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By Jonathan Pratter

You will hear it said in various sources of interest to FCIL librarians that civil-law systems don’t have the doctrine of precedent as known in the common law, and that case law in civil-law systems is not a formal source of law. These poin...


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1. Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Moscow, Idaho, a small town in the Idaho Panhandle that’s home to the University of Idaho.  Sadly, it’s probably most famous these days as the location of the Idaho 4 murders.


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By Lucie Olejnikova

The Fall issue of GlobaLex continues to celebrate its twentieth anniversary and features seven articles: Colombia, Costa Rica, Korea, Spanish Autonomous Communities, Defining Terrorism, International Criminal Courts for the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, ...


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By Jonathan Pratter

FCIL librarians are thoroughly familiar with the distinction between Article II treaties and executive agreements. There is a third category of international agreement that has been around for quite a while, but that has only quite recently...


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1. Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Michigan, North Carolina, and Iowa.

2. Why did you select law librarianship as a career?

I went to law school to gain a useful skill set. I didn...


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