Author Archive for Michael Lindsey

IALL Conference 2015

The 34th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information, “Within and in between: German Legal Tradition in Times of Internationalization and Beyond” will be held in Berlin from September 20-24, 2015. More information can be found at the conference…

Grants for professional development

As you know, IALL offers a professional development bursary every year to law librarians from around the world in an effort to assist with the cost of attending the annual course.  (A list of the 2014 recipients, which included local…

General Overview of Turkish Maritime Law

I. Turkish Commercial Code in General Turkish Maritime Law domestically regulated under the fifth book of Turkish Commercial Code, No 6102 (“TCC”). TCC has been accepted by Turkish Parliament on January 13, 2011 and has been in force since July 1, 2012.…

Session recaps from IALL 2014 in Buenos Aires

The Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (FCIL-SIS) has published excellent recaps of some of the sessions that were part of the the 33rd Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information. The…

¡Muchas gracias Buenos Aires!

The 33rd annual course in law and law librarianship in Buenos Aires has come to a close. I want to take this opportunity to thank all attendees for making it such a memorable and successful conference. We all owe our…

Pedro Padilla Rosa

The International Association of Law Libraries is deeply saddened by the passing of Pedro Padilla Rosa, a dear friend and valued colleague. Pedro was a long serving member of the IALL board. He was instrumental in organizing the 26th IALL…