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Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series
The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign, comparative, and international law issues researched by the foreign law experts at the Law Library of Congress.
Upcoming Webinars
New Laws of China and How to Find Them Online
Laney Zhang
June 17, 2021 2-3 p.m. EDT
In this entry in the series, Foreign Law Specialist Laney Zhang will discuss legal status and authority of various documents under China’s Law on Legislation, including laws passed by the National People’s Congress or its Standing Committee, State Council administrative regulations, departmental rules, local regulations and rules, and judicial interpretations, and how to find them online. In particular, the webinar will discuss the evolving official online publication of Chinese laws, regulations, and court decisions. Specific new laws, such as the Civil Code and Amendment XI to the Criminal Law, both passed in 2020, will be highlighted.
To register for this webinar, please click here. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or [email protected].
Lunch & Learn: Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress
Stephen Mayeaux, Jonathan Dnovan, Michael Mellifera
June 22, 2021 11am-12pm
A major function of the Law Library of Congress is the preparation of reports on legal topics, with an emphasis on foreign, comparative, and international law, in response to requests from Congress, the executive and judicial branches of the federal government, and others. The Law Library has authored thousands of reports from the 1940s to the present, and recently began a multi-year effort to digitize and publish some of our previously unreleased historical reports in order to make them fully accessible to researchers and other members of the public. Since early 2020, nearly 1,600 digitized and born-digital historical reports have been released online. This webinar will discuss the process for inventorying, processing, and publishing these reports, as well as the recent launch of the Law Library’s second crowdsourcing campaign with By The People, entitled Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress.
To register for this webinar, please click here. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or [email protected].
2021 Webinar Schedule
- Indigenous Rights in Sweden and New Zealand (August)
- Regulation of Social Media and Hate Speech in Egypt and Pakistan (September)
- Freedom of Media During the Pandemic (October)
- Review of Recently Published Law Library Research Reports (November)
Recordings of selected, past webinars are available
download full schedule (PDF, 85KB)
Last Updated: 05/27/2021
