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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Here at the Global Legal Research Center we receive many interesting foreign law inquiries. Questions about laws that govern matters of personal status, including customary and religious laws, arise frequently from many of the African jurisdictions I cover. One of the issues that I have had the opportunity to research is the legality of proxy …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Education, Global Law
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Dante Figueroa, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante is not new to In Custodia Legis; he has written many guest blog posts. Describe your background. I was born in Concepción, Southern Chile, in a green and rainy land. I am the oldest of three …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
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