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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. George has previously written various posts related to Egyptian law for In Custodia Legis, including about the constitutional developments in the country in the past couple of years. As has been widely reported and discussed …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Research Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Last month, a new Egyptian Constitution was approved in a popular referendum held on January 14-15. The Head of the Supreme National Electoral Commission, Chief Justice Nabil Saleeb, announced the results of the referendum on January …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The foreign law specialists and legal analysts at the Law Library of Congress have had another busy year writing reports and other responses to requests from a wide range of patrons. Some of these were detailed multinational studies, such as our reports on police weapons in select countries and on the regulation of genetically modified …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We recently started to do some user testing on our website, Law.gov. It has been interesting to listen to the feedback because I know the answers and sometimes people are close but miss what I can clearly see. I’m sitting in my office occasionally saying things to the screen (while my phone is muted). I have sat …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today’s interview is with John “Trot” Trotman. John is working in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress as part of the institution’s Junior Fellows Program. The program’s focus is to increase access to our collections for our various patron groups. Describe your background: I grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia and went …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
A recent case in Sudan in which Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, a citizen who was at the time expecting her second child, was convicted of apostasy (renunciation of a religious faith) and adultery and sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging has led to condemnation around the world. Her conviction was due to her leaving …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following interview is with Mohamed Oweis Taha. Mohamed is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. Influenced by my judicial family, I decided to join the English Department of Cairo University Law School, where I obtained my Bachelor …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
I am always impressed by breadth of issues and number of jurisdictions covered every day in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM). Just in the stretch of the last four months, including February through May 2014, 157 articles were published, covering recent developments in various countries and areas of law. Here is the list of the …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post by my colleague Gustavo Guerra, senior foreign law Specialist for Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Gustavo has previously blogged on Mexican Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights. The Law Library of Congress recently published a report titled “Legislation on Use of Water …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post