Legal Research Institute Webinars

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    Genealogy as a Criminal Investigation Technique in Denmark and Sweden This latest in the series of Foreign and Comparative Law webinars from the Law Library of Congress covers the use of genealogical DNA databases in criminal investigations in Nordic countries.
    • Contributor: Hofverberg, Elin
    • Date: 2023-10-26
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    Searching the Library of Congress Catalog for Legal Materials In this video, learn how to search the Library of Congress's catalog to find legal materials in the Law Library's collection, how to request items for delivery to the reading room for your on-site use, and how to identify materials located in various collections of the Law Library that may require special processes to request.
    • Contributor: Zarin, Jason
    • Date: 2023-10-19
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    Military Legal Resources Collection In this video, learn how to access items from the Military Legal Resources digital collection, available on the Law Library of Congress website, Law.gov.
    • Contributor: Zarin, Jason
    • Date: 2023-10-19
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    Israel: Government Reforms to Overhaul the Judiciary In this webinar, Senior Foreign Law Specialist Ruth Levush provides an overview of Israel's constitutional framework, reforms' objectives and justifications, as well as elements of the judicial reforms, objections to the reforms and their current status. The webinar also examines the impact on the legal system.
    • Contributor: Bavis, Barbara - Levush, Ruth
    • Date: 2023-09-28
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    Turkey: Law of Elections Foreign Law Specialist Kayahan Cantekin discusses the history, constitutional basis, roadmap and current Turkish law of elections.
    • Contributor: Cantekin, Kayahan
    • Date: 2023-08-31
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    Climate Change Litigation in Europe and Australia Law Division specialists discuss the context for and types of climate change cases being litigated in Europe and Australia; and examples of major cases, including cases against corporations and governments. Similarities and differences between the jurisdictions are highlighted in this series of the webinar.
    • Contributor: Gesley, Jenny - Buchanan, Kelly
    • Date: 2023-07-27
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    Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us During this webinar, Codicologist Ilya Dines discusses the medieval manuscripts that have been in the Law Library of Congress's possession. He introduces the audience to a discussion and description of these unique books and their treatises. Dines also highlights the legal system they represent, provides insights into their authors, and explores their afterlife.
    • Contributor: Dines, Ilya - Bavis, Barbara
    • Date: 2023-06-22
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    E-Governance and E-Voting in the Baltic States: Leaders of E-Transformation The webinar discussed the efforts of various Baltic governments to create digital infrastructures for e-governance and regulations for managing the digital ecosystems. The webinar discussed the strategies and mechanisms employed by Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia to ensure the inclusiveness of the population in this process and address the problem of the "digital gap" to increase efficiency, transparency, and accessibility to digital government.
    • Contributor: Fremer, Iana
    • Date: 2023-05-18
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    Judicial Responses to Anti-Conversion Laws in India This webinar provides an overview of India's state level anti-conversion laws and judicial responses to them. In India, several states have recently passed Freedom of Religion Act or "anti-conversion" laws that attempt to regulate religious conversions and include controversial marriage provisions sometimes pejoratively referred to as "love jihad" laws. The webinar focuses on how the Supreme Court and high courts are considering both the...
    • Contributor: Ahmad, Tariq
    • Date: 2023-04-25
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    Law Day 2023: A Conversation with Deborah Enix-Ross The Law Library of Congress celebrates Law Day with an interview with Aslihan Bulut and American Bar Association President Deborah Enix-Ross.
    • Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Enix-Ross, Deborah
    • Date: 2023-04-21
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    Italian Legislative Framework for the Return of Unlawfully Obtained Artwork This webinar explores the general legal framework in both the United States and Italy concerning the identification, tracking, and return of unlawfully obtained artwork. The presenters share some statistics and refer to case law dealing with the relevant topics. Finally, they identify bilateral cooperative initiatives between both jurisdictions, and the challenges that lie ahead in the field.
    • Contributor: Figueroa, Dante - Bavis, Barbara - D'orazio, Roberto
    • Date: 2023-03-30
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    Recent Developments in U.S. Foreign Relations Law and Research Strategies This webinar provides an overview of recent developments in US Foreign Relations including case law, statutes, and international agreements.
    • Contributor: Myer, Louis - Bavis, Barbara - Kane-Cruz, Olivia
    • Date: 2023-03-23
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    Trafficking in Persons for Forced Labor and Sexual Exploitation in the Gulf Cooperation Council This webinar discussed the definition of human trafficking under the U.N. protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, and highlighted the difference between human trafficking and people smuggling. Additionally, the webinar focused on the scope of the problem of human trafficking in each country of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and addressed domestic anti-human trafficking legislation in these countries. Furthermore, the webinar...
