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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist in the Global Legal Research Center. I recently watched Dominique Strauss Kahn’s return to France on the French news as I vacationed there. There was nonstop live television coverage during the day. Many commentators pointed out that although Dominique Strauss Kahn (“DSK”) …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The 2011 Rugby World Cup kicked off in New Zealand on September 9th with a glittering opening ceremony followed by the first match between New Zealand and Tonga. (Note that the New Zealand national rugby team is commonly called the “All Blacks.”) I’ve had a couple of very busy weekends watching a number of the …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
When I last wrote about Happy Feet (the intrepid emperor penguin who took an extended vacation in New Zealand while recovering from a very long swim and a belly full of sand and twigs), he was being pampered at the Wellington Zoo while fans from around the world watched and waited to see what would …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Shrek died last month. Not green ogre Shrek – he’s still happily living in Ogre Swamp as far as I know – but Shrek the sheep. Shrek became a celebrity in New Zealand after he was found in 2004 after six years of avoiding being shorn by hiding out in a cave in the hills …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. In Saudi Arabia on April 23, 2011, individuals eligible to cast their votes in the municipality election will have the right to register themselves for inclusion in the voters’ election registration lists. Half of the seats in the municipal councils across the …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This blog post discusses the Sorcery Act 1971 of Papua New Guinea.
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. Last month I wrote about the constitutional dilemma in Egypt and some of the possibilities for moving forward. Since then a number of important events have happened, which eventually led to Egyptians voting in favor of constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Steve Clarke, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. Whenever I mention in this country that I went to college in Canada, I am almost invariably met with the response, “McGill?” I have often wondered why that is so. I mean, it is true that McGill has been ranked the top …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. In February 2011, the French government launched the Year of Overseas Territories (Année des outre-mer) with a conference on the future of coral reefs. The Year of Overseas Territories highlights the historic place and contemporary role …
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