Sea Cellars and Wine Sellers: Legal Issues in the Underwater Wine-Aging Industry
Posted by: Anna Price
A discussion of the American ban on underwater wine-aging.
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Category: In the News
Join Us on 9/28 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Israel’s Legal Reforms
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Please join us on September 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. EDT for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “Israel’s Legal Reforms.” This webinar is the latest installment in the Law Library’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series. Please register here. On January 4, 2023, Israel’s Minister of Justice Yariv Levin introduced a comprehensive …
Posted in: Event, Global Law, In the News, Law Library
FALQs: International Criminal Court – 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Rome Statute
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This FALQ post gives an overview of the ICC, the Rome Statute, the crimes that can be tried, and examples of recent cases.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
New Law Library Report on Regulation of Advanced Air Mobility in the EU and UK Published
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This post introduces the new Law Library report on "Regulation of Advanced Air Mobility : European Union, United Kingdom."
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Doctrine of Discovery, Until Otherwise
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
On March 30, 2023, the Vatican issued a joint statement repudiating the “doctrine of discovery” and terra nullius. The doctrine of discovery was used as the legal foundation for taking the land of Indigenous people by Europeans, and for the establishment of residential schools; as Justice Marshall wrote, “The European governments asserted the exclusive right …
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Law Library, Native Americans
FALQs: Government Formation in Finland
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the government formation process in Finland.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Class Action Claims on I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray
Posted by: Anna Price
In an April 18, 2023, opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging that nutrient content claims for “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray” (“Butter! Spray”) are misleading. The plaintiffs in this case were California consumers who alleged that the “product’s label makes misrepresentations about fat and calorie content …
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An Interview with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today's interview is with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: In the News, Interview, Law Library
Watch a Recording of Our Webinar “Regulating Remote Work During the Pandemic and After: Global Perspectives”
Posted by: Kelly Goles
You can now watch a recording of our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar, "Regulating Remote Work During the Pandemic and After: Global Perspectives"
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library