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Join Us on February 23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar – Evolution of Presidential Powers under the Turkish Constitutional System

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, the Law Library of Congress foreign law specialist for Turkic-speaking jurisdictions. The 2017 constitutional amendments, adopted by a popular referendum on April 16, 2017, brought major changes to the Turkish constitutional system. Most importantly, the referendum introduced an executive presidency, concentrating the executive powers of the former …

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Watch a Recording of our Human Rights Day Panel Discussion on Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On December 10th, at 3pm EST, the Law Library of Congress held our annual Human Rights Day event. Each year, the Law Library of Congress commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, Associate Professor at the University …