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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
On March 30, 2023, the Vatican issued a joint statement repudiating the “doctrine of discovery” and terra nullius. The doctrine of discovery was used as the legal foundation for taking the land of Indigenous people by Europeans, and for the establishment of residential schools; as Justice Marshall wrote, “The European governments asserted the exclusive right …
Posted in: Collections, In the News, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report available, entitled "Foreigners' right to real property ownership"
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post introduces the recently published report "Asylum Application Processes" of the Law Library of Congress, which reviews the asylum application processes in nine selected jurisdictions, in particular processes involved in determining whether an asylum seeker is in need of international protection.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Law Library of Congress report examines funding for repatriation and other aspects of handling the death of detainees in immigration custody in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Law Library of Congress has released a new comparative report on the regulation of hemp in multiple jurisdictions.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Jennifer González
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 escalated tensions over slavery and this blog article tells the story of famous resistance in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Michael Chalupovitsch, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering Canada and Caribbean jurisdictions. The Law Library of Congress recently published its report, Pharmaceutical Antitrust Cases, which provides a comparative analysis of antitrust and competition cases concerning the pharmaceutical industry in 12 jurisdictions. The jurisdictions covered by this report include Australia, …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
A look at the most viewed global legal monitor posts and legal research reports
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, In the News, Law Library