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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a legal research analyst in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s June 4, 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. The recent killing of a lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe has been widely reported and discussed both in social media and by traditional media outlets. Three individuals were allegedly involved in the act: an American citizen who traveled to Zimbabwe, with reports stating that he …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a legal analyst in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously blogged about Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Canada. …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there has been a great deal of debate both in the United States and abroad about how countries deal with major public health crises. This included discussions about the difficulty of containing the virus in the countries hardest-hit by the epidemic and what preventative measures other countries …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. It is election season in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. This is the fifth election cycle in the country since democracy was restored in 1999 after many years of military rule. Elections conducted since then, particularly presidential elections, had been marred with various controversies, including …
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