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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This week’s interview is with Jeanine Cali who is a writer for the Law Library’s Outreach Team. Jeanine had previously worked at the Law Library from 2003 to 2009 as a legal reference librarian and has recently returned to the Law Library. Describe your background I began work at the Law Library of Congress in …
Posted in: Guest Post, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
In my January 31, 2012 post, Ethiopian Emperors and Slavery, I briefly discussed slavery in Ethiopia and the unsuccessful attempts made by various Emperors to rid the country of the institution through the reign of Emperor Menelik II (1889-1913). In this post I have highlighted effective measures that were put in place, mainly during Emperor …
Posted in: Global Law
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: Ruth Levush
A colleague recently drew my attention to the proposition that “in the United States, the specter of class-action lawsuits imposes a higher level of precaution on the part of drug makers.” This statement was made in a newspaper article that discussed the scandal that erupted in France in connection with the prescription drug Mediator, which was …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s pics are brought to you all the way from New Zealand! I recently returned from a trip there to visit family over the holiday period. While in Wellington, I stopped in to see friends and former colleagues at the Beehive (executive wing of the parliamentary complex) and Parliament House, and also took a …
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend Summer School LEX 2011. As background, [t]he school aims at providing knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation, judiciary, parliamentary and administrative documents. The course provides understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative and administrative process, awareness of the tools based …
Posted in: Gov 2.0, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The Kenyan Law Reports (KLR), a free Kenyan Law database, was just announced winner of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) 2011 Website Award Competition. With this award, Kenyan Law Reports joins the ranks of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law websites that claimed …
Posted in: In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with LeeAnne Rupple, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian. Enjoy! Describe your background. I was born in South Carolina to a family of die-hard, born and bred, Texans! I spent the bulk of my adolescent years in St. Louis, Missouri; however, my dad’s job required us to move frequently, so I …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist in the Global Legal Research Center. I recently watched Dominique Strauss Kahn’s return to France on the French news as I vacationed there. There was nonstop live television coverage during the day. Many commentators pointed out that although Dominique Strauss Kahn (“DSK”) …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News