law webinar on firearms legislation in Mexico and Brazil on March 28 at 2:00 PM EST.
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