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Posted by: Ruth Levush
Law Library report on "Legal Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors" Published. It provides information on the laws that apply to the protection and restrictions on eligibility for asylum for unaccompanied minors.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law
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: Law Library, Global Law, In the News, Event
Posted by: Ruth Levush
An interview with Jorge Barrera Rojas, Foreign Law Specialist for the laws of countries in South America, Central America, and Spain.
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This is a guest blog by Younkyung (Regina) Eum, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Sayuri Umeda in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. I recently started watching the South Korean show Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a popular drama about an attorney with Asperger syndrome. In addition to …
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Posted by: Ruth Levush
Today’s interview is with Younkyung (Regina) Eum, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Sayuri Umeda in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Masan, a small city in southern South Korea. Sadly, Masan has been integrated with the nearby city Changwon and no longer …
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Posted by: Ruth Levush
This blog posts highlights everything one needs to know about elections in Israel.
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Join us on July 21 at 2 p.m. EDT for a webinar titled, “Regulating Remote Work During the Pandemic and After: Global Perspectives.” Please register here. Our upcoming July Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series’ entry will provide an overview of the considerations undertaken by the U.S., the European Union (EU), and selected foreign countries in regulating …
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Posted by: Ruth Levush
A search of legal reports produced by the Law Library of Congress has identified multiple reports on gun laws around the world. The reports date back to the early 1960s, reflecting the interest in the topics of “firearms” OR “weapons” OR “gun control” OR “weapons industry” by Law Library of Congress patrons over the years. …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
In recent months we have witnessed major changes in many areas, particularly following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, we will be presenting a webinar on global developments in election and campaign finance laws, both before and during the pandemic. …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Event