    • Contributor: Sadek, George
    • Date: 2023-02-23
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    Indigenous Governance in the Circumpolar Arctic Join foreign law specialists for "Indigenous Governance in the Circumpolar Arctic" a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar. In this entry in the series, Michael will provide an overview of Indigenous self-governance in the Arctic, with an emphasis on the experience of the Inuit of Canada.
    • Contributor: Chalupovitsch, Michael
    • Date: 2023-01-26
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    Human Rights Day 2022: The 1300 Magna Carta and The Charter of the Forest This event celebrated Human Rights Day in 2022 by discussing two foundational legal documents, Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. Magna Carta was issued in June 1215, the first document to put into writing the principles that the king and the government was not above the law. Magna Carta was intended to prevent the king from exploiting regal powers, and placed limits...
    • Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Woods, Chris - France, Fenella - Nadal, Jacob
    • Date: 2022-12-08
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    Review of Recently Published Law Library of Congress Research Reports The webinar provided an overview of recently published Law Library research reports, covering topics such as Investment Migration Programs of Visa Waiver Program Countries; Economic Espionage Laws; Laws on Abortion, Genetic Consultation, and Assisted Reproduction; Mass Timber Construction; and Mass Timber Construction in Selected Jurisdictions.
    • Contributor: Brammer, Robert
    • Date: 2022-11-17
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    Pakistan's Legal Framework to Manage the Risks of Extreme Climate Events and Disasters This past summer, nearly one-third of Pakistan was flooded by extreme monsoon rains and melting glaciers that began in mid-June and have continued into September, where as of now it is being reported that nearly 1,400 people have died, 13,000 injured, and more than a million people have been rendered homeless. This webinar provided an overview of Pakistan's legal and policy framework to deal...
    • Contributor: Ahmad, Tariq
    • Date: 2022-10-20
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    Laws of Mexico and How to Find Them This webinar focused on primary sources available on websites maintained by the Mexican government. It also covered online sources maintained by private institutions and some publications available in the collections of the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2022-09-22
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    Turkish International Protection Law This presentation provided an overview of the international protection and temporary protection framework in Turkish law, which governs the procedure for application for, and granting of, asylum in Turkey. The presentation also explored some of the recent developments in the field and discuss the challenges and tools available for legal researchers who are working or interested in this area of Turkish law.
    • Contributor: Cantekin, Kayahan
    • Date: 2022-08-18
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    An Overview of Treaty Research This webinar provided an introduction to resources and strategies to effectively research three distinct areas of treaty practice: U.S. bilateral treaties, foreign bilateral treaties, and multilateral treaties
    • Contributor: Myers, Louis
    • Date: 2022-08-17
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    The Most Improbable War: Legal Transformations in Ukraine and Russia Before and During the Invasion This entry in our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series provided an overview of the historic roots of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It was co-sponsored by the Law Library of Congress and the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). The program included a review of background information about the Crimean and East Ukrainian territorial...
    • Contributor: Roudik, Peter
    • Date: 2022-07-08
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    An Overview of Public International Law This webinar provided an introduction to the five sources of international law, as defined by article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice and the Restatement 3d: Foreign Relations Law of the United States. Both of these are considered prominent authorities on the creation and evolution of public international law. The presentation provided an introduction to treaty practice and international conventions,...
    • Contributor: Myers, Louis
    • Date: 2022-07-08
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    Afghanistan's Legal Order in Transition: The Possible Path Forward in an Uncertain Environment This webinar explored the ramifications of the Taliban's return to power for the Afghan constitutional and legal systems. Dr. Pasarlay discussed the Taliban's constitutional vision and address what type of a constitution the Taliban may draft for an Afghan society in transition. He also looked at the Taliban's quick re-staffing of the judiciary, and their official conduct regarding Afghanistan's existing laws. Specifically, hints from...
    • Contributor: Ahmad, Tariq - Pasarlay, Shamshad
    • Date: 2022-05-19
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    Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change This panel explored moments of constitutional change in the United States, especially in more recent years, looking at constitutional amendments, as well as social movements that led to legislation, shifts in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence, and other indicators of significant legal change. This event is co-sponsored by the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association.
    • Contributor: Kerr, Orin - Bulut, Aslihan - U. Codrington III, Wilfred - M. Turner, Jr., Reginald - Lucero, Orlando - Slattery, Elizabeth - Lin Lakin, Sophia - Wermiel, Stephen
    • Date: 2022-04-28
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    European Green Bonds and the ECB's Climate Change Agenda This webinar discussed green and sustainable finance with a focus on measures in the European Union (EU). In its 2018 action plan on financing sustainable growth, the European Commission set out the EU strategy to connect finance with sustainability. In particular, the webinar discussed the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which contains transparency rules for financial market participants and financial advisers; the European Commission's...
    • Contributor: Gesley, Jenny
    • Date: 2022-04-14