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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: Kelly Buchanan
This past weekend New Zealand’s laws made an appearance in international news publications once again with headlines such as “South African Chef ‘Too Fat’ to Live in New Zealand” (BBC), “New Zealand Cites Obesity In Denying Chef’s Work Visa” (NPR), “Obese Man Faces Deportation” (Sky News), and “New Zealand Immigration Officials Say Man is Too …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This is the fourth post in our Global Legal Collection Highlights series, following posts on Russian law, Kuwait business law, and European Union law. Be sure to let us know in the comments if there is a particular country that you would like us to cover in this series! When I started working at the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This is a guest post by Hilary Ott, the Deanna Marcum Fellow for the summer of 2013. Hilary has spent the past five weeks working in the Law Library examining engravings in 17th and 18th century law books from northern Europe. Part of my project at the Law Library this summer has been to identify …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, a Law Library summer intern. She is working with the Global Legal Research team on research related to English-speaking African nations. Kelly and Hanibal have both written blog posts that touched on aspects of the life of Nelson Mandela: The Inspiring Story of Nelson Mandela and South Africa Freedom Day. Today, …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post by Theresa Papademetriou who is the Law Library of Congress Senior Foreign Law Specialist for the European Union, Greece, and Cyprus. Theresa has previously blogged on “European Union: Where is the Beef?“, on “New Greek Regulation Designed to Fight Tax Evasion Problem: Will it Work?” and on “The Cyprus Banking Crisis and …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress, and Antonio Casu, Director of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Library. This is the last in a three part series describing the main aspects of the Italian legislature and legislative process; it highlights the internal organization and the …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
It is that time of year again. From July 13-16, law librarians from across the country gather to discuss best practices, enhance skills, and connect with new people and resources. It is also a good time to connect with those of us who work at the Law Library of Congress and will be attending the …
Posted in: Congress, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. This post is part of our new bi-weekly series that highlights foreign law materials in the Law Library’s collection. Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research, officially launched the series two weeks ago with his post …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post