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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today marks the 19th anniversary of South Africa’s first multiracial, democratic elections, known to South Africans as Freedom Day. This is a day of great significance in South Africa’s history as “a landmark in the inauguration of a non-racial democracy” after a long history of colonialism, segregation and Apartheid. Much has been written about Apartheid …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Meet Pamela Howard-Reguindin, Director of the Library of Congress field office in Nairobi, Kenya. Pamela and her staff collect most of the materials that Law Library staff as well as our patrons use to conduct research on various African jurisdictions. We are very grateful to them! Describe your background. San Diego, California is my home …
Posted in: Collections, Interview
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
You may have noticed that the issue of poaching and trafficking in wildlife, particularly involving African elephants and rhinos, has been in the news a lot lately. This is mainly because the situation, apparently fueled by an appetite for illegal wildlife products in Asia (especially China and Thailand), is getting increasingly dire. The decline in …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The United States Capitol building, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day. Construction of the building actually began in 1793. When Congress, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress moved in at the end of 1800 only the north wing, although not fully complete, was ready for occupancy. Major construction works continued gradually into …
Posted in: Congress, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
With this series of posts, published at the beginning of each month, I do two things: highlight a few of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles published in the previous month that I found particularly interesting, and provide a list of the ten GLM articles that were viewed the most times during the month. So, …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library