A 2017 report from the Law Library of Congress's Global Legal Monitor, a US government publication tracking legal developments worldwide, covering the Danish Parliament's repeal of the country's blasphemy provision, Penal Code section 140, and the pending prosecution the repeal cut short.
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Tier one: the same Law Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor series cited for Kuwait, Iceland and Norway earlier in this run, a US government legal-research publication quoting the repealed section's prior text, the vote count, and the effective date. Citation
PublisherLaw Library of Congress
URLhttps://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2017-07-06/denmark-blasphemy-law-repealed/
Source TypeGovernment report
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