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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post discusses the history of the laws related to brännvin, a traditional Swedish distilled liquor.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The Law Library recently published a new report on the protection of children online. The report, titled Children’s Online Privacy and Data Protection, surveys ten jurisdictions on the special measures they have put in place to protect children online. The jurisdictions are the European Union (EU) member states of Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes women's suffrage in Sweden.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
We recently published a report on the Recognition of Foreign Passports on our website. The report, produced by specialists and analysts of the Global Legal Research Directorate, surveys 20 jurisdictions around the world as well as international law, and focuses on the rules and approaches for recognizing foreign passports. In addition, the report covers the …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Forty years ago today, on February 4, 1981, Gro Harlem Brundtland became Norway’s first female prime minister (PM). Erna Solberg, Norway’s current PM, became the second woman to serve as PM when she was elected to this role following the 2013 national election. Norwegian Women’s Suffrage 2019 marked the centennial of women’s suffrage in the …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
The following is a guest post by Steven Hughston Vasil, a 2020 summer intern working remotely with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. He is a current graduate student pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. On December 19, 1977, President Jimmy …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post discusses Belva Lockwood's struggle to gain admission to practice law in a time where many jurisdictions would not admit a woman to the bar.
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Yesterday, we published a list with the most viewed legal research reports of fiscal year 2020. Today, I bring you a new report that we recently published on our website: Civic Space Legal Framework in select countries.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines civic space as the “set of legal, policy, institutional, and …
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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Interested in what the Law Library does? This blog posts details our most read Global Legal Monitor articles and Legal Research Reports in fiscal year 2020.
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