Law Library: News & Events: Law Library of Congress Highlights from January 2023

The mission of the Law Library of Congress is to provide authoritative legal research, reference and instruction services, and access to an unrivaled collection of U.S., foreign, comparative, and international law. Here are some of the new resources you may have missed recently.

In January, we published 5 Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World:

Guide to Law Online: Macau (Special Administrative Region of China)

Guide to Law Online: Madagascar

Guide to Law Online: Malawi

Guide to Law Online: Malaysia

Guide to Law Online: Maldives

In January, we published 20 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:

The Most Viewed In Custodia Legis Posts of 2022

Preserving the Past: The National Register of Historic Places

The 2022 Congress.gov Top 22 and Year in Review

The Most Viewed Legal Research Reports and Global Legal Monitor Articles of 2022

The Royal Courts of Justice in London – Pic of the Week

Foreign Legal Gazette Collections – Fall 2022 Recap

Martin Luther King, Jr. and His National Day of Service

Upcoming US Law Webinars – February 2023

When is a Loaf of Bread More Than Just a Loaf of Bread?

What Not to Wear: Clothing Rationing During World War II

Alchemy and The Act Against Multipliers

New Law Library of Congress Report Examines Pharmaceutical Antitrust Cases

Hansberry v. Lee: The Supreme Court Case that Influenced the Play “A Raisin in the Sun”

An Interview with Seongryeol (Ryan) Park, Foreign Law Intern

Chew Heong v. United States

Koreans Becoming Younger – Unification of Age-Counting Systems

Congress.gov January 2023 New, Tip, and Top

Syndication Regulation and TV’s Big Three: Broadcasting Regulations and 1970s Television

The Global Legal Monitor is our online publication covering legal news and developments worldwide. These are the articles from January:

Bahrain: New Amendments to the Internal Bylaws of the Council of Representatives Adopted 

European Union: Prohibition on Flavored Heated Tobacco Products Enters into Force

India: Supreme Court Rules All Woman, Irrespective of Marital Status, Have Equal Access to Abortion Up to 24 Weeks

Switzerland: Voters in Canton of Vaud Overwhelmingly Approve Act on Palliative Care and Assisted Suicide in Assisted Living Facilities

Saint Christopher and Nevis: High Court Rules Buggery Offenses Do Not Apply to Consensual Sexual Acts between Adults in Private

United Arab Emirates: New Law Regulating Work of Foreign Domestic Workers Adopted

United States: Appeals Court Upholds Conviction for Misuse of Wires in US as Part of Israeli Wire Fraud Scheme but Holds Restitution to Foreign Victims Improper

Canada: Alberta Enacts Legislation to Opt Out of Enforcing Federal Law

Israel: Court Rules Citizenship Granted by Mistake to Children Born in West Bank and Raised in Israel Must Not Be Revoked

Uganda: Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act Enacted

China: Management of COVID-19 Downgraded

India: Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Interim Order against Anti-conversion Law Requiring Declaration for Religious Conversion

Philippines: Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance Enacted

Canada: Parliament Enacts New Regulations Concerning Taxation of Foreign-Owned Residential Properties

United Kingdom: Bill to Revise Retained EU Law Progresses through Parliament

Israel: Court Orders Ministry of Interior to Register Marriage Officiated in Utah via Virtual Conferencing

South Korea: Supreme Court Rules Government Responsible for Harm Suffered by Sex Workers in US Military Camp Towns

Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Removes Governor of the Federal District for 90 Days

Brazil: President Decrees Federal Intervention in Federal District after Attacks on Government Institutions and Buildings

China: Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests Revised

Brazil: Newly Elected President Enacts Four Provisional Measures and 52 Presidential Decrees

England: Biosecurity Measures to Prevent Spread of Bird Flu Implemented

Israel: Amendments Regulating Governmental and Parliamentary Activities Passed Ahead of Government Inauguration

India: Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022, Allowing for a Carbon Credit Trading System, Comes into Force

Italy: Law on Constitutional Status of Italian Islands Enters into Effect

England: New Rules Allow Parole Hearings to Be Conducted in Public

Turkey: DETSIS Website Becomes Active, Replaces KAYSIS Home Page

Canada: Supreme Court Holds Equitable Remedies Not Available to Correct Tax-Related Mistakes

Mexico: Bill to Protect Mexico's Airspace from Organized Criminal Activities Approved by Congressional Committees

Egypt: Supreme Administrative Court Rejects Petition to Obligate Local Administrative Authorities to Allocate Burial Site for Baha'i Religious Minority

Greenland; Denmark: Greenlandic Parliament Votes to Shift Time Zone

Pakistan: Federal Shariat Court Upholds Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act

South Korea: Supreme Court Decides Transgender Person with Minor Children Can Change Gender in Family Relations Register

England and Wales: Bill Provides for Offense of Public Sexual Harassment

United Kingdom: Government Proposes 'Protect Duty' Bill

India: Parliament Passes Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill to Combat Piracy on High Seas

Sweden: Government Initiates Review of Repatriation of Sámi Skulls

Israel: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Unblock Facebook Account of User Who Posted Offensive Content in Violation of Community Rules

United States: Puerto Rico's Supreme Tribunal Upholds Constitutionality of Requiring a License to Use or Carry Firearms

Japan: New Law Prohibits High-Pressure Solicitation of Donations and Supports Victimized Donors and Their Families

Israel: High Court Orders Prime Minister Netanyahu to Dismiss Minister with Multiple Criminal Convictions

Here are the webinars and events coming up in February:

2/2 at 1:00 pm: Orientation to Legal Research- U.S. Federal Regulations

2/16 at 2:00 pm: Orientation to Congress.gov Webinar

2/23 at 2:00 pm: The Dilemma of Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Forced Labor and Sexual Exploitation in Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series)