I recently came across this paper on Open Access to Official and Authenticated Legal Information in Vietnam by Le Thi Hanh at Hanoi Law University. It is part of the forthcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Singapore.
Monday smile – Italian bank chooses cheese over derivatives
This story first hit the media in 2009, but still seems to be current now, about the northern Italian bank Credem (Credito Emiliano) that decided to take wheels of Parmesan cheese as security for its loans.
Waterlex, Fishlex & FAOlex
As it’s very hot over here in Europe, I thought a watery post might be in order…
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Stop press – European Public Prosecutor’s Office
The European Commission is taking action to improve Union-wide prosecution of criminals who defraud EU taxpayers by establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Its exclusive task will be to investigate and prosecute and, where relevant, bring to judgement – in the Member States’ courts – crimes affecting the EU budget. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office will be an independent institution, subject to democratic oversight.
Monday smiles – Whereas hens are harmless…
Today’s smile is for those of you that read French, so apologies in advance to the others.
We are in the village of Sallèdes (Puy-de-Dôme), in the midst of a neighbours’ dispute between the Rougier and the Roche families. The source of the dispute is a henhouse situated between the two, that the Rougiers would like to see demolished.
Legal drafting bibliography (US English)
The United States Law Library of Congress has recently published a bibliography of books that can help beginners with legal drafting. The list includes:
Translating Europe Days 2013, Brussels
Following last year’s successful event (see here, and my reports linked at the end of this post), the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission is organizing two days on 24 and 25 October 2013.
Summer school in forensic linguistic analysis
The International Summer School in Forensic Linguistic Analysis, founded in 2000 by Prof. Malcolm Coulthard, addresses topics to do with the role, shape and evidential value of language in legal and forensic contexts.
It was created in response to a growing demand for a course affording an overview of forensic linguistics while also laying solid foundations for a further study of this relatively new branch of applied linguistics.
Monday smiles – Horsing around
I came across this under the title “The most tortuous equine metaphor ever?“. See what you think…
Conference – UNESCO simulation, Corfu
The Ionian University, in the Greek island of Corfu is to host the first simulation of UNESCO organized in Greece, SimUnesCO Corfu. The conference will be held from August 21-24.
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