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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last Friday, the Parliament of Australia launched its new website, replacing the one that had been in place for 12 years. I had often used the old website to find a range of information on bills and parliamentary inquiries (i.e., investigations into particular issues). This includes explanatory memoranda (according to the glossary on the new …
Posted in: Global Law, Gov 2.0
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last year Clare wrote about changes to the UK government’s legislation website, and we’ve written a lot about enhancements to THOMAS, so when I got an email last week about the Australian government’s legislation website being upgraded I thought it definitely warranted some attention. The ComLaw website provides open access to Commonwealth (i.e., federal) legislation. …
Posted in: Global Law, Gov 2.0
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post explores the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in particular its role during the Olympics.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Please join us on June 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on "Going Smokefree: Cigarette Bans in New Zealand and the United Kingdom."
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The Law Library of Congress recently published a report on the options for, and restrictions on, the use of excess embryos created through IVF in nine jurisdictions: Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog posts introduces the newly published Law Library reports "Australia: Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers" and "European Union: New Pact on Migration and Asylum."
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post is a guest post by foreign law specialist Gustavo Guerra that examines the newly published legal report titled, "Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation."
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The Law Library's recently published legal research report, Regulation of Lobbying Activities in the Judicial Branch, is now available online.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
A peculiar street sign in DC leads to the discovery of DC's official dinosaur - and the later laws that came into effect in order to protect future findings.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans