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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
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
During the month of December we often think back and take stock of events, debates, challenges, and achievements of the past year. This year, various issues have received national attention, including debates on immigration reform, gun control, and issues relating to the handling of sexual offenses in the military. Here at the Law Library of …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
After a few months hiatus, I am bringing back my Global Legal Monitor (GLM) updates post, the Global Legal Monitor: Highlights. What I usually do with this post is provide a list of interesting GLM articles that attracted a higher number of readers within a month of their publication. I also often highlight a few additional GLM …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
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
The following is a guest post by Laney Zhang, Foreign Law Specialist for China. Laney is no stranger to In Custodia Legis. Her previous posts have included: The Rule of Law in China: New Titles in Our Collection; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Author; Trains and Corruption in China; Baby Pandas and the Law: In Memory of Mei …
Posted in: Education, 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
This installment of my Global Legal Monitor (GLM) Highlights post combines June and July GLM articles. The articles published in the two months addressed a wide range of legal subjects: Banks and financial institutions; Communications and electronic information; Criminal law and procedure; Education; Immigration; Labor; and Nationality and citizenship. Below is a list of the top …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
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