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

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Law Library of Congress Highlights from May 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.

Our Public Services Division has released a new pre-recorded programRecent Developments in U.S. Foreign Relations Law and Research Strategies.

In May, we published 14 Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World:

Guide to Law Online: Mexico

Guide to Law Online: Micronesia, Federated States of

Guide to Law Online: Moldova

Guide to Law Online: Monaco

Guide to Law Online: Mongolia

Guide to Law Online: Montenegro

Guide to Law Online: Montserrat

Guide to Law Online: Morocco

Guide to Law Online: Mozambique

Guide to Law Online: Namibia

Guide to Law Online: Nauru

Guide to Law Online: Nepal

Guide to Law Online: Netherlands

Guide to Law Online: New Zealand

In May, we published 13 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:

New Acquisition: 1872 House Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Class Action Claims on I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray

Congressional Reactions to the Assassination of President Garfield in the Bound Congressional Record

New Acquisitions: Skånske lov, the Law of Scania (Copenhagen, 1505)

Historic Fairfield, CT – Pic of the Week

Bound Congressional Record Now Back to 1873 in Congress.gov

Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – June 2023

The Old Courthouse of the Dred Scott Decision

Online Legal Reports Collection Surpasses 4,000 Historical and Contemporary Reports

Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee’s Push for Suffrage

Hello Mr. Lawyer! – Pic of the Week

Join Us on 6/22 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us

LGBTQI+ Resources at the Library of Congress

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

Pakistan: Supreme Court Temporarily Bars Government from Enforcing Supreme Court Reform Act Curtailing Suo Motu Powers of Chief Justice

Canada: Provincial Ban on Cultivating Cannabis for Personal Use Upheld as Constitutional

Israel: Legislation Authorizes Warrantless Searches and Sanctions to Combat Unlawful Possession of Weapons

European Union: Commission Publishes List of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines under Digital Services Act

Vietnam: Anti-Money Laundering Law Takes Effect

European Union: Commission Publishes List of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines under Digital Services Act

Egypt: House of Representatives Approves New Amendments to Citizenship Law

South Korea: Government Announces Measure to Compensate Forced Labor Victims Who Won Lawsuits against Japanese Companies

China: Legislation Law Codifies New 'Flexible' Local Regulations

Tunisia: Leader of Main Opposition Party Detained Pending Trial

Brazil: National Health Surveillance Agency Updates Its Guidelines on Use of Masks

United Kingdom: Immigration Bill Progresses to House of Lords

Brazil: New Law Creates Program to Prevent and Combat Sexual Crimes in the Public Administration

Italy: New Law on Construction of World's Longest Suspension Bridge Enters into Effect

Morocco: New Draft Law on the Higher Institute for the Judiciary Approved

Brazil: Federal Council of Medicine Prohibits Use of Anabolic Steroids for Aesthetic Purposes

United Kingdom: UK Olympic Governing Body Prohibits Transgender Women from Competing Outside Their Biological Gender

Italy: Constitutional Court Rules on Discontinuation of Criminal Prosecution due to Defendant's Irreversible Mental and Physical Incapacity

Germany: Government Proposes Self-Identification Law for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Persons

England: New Draft Regulations Would Make Microchipping of Household Cats Mandatory

China: New Provisions Allow Foreign Universities to Establish STEM Schools in Hainan without Chinese Partners

Brazil: Brazil and Portugal Sign Memorandum on Economic Cooperation

Libya: American and Libyan Citizens Arrested and Detained for Conducting Missionary Work and Apostasy

India: Supreme Court Recognizes 'Irreconciliable Differences' as a Ground for Divorce under Hindu Law

Uzbekistan: New Constitution Takes Effect

Here are the webinars and events coming up in June:

6/8 at 1:00 PM: Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series - U.S. Federal Statutes

6/20 at 2:00 PM: Congress.gov Webinar

6/22 at 2:00 PM: Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us - a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar