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Global Legal Monitor: October Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following are the top 10 most viewed articles from the general content of the Global Legal Monitor in the order of their popularity: China: Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Days France: Law on Immigration, Integration and Nationality U.N. Human Rights Council: First Resolution on Internet Free Speech South Korea: Permanent Dual …

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Global Legal Monitor: September Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The Global Legal Monitor (GLM) is a Law Library of Congress publication providing summaries on new legal developments around the world.  It is updated frequently and can be searched by author, topic and jurisdiction. Here is a list of the top ten most viewed GLM articles in September, including ones published about two years ago that remain popular …

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Furious Tweeting – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress.  Her most recent posts included a 6-installment series regarding the legal themes in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Three of our law librarians were furiously live-tweeting at Wednesday’s Congress.gov launch.  Thirty fingers …

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Where Can I Find a Congressional Bill?

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division.  Her most recent post was: Using Secondary Legal Resources to Locate Primary Sources. As a Law Library of Congress reference librarian I am often asked this question by our patrons.  THOMAS and the Government Printing Office’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) website are great sources …

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Global Legal Monitor: June Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The top ten most viewed Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles for June covered a host of interesting legal subjects: Communications and electronic information; criminal law and procedure; elections; immigration; labor; nationality and citizenship; pension and retirement; and war crimes. Below is the list of the ten most popular GLM articles in June: South Korea: Permanent …

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Global Legal Monitor: May Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The top ten Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles for May covered a wide array of interesting legal issues: War Crimes; Treatment of Animals; Immigration and Citizenship; Criminal Law and Procedure; Communications and electronic information; Labor; and Elections. Below are the articles in the order of their popularity: Liberia: Human Rights South Korea: Permanent Dual Nationality …

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Global Legal Monitor: April Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

Our ten most popular Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles for April covered various jurisdictions and a wide range of legal issues: citizenship and immigration; the Internet and access to information;  labor and employment; elections; and criminal justice. Here is the list of GLM articles most viewed in April in the order of their popularity: South Korea: Permanent …

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Global Legal Monitor: March Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

Our list of the ten most popular Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles in March resembles that of February.   Articles that appeared in the top ten list in February and March include those on Belarus, South Korea, Turkey, Hong Kong, Denmark, the United States (on a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling relating to eyewitness identifications), and …