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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 …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Interestingly, the majority of Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles that were popular in January have remained so in February. These include articles on a Belarus law regarding accessing foreign websites; a South Korean law on dual nationality; a Denmark law on retirement age; a New Jersey Supreme Court decision regarding eye witness identification; and on …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This is a monthly series where we reveal the top ten Global Legal Monitor (GLM) articles with the most views. By posting a list of the top ten most viewed GLM articles every month (as we do with top ten most viewed blog posts), our hope is to provide Law Library fans who do not …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As mentioned in previous posts by my colleagues Andrew and Kelly, the Law Library of Congress has an online publication called the Global Legal Monitor (GLM) featuring summaries of legal developments from around the world. It is a go-to page for information on what courts and parliaments in foreign countries are doing and emerging legal …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Francisco Macías
From time to time we have the pleasure of working collaboratively with members of other service units of the Library of Congress. Today’s interview is with Yasmeen Khan, Senior Rare Book Conservator in the Preservation Directorate’s Conservation Division at the Library of Congress. We have worked with her on numerous conservation projects involving the Law Library’s treasures and …
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