https://www.pikrepo.com/fbafi/e-learning-and-on-line-degree-concept-learning-and-knowledge-blue-version “Knowledge is not a good to be communicated and consumed: it is something that forms and develops when lecturers and students come together; when a student poses a critical question; when a supervisor comments on an argument in a…
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COVID-19 and its international response
Across the world, COVID-19 has changed lives. Whether it’s via social distancing or other more severe forms of quarantine, economic disruptions, or the various declarations of emergency from nations spanning the globe, daily routines have been interrupted. Many of us…
Reminiscence of Sydney
IALLs scholarships enable colleagues from around the world to participate in the Annual Courses. The 2019 bursary winners, who attended The Annual Course in Sydney, has been so kind as to share their reflections on the Conference. I saw the…
Under Fire
It’s customary in many parts of the world to use the advent of the new year as an opportunity to reflect on the previous year. For many of us, the beginning of 2020 invites reaching back ten years to see…
Judge James Richard Crawford: an appreciation of his perspectives of international law
In May 2018 I was privileged to conduct two lengthy interviews with Judge Crawford in his chambers at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The audio and written transcripts of these are available on the Eminent Scholars Archive (ESA) website[1].…
¿Qué Bola?: What’s New (and What’s Not) in Cuba
IJLI readers may remember the piece on Cuba that several colleagues and I published in the Summer 2017 issue (Vol. 45, no. 2). Since then, much has transpired in Cuba, and much has happened vis à vis the island’s relationships…
Newly Elected Officers & Board Members.
I am pleased to announce that the results of the election to the 2019-2022 IALL Board are as follows: Officers: President: Kurt Carroll, Law Library of Congress, USA, Vice-President: Kerem Kahvecioğlu, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, Secretary: David Gee, Institute of…
Petal Kinder R.I.P.
Dear IALL Members, I am greatly saddened to report the passing of our friend and colleague Petal Kinder. She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in January, and it progressed rapidly despite treatment. Petal’s career encompassed a range of…
Luxembourgeois Echoes… (part two)
As IALL members well know, each year the organization bestows a number of generous bursaries, which enable colleagues from various jurisdictions to participate in the Annual Course. Each bursary winner who attended the most recent Annual Course in Luxembourg has…
IALL Scholarships Program 2019
The IALL scholarship or “bursary” program, which began in 2001, is designed to provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries to enable law librarians to attend the IALL Annual Course. IALL’s 38th Annual course is entitled “Law Down Under:…