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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
I have recently seen an increase in coverage in both the U.S. and the UK about the provision of aid to foreign countries (commonly referred to as Overseas Development Assistance, or ODA). Many countries are facing the question of how much assistance to provide to other countries in need when they are struggling domestically. I …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A colleague recently drew my attention to the proposition that “in the United States, the specter of class-action lawsuits imposes a higher level of precaution on the part of drug makers.” This statement was made in a newspaper article that discussed the scandal that erupted in France in connection with the prescription drug Mediator, which was …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s pics are brought to you all the way from New Zealand! I recently returned from a trip there to visit family over the holiday period. While in Wellington, I stopped in to see friends and former colleagues at the Beehive (executive wing of the parliamentary complex) and Parliament House, and also took a …
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As part of my daily duties on the Global Legal Research team at the Law Library of Congress, I recently had to look into the issue of gender-based violence in Kenya and South Africa. In the course of this exercise, I noticed that despite various law reform initiatives to strengthen laws designed to prevent certain …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress. David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer. It wasn’t that long ago that he was appointed Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Our avid In Custodia Legis readers might remember David from his interview or previous guest post on Rebellious Children …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We have now completed our first full calendar year of In Custodia Legis. Our team of bloggers covers current legal trends and subjects from around the world so you never know what the next topic of a post will be. But I can tell you what the most popular posts of the past year were. To …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS