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17 Jan 2018, 9:45 am
Another fab find by the excellent folks at AALL’s KnowItAALL service (you can subscribe to it, free): Article: “DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland ID’d in his descendants: The genetic jigsaw puzzle of an ex-slave in Iceland,” by Cathleen O’Grady, Ars Technica, 1/16/2018. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 11:33 am
[JURIST] A special court in Iceland on Monday convicted former prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] on one out of the four criminal charges he faced concerning the collapse [JURIST news archive] of the country's banking system in 2008, announcing that he would not face any punishment. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 11:52 am
[JURIST] The trial of former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] began on Monday, on charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation's banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 1:32 pm
Slate, Iceland Announces U.N. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 5:26 am
A move by the Icelandic investor, which owns British retailer House of Fraser, would be its first takeover of a U.S. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 9:45 am
Another fab find by the excellent folks at AALL’s KnowItAALL service (you can subscribe to it, free): Article: “DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland ID’d in his descendants: The genetic jigsaw puzzle of an ex-slave in Iceland,” by Cathleen O’Grady, Ars Technica, 1/16/2018. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 4:18 pm
Iceland deserves credit for eliminating barriers to same-sex marriage, which will become legal in the Nordic country this weekend, the United Nations human rights chief says. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 8:57 am
Our friends at the Law Library of Congress tell us that this Sunday, October 6, 2019, will mark the centennial of the Icelandic Law on the Supreme Court of October 6, 1919 (Lög om hæstarjett Nr. 22 af 6 okt.... [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 9:37 am
Surrogacy is illegal in Iceland, and when the mothers tried to register their child as an Icelandic citizen and themselves as the child’s legal parents, the National Registry of Iceland rejected the registration attempt. [read post]
13 Jun 2023, 5:50 am
Iceland issued new legislation banning “conversation therapy. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 1:35 am
From Mark Wiener, on a Fulbright in IcelandAugust 15, 2009In my previous post I noted that the relation between law and the sense of place in Iceland seems to pose a special challenge to public historians and curators. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 2:25 pm
Iceland's Women Leave Work Early to Protest Gender Pay Gap An Icelandic Lawmaker Breast-Fed Her Baby While Giving a Parliamentary Speech -- And No One Cared Miss Iceland Quits... [read post]
13 Jun 2010, 9:30 pm
Read: Iceland parliament votes for gay marriage Read: Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 7:36 am
The Icelandic central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a percentage point to 12 percent, defying the International Monetary Fund, as the island's economy slumps. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 7:32 am
Yesterday, Iceland became the first European nation to sign a free trade agreement with China. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 12:13 am
Icelanders are set to reject the terms for repaying Anglo-Dutch debts in a referendum on Saturday, forcing new negotiations with creditors and delaying financial aid the country needs to fix its shattered economy, Reuters reported. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a sickening defiance of international law, Iceland’s only fin whaling company Hvalur hf is set to resume its controversial hunt of endangered fin whales after a two-year break. [read post]
26 Sep 2010, 12:50 pm
Iceland as model economy (and another sympathizer). [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 10:43 am
Venue: University Iceland Faculty of Law, in the Lögberg building, Sæmundargata 8, room 402. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 12:13 pm
Lawmakers in the island country are considering enacting new pro-speech laws that might serve as an umbrella for some non-Icelanders as well. [read post]
