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Nigeria Election Laws – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

This post is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series. It is election season in Nigeria.  As I noted in my recent post, barring any changes to the schedule, Nigeria will hold presidential and National Assembly elections on March 28, 2015.  Nigeria will also hold elections for state house assemblies as well as gubernatorial …

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Argentine Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand, senior foreign law specialist for Argentina and several other Spanish-speaking jurisdictions. Argentina has a federal republic form of government and a democratic political system.  The Argentine Constitution, enacted in 1853 and last amended in 1994, provides for three branches of government: an executive branch headed by …

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Brazil – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, senior foreign law specialist for Brazil and Portuguese speaking jurisdictions.  He has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis titled “Capoeira: From Crime to Culture” and “Law Library Report on Citizenship Pathways and Border Protection in Various Countries.” Brazil was officially discovered by Portugal on April …

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A Guide to Chinese Legal Research and Global Legal Collection Highlights: Official Publication of Chinese Law

Posted by: Laney Zhang

If you got a chance to read my previous posts on Chinese legal research, Who Makes What? and Administrative Regulations and Departmental Rules, you know that under China’s Law on Legislation, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and its standing committee make laws; the State Council makes administrative regulations; and the ministries and commissions under the …

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International Arbitration Law in Mexico – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Dante is a frequent contributor to In Custodia Legis. His recent posts include Introduction to Roman Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Introduction to Canon Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Resources and Treasures of the …

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Cambodian Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, senior foreign law specialist for Japan and several Southeast Asian countries.  She has previously also written posts on the Law Library’s collections for Korea and Japan, as well as on her report about post-earthquake legislation in Japan. Cambodia is an interesting country to study and is …

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English Translations of Post-Second World War South Korean Laws – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. It continues our Global Collection Highlights Series. Sayuri previously contributed a post on Japanese family law to this series. She also recently wrote a post on the laws and regulations passed in the aftermath of the Great …

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Laws of Tanzania – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

On April 26, 2014, Tanzania celebrated 50 years of the Tanganyika and Zanzibar union.  A former German (1880s-1918) and British (1919-1961) colony, Tanganyika (now commonly referred to as mainland Tanzania) became independent on December 9, 1961.  Zanzibar, which also saw successive colonial rulers (p. 15), including under Portugal, the Busaidy Dynasty and Britain, gained its …