Banking and Law, Mural in San Francisco, CA – Pic of The Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the mural "Banking an Law" inside Coit Tower in San Francisco, CA.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the mural "Banking an Law" inside Coit Tower in San Francisco, CA.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the history and architecture of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, CA.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Today’s interview is with Ammar Alsallumi, a foreign law intern working with George Sadek on research related to the laws of Arabic-speaking countries. Describe your background. What is your academic/professional history? I obtained my bachelor degree in law (LL.B) from the Islamic University of Medina located in al-Medina al-Mounaura, West of Saudi Arabia. During my undergraduate …
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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
In 2015, there were slightly over 17 million people in Germany with a “migrant background”, accounting for 21% of the country’s total population. A person with a “migrant background” is defined by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) as someone who was not born a German citizen or who has at least one parent who was not …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
In September 2015, the German automaker Volkswagen (VW) admitted that it had manipulated software in around eleven million diesel vehicles worldwide to cheat on emissions tests. As more and more details emerged in the ensuing weeks and months, VW’s share value rapidly declined by 30 percent. U.S. regulators levied heavy fines of up to US$15.3 billion …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This is a guest post by Nicolas Boring who has previously written for the blog on a variety of topics including FALQs: Freedom of Speech in France, How Sunday Came to be a Day of Rest in France, Napoleon Bonaparte and Mining Rights in France, French Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, and co-collaborated on the post, Does the …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
To “Uber” is now a verb. This development reflects the rapid expansion of the mobile ride-hailing company Uber in the United States and the rest of the world. However, in many European jurisdictions, and particularly in Germany, Uber has run into regulatory roadblocks. Uber offers “a technology platform that enables users of Uber’s mobile applications …
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