A 2015 report from the Law Library of Congress's Global Legal Monitor, a US government publication tracking legal developments worldwide, covering the Icelandic parliament's repeal of the country's blasphemy provision, its 1940 origin, and the vote by which it was removed.
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Tier one: the same Law Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor series cited for Kuwait earlier in this run, a US government legal-research publication reporting the repeal's date, vote and the repealed provision's prior text. Citation
PublisherLaw Library of Congress
URLhttps://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2015-07-15/iceland-blasphemy-law-repealed/
Source TypeGovernment report
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