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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dr. Sanaz Alasti, an Iranian legal scholar who spent time with us this summer as a Scholar in Residence. Dr. Alasti is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University. She is the author of several books, including one that provides a comparative perspective on punishments under …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
A report titled Guest Worker Programs was recently added to the list of reports posted on the Law Library of Congress website under “Current Legal Topics” where you can also find a range of other comparative law reports on various topics. The Guest Worker Programs report is based on a study conducted by staff of the Global Legal …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Dr. Sanaz Alasti, a Scholar in Residence at the Law Library of Congress. Dr. Alasti is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University and an Iranian legal scholar. This interview is conducted as part of a series of interviews that introduce our scholars and summer interns to In Custodia …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Chayada Polpun, a summer intern working in the Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress. It is part of a series of interviews that introduce our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers. You may have noticed that Chayada missed the interns’ group photo we recently published …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today it is my turn to contribute to our Global Legal Collection Highlights series. The idea of this series, as is probably clear from its name, is to highlight our foreign law collection and keep In Custodia Legis readers abreast of new and/or interesting items that have been added. We have recently had posts that …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This is the fourth post in our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, following posts on Russian law, Kuwait business law, and European Union law. Be sure to let us know in the comments if there is a particular country that you would like us to cover in this series! When I started working at the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. This post is part of our new bi-weekly series that highlights foreign law materials in the Law Library’s collection. Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research, officially launched the series two weeks ago with his post …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Svitlana Vodyanyk, a summer intern at the Global Legal Research Center, Law Library of Congress. The Law Library’s internship program is in full swing and we are introducing all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers every week. Describe your background I was born in the Soviet Union but grew …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following article originally appeared in the April 26, 2013, edition of Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette. Through timely, authoritative legal analysis, the Global Legal Research Directorate contributes to the Law Library of Congress’s services. The directorate covers a global legal perspective while simultaneously fulfilling the Law Library’s primary mission to provide members …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library