When Loans Become Cheesy
Posted by: Heather Casey
A bank in Italy accepts wheels of cheese as collateral on loans. Yum!
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Category: Global Law
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
This past November, I had the opportunity to visit Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam. In 1994, UNESCO designated Ha Long Bay as a World Heritage site, under criteria vii and viii. These criteria apply to sites that “contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance” and that are “outstanding examples …
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Koreans Becoming Younger – Unification of Age-Counting Systems
Posted by: Heather Casey
This is a guest post by Seongryeol Park, a foreign law intern working with Sayuri Umeda in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Starting June 28, 2023, South Koreans will be younger on paper in some situations. On December 8, 2022, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed bills to amend …
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The Royal Courts of Justice in London – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Heather Casey
The pictures of the week are of the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
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