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Interview with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

This week’s interview is with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, a summer intern at the Global Legal Research Center, Law Library of Congress. The Law Library’s internship program is in full swing and we plan to introduce all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers every week. Stay tuned. Describe your background I was born and raised …

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Global Legal Monitor: May Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

In May, twenty-five articles were published in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), the Law Library’s online publication covering various legal developments around the globe.  The following is a list of the five most viewed articles in the order of their popularity: China: New Visa System Proposed, Public Opinion Being Solicited Brazil: No More Visa Cap for Haitian …

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Global Legal Monitor: April Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

It is that time of the month again when we provide you with updates on the new, exciting articles published in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), the Law Library’s online publication on legal developments around the world.  We usually do two things: provide a list of articles with the most views, and note a few …

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Law Library Report on Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

You may have noticed that the issue of poaching and trafficking in wildlife, particularly involving African elephants and rhinos, has been in the news a lot lately.  This is mainly because the situation, apparently fueled by an appetite for illegal wildlife products in Asia (especially China and Thailand), is getting increasingly dire.  The decline in …

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Global Legal Monitor: March Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

With this series of posts, published at the beginning of each month, I do two things: highlight a few of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles published in the previous month that I found particularly interesting, and provide a list of the ten GLM articles that were viewed the most times during the month. So, …

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Global Legal Monitor: February Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

One thing I enjoy at the end of every month is going to the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) page and browsing through the articles on legal developments from different corners of the world published that month.  Thirty articles were published in the GLM in February.  Among these are three notable articles regarding the regulation of firearms …

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Global Legal Monitor: 2012 Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

For those of us who are global legal news buffs, 2012 was a great year.  I am speaking of the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), a Law Library of Congress publication which provides summaries on new legal developments around the world.  In 2012, GLM published 512 articles on a range of legal issues in various jurisdictions. …

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Global Legal Monitor: November Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The ten most viewed Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles in November addressed a wide range of legal subjects: Communications and Electronic information; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Foreign investment; Immigration; Labor; Nationality and citizenship.  Below is a list of the articles in the order of their popularity: France: Law on Immigration, Integration and Nationality …