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Chilean Independence Day!

Feliz Dieciocho , Chile! Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, also sends her congratulations to Chile today, on its 199th anniversary of independence. Not only is Chile know for its wines , but it is also one of the top five legal publishers in Latin America. Our Country-by-Country page contains...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 09-18-2009
EU and Cuba Renew Relations

The BBC recently reported that the EU and Cuba have formally renewed ties that were severed 5 years ago following "a mass arrest of dissidents." Cuba will now receive 2 million Euros of aid for the hurricanes that swept over the island this summer; aid will increase to 30 million Euros next...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 10-26-2008
China-Related Electronic Journals

Legal periodicals are often a good starting point when you are researching a broad legal topic. The Law Library has access to three online legal journal databases in Chinese: Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ), Wan Fang's Chinese Online Journals (COJ) and ChinaLawInfo's journal collection . For...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Evelyn Ma on 06-19-2008
Finders keepers? Spain claims sunken treasure

NPR reported this morning on Spain's battle to reclaim the treasure from a sunken Spanish vessel recovered in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean by Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa, FL. The 19th century shipwreck contained some 17 tons in silver coins, cuff links and other personal items...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 05-19-2008
Myanmar

Cyclone Nargis has thrust Myanmar into the public spotlight, as pressure increases to allow foreign aid to help cyclone victims. In February, Myanmar had announced its intention to hold a democratic referendum on a draft constitution this month, and to hold democratic elections in 2010. Immediately prior...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 05-08-2008
The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal

NPR reported this morning that Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein, begins trial today for the execution of forty-two food merchants in 1992. Aziz, 72, has been in prison for over 5 years and is challenging the charges. In the Anfal Campaign Trial , Gen. Ali Hassan Majeed,...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 04-29-2008
Spain's New Cabinet

Spain 's re-elected Prime Minister José Luís Zapatero recently named his new 17-member cabinet , of whom 9 are female . The cabinet member getting the most attention and causing the most controversy , both domestic and international, is 37-year old Defense Minister Carme Chacón, who is 7 months pregnant...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 04-16-2008
Special Tribunal for Lebanon

On February 14, 2005, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 other were killed in a bomb attack in Beirut. The act was immediately condemned as a "terrorist bombing" in a formal statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council. Shortly thereafter, the U.N. appointed an international...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 04-10-2008
Indian Legal Research

India is in the news a lot recently (see NYT: India Orders New Inquiry into 2002 Clashes ) and is a very popular country for legal research, partially due to the fact that Indian legal materials are in English. To help you research Indian statutes, jurisprudence, and doctrine, we have a fabulous print...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 03-28-2008
Latin American DVDs

On recent trips to the Ferias de Libros de Guadalajara and Buenos Aires, I selected several dozen DVDs from all over Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay. You can find them easily in the Morris catalog by conducting an...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 03-27-2008

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