The Latin American Law Interest Group of the FCIL-SIS serves as a forum for the exchange of information related to the legal regimes of Latin American countries. Latin America, in this case, refers to the geographic area encompassing Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.聽The Latin American Law Interest Group traditionally meets at the 成人视频Annual Meeting, and is led by the Chair, who generally serves a two-year term. All are welcome! We encourage you to join the FCIL-SIS Latin American Law IG Discussion Group in My Communities and become part of our ongoing conversation. If you are unable to attend the annual meeting or if you have any questions about this group, its mission, or how to join, you may also reach out to the聽interest group chair聽for additional information.
Current Project
In mid-March 2020, Marcelo Rodr铆guez created a group titled聽. The purpose of this group is on the legal response to the COVID-19 crisis throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. See聽聽for more information.聽The 7 law librarians monitoring the region are:
Resources
- See Latin American Journals and Serials (updated 2023) to see legal journal and serials listing from each Latin American jurisdiction and the corresponding holdings within US libraries.
- A weekly email of current events in the Americas to help keep abreast of legal developments and forthcoming publications of interest (if you would like to join our weekly email updates, please send a note to the聽interest group chair.
- A collaborative聽guide to legal research in Mexico which was unveiled at the Mexican Law Program at the 成人视频Annual Meeting in San Antonio (2013).
- In 2017, another collaborative effort resulted in the publication in the聽International Journal of Legal Information聽of a聽.
- At the 2017 成人视频Annual Meeting in Austin, Past Chair Julienne Grant (Loyola), moderated聽Cuban Law and Legal Research: A Snapshot During the Deshielo. Speakers were: Jorge Pi帽on (UT Austin), Marisol Flor茅n Romero (FIU), and Teresa Miguel Stearns (Yale). See聽from the program.
- We have a聽 that is updated periodically.