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Law Library Report on Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching

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 …

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Model of the United States Capitol – Pic of the Week

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 …

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Global Legal Monitor: March Highlights

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, …

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Global Legal Monitor: February Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

One thing I enjoy at the end of every month is going to the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) page and browsing through the articles on legal developments from different corners of the world published that month.  Thirty articles were published in the GLM in February.  Among these are three notable articles regarding the regulation of firearms …

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Global Legal Monitor: 2012 Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

For those of us who are global legal news buffs, 2012 was a great year.  I am speaking of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), a Law Library of Congress publication which provides summaries on new legal developments around the world.  In 2012, GLM published 512 articles on a range of legal issues in various jurisdictions. …