An Interview with Stephania Alvarez, Foreign Law Specialist
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today's blog post is an interview with our foreign legal specialist who covers South and Central America, Stephania Alvarez.
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An Interview with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, Foreign Law Intern
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Today's interview is with Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress.
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An Interview with Milica Škaro, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today’s interview is with Milica Škaro, a foreign law intern working with Peter Roudik, Assistant Law Librarian of Congress for Legal Research, in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I grew up in the city of Niš, birthplace of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, located in the southern part of …
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The Italian Parliamentary Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. The Italian Parliamentary Library is composed of two libraries: the Senate Library and the Chamber of Deputies Library. Together they make up the Italian Joint Parliamentary Library (Polo Bibliotecario Parlamentare), the largest parliamentary library in Europe. The …
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Our New Reports on Regulation of Cryptocurrency Around the World
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The Law Library of Congress often produces foreign, comparative, and international law reports on a wide range of issues. We recently completed two reports on the global cryptocurrency regulatory framework. While one of the reports is a compilation of brief surveys of the legal and policy landscape surrounding cryptocurrencies in 130 countries, the other one provides more …
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Interview with Jieun Chang, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today’s interview is with Jieun Chang, foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. Jieun holds a J.D. and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information. Enjoy! Describe your background I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea and came to the United States after getting married. I lived in California …
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An Interview with Elizabeth Osborne, Legal Reference Librarian
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Today’s interview is with Elizabeth Osborne who joined our army of legal reference librarians in March 2018. Enjoy! Describe your background. I am originally from central New Jersey and I have also lived in Washington D.C., London, New York, and most recently Virginia Beach. What is your academic/professional history? I double majored in Justice and …
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Most Viewed Law Library Foreign Law Reports of 2017
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Part of our routine at the start of every year is to highlight items that the Law Library of Congress published during the previous year, as well as older publications that were popular with our readers. Kelly recently blogged about the most viewed In Custodia Legis posts for 2017, Andrew gave us Congress.gov top 17 in 2017, and I …
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Most Viewed Global Legal Monitor Articles of 2017
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
At the beginning of every year, many of us take a moment or two to assess the previous year and make resolutions for the next one. Here at the Law Library of Congress, we are no different; we review our products and make plans to improve them. This includes the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), an …
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