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Archive: December 2011 (3 Posts)

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Congratulations to the People Behind Kenya Law Reports!

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The Kenyan Law Reports (KLR), a free Kenyan Law database, was just announced winner of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) 2011 Website Award Competition.  With this award, Kenyan Law Reports joins the ranks of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law websites that claimed …

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Marsh’s Library, Ireland’s First Public Library – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services. As a librarian, I always seek out interesting or unusual libraries when I travel.  During a recent trip to Dublin, I visited Archbishop Marsh’s Library, Ireland‘s first public library, which was built in 1701.  An indication of the …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Global Legal Monitor: November Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

As mentioned in previous posts by my colleagues Andrew and Kelly, the Law Library of Congress has an online publication called the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) featuring summaries of legal developments from around the world.  It is a go-to page for information on what courts and parliaments in foreign countries are doing and emerging legal …