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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a Legal Analyst in the Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress. This is not Tariq’s first contribution; he has previously blogged about the Law Library’s June 4, 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law and Sedition Law in India. The Law Library of Congress …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This is a guest post by Wendy Zeldin, Senior Legal Research Analyst in the Global Legal Research Center (GLRC), Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Global Legal Collection Highlights series. A broad search of the Library of Congress catalog, using “Turkey OR Ottoman AND law” retrieves, as one might imagine, a range …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, 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: Hanibal Goitom
The following is the first guest post written by Nicolas Boring, Foreign Law Specialist for France and French-speaking countries in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Nicolas joined the Law Library family in September 2013. For more on Nicolas, you can read his recent In Custodia Legis interview. A couple of weeks ago, I …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Bing Jia, a foreign law intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. It is said that being an only child has pros and cons: not having to share stuff is an upside, while loneliness is a downside; being spoiled is a bright side of being an …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Wilfried Tchangoue, 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. Enjoy! Describe your background My parents are from Cameroon but I was born in …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, 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 plan to introduce all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers every week. Stay tuned. Describe your background I was born and raised …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Irakli Kotetishvili. From Georgia (country), Irakli is doing his internship at the Law Library of Congress as part of the State Department sponsored Legislative Fellows Program. Describe your background? I was born and raised in Georgia (country) when it was still a part of the Soviet Union. I remember life …
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