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FALQs: The Greek Debt Crisis – Part 2

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On July 12, 2015, the euro-area member states agreed in principle to start negotiating a third loan package with Greece. The loan will be provided by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which was set up in 2012 by the euro-area member states. Yesterday I looked …

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FALQs: The Greek Debt Crisis – Part 1

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On July 8, 2015, the new Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos submitted a request for a third loan package to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). The ESM was set up in 2012 as a permanent intergovernmental organization under public international law to issue debt instruments …

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What Constitutional Challenges Arise When Air Traffic Control is Privatized? A New Report Looks at the Situation in Germany

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

As Congress debates the reauthorization of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which will expire in September 2015, the question of whether to privatize air traffic control (ATC) in the United States will be one of the matters discussed. The current discussion includes whether the establishment of a private non-profit ATC corporation could …

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Japan Moves to Increase Testing of Older Drivers

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress who covers Japan and jurisdictions in South East Asia. She has previously written blog posts on “Sentencing of Parents who Kill Children in Japan“; “Cambodian Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights“; “English Translations of Post-Second …

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FALQs: Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

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. …

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It’s No Longer Open Season on the Basque in Iceland

Posted by: Francisco Macías

This is a guest post by Wendy Zeldin, a senior legal research analyst in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Directorate.  Having recently watched several episodes of The Eagle, whose protagonist is a troubled but brilliant Icelandic detective working in Denmark, and having followed the exploits of Arnaldur Indridason’s Detective Erlendur, I consider myself no …

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FALQs: Execution of Drug Offenders in Indonesia

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. In late April 2015, Indonesia executed two Australian citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who had been convicted of drug trafficking offenses in 2006.  The two men were part of the “Bali Nine” syndicate that had attempted to smuggle 18 pounds (more than 8 kilograms) …

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End of the War in Europe

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Living in the nation’s capital can make one rather jaded.  Another presidential inauguration – another day of clogged metro and closed streets!  The Cherry Blossom Festival – the cherry blossoms are always beautiful – but again the traffic is horrendous.  But last Friday, May 8th, I witnessed a flyover of 15 World War II aircraft …

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Laws Related to “Foreign Fighters”

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Connie Johnson, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  She most recently published a blog post on her new bibliography of Islamic law materials. The Law Library of Congress has published a report titled Treatment of Foreign Fighters in Selected Jurisdictions. The focus of …