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Dear Colleagues, 

The summer issue of GlobaLex continues to celebrate its twentieth anniversary and features eight articles in the July/August 2025 issue, including: Chad, Malaysia, South Sudan, Chile, Qatar, European Union – Tracing Working Documents, Comparative Law Research, and Judicial Power and High Courts in Latin America. Webmasters and content managers, please update your pages. We thank all our new and established authors for their excellent contributions and their unwavering commitment to open-access scholarship! If you are interested in receiving direct updates, please subscribe to the new issue updates.

An Introduction to the Legal System and Legal Research in Chad by Miarom Bégoto and Djimbaye Narcisse

Miarom Begoto holds an LLB (University of N’Djaména) and two LLMs (University of Lyon 2 and Grenoble 2). He has a rich experience in the field of human rights, governance, justice reform, and OHADA law. He has held various senior positions in the Chadian administration and has taught in universities and university institutes. He has held various positions, including the African Union Advisory Council on Combating Corruption and UNDP Chad.

Djimbaye Narcisse holds a master’s degree in private law (University of N’Djamena) and two master’s degrees (Lumière Lyon 2 and Yaoundé II universities). He is also an alumnus of the International Cycle of the Regional Institute of Administration (CiIRA) in Lyon. As a magistrate, Djimbaye served as a judge at the N’Djamena Commercial Court, before being appointed legal adviser to the Minister of Petroleum, Mines, and Geology.

An Overview of Malaysian Legal System and Research by Laras Susanti

Laras Susanti is a Fulbright scholar and S.J.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She holds an LL.M. in Asian and Comparative Law from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the judiciary, family law, Islam, and the intersection of law and politics in a comparative context. An aspiring legal scholar, she has published in both academic and popular media.

An Overview of the Legal System of South Sudan by Gabriel Mading Apach and Garang Geng

Gabriel Mading Apach is a practicing lawyer and principal partner at Kush Advocates & Solicitors and a lecturer and Director for Law and Development Centre at the University of Juba, School of Law. Currently, he is also serving as a Secretary for Training and Research in the South Sudan Bar Association. He graduated from University of Juba in 2014/2015 academic year with LL. B 1st class, SS Bar in legal practice in 2016, and he earned his LLM in International Trade & Investment Law in Africa from the Center of Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His experience in legal practice, teaching coupled with his LLM research paper, titled Protection of Foreign Investment in South Sudan: Making a Case for Consolidation of Fragmented Investment Related Laws, have offered him the opportunity to develop an expertise on South Sudan and its legal system.

Peter Garang Geng is an Advocate of the High Court of South Sudan. He has earned a Master of Laws in international law from Sharda University in India and is currently pursuing an LLM in Oil and Gas Law at the Institute of Petroleum Studies in Uganda. He teaches at the School of Law, University of Juba. His research interests focus on comparative constitutional law, oil and gas law, environmental law, and legal research methodology.

Essential Issues of the Chilean Legal System by Sergio Endress Gómez

Sergio Endress has a master’s in law from the Universidad de Chile. He has been a lawyer and a Professor of Taxation and Trial Taxation at the School of Law of the Universidad de Chile since 1994. He is also a partner of Endress y Cía., Tax Advisors. He published “Las inversiones en materia Tributaria” (Investment from tax perspective), Editorial Conosur, 1994-1998; “Manual de Impuesto a la Renta” (Income Tax Handbook), by Patricio Figueroa V., Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 1997, reprinted in 2004, (in collaboration); “Tributación del Propietario de Empresa” (Shareholders and Partners Taxation in Chile), Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2005 and 2006; and several articles about taxation. From 2007 to 2010, he was the Director of “Manual de Consultas Tributarias,” a monthly tax review published by Thomson Reuters (ex Lexisnexis) Chile.

Qatar’s Legal System Governance and Business by Ahmed Aly Khedr

Dr. Khedr is a faculty member and Adviser of Corporate Affairs. He holds an LLB, BA in Police Science, LLM in International Commerce, and PhD Highest Class with honors in Commercial Law, majoring in Corporate Law and Corporate Governance from Ain Shams University. He holds Professional Education in Business Management, Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions from