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The Perils of Widowhood

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

As part of my daily duties on the Global Legal Research team at the Law Library of Congress, I recently had to look into the issue of gender-based violence in Kenya and South Africa.  In the course of this exercise, I noticed that despite various law reform initiatives to strengthen laws designed to prevent certain …

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Global Legal Monitor: December Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

It is the time of the month again when I tell you what the hot topics were on the Law Library‘s Global Legal Monitor (GLM).  We debuted this series in December 2011 with highlights of the top ten most viewed GLM articles from November. Below is a list of ten Global Legal Monitor articles with …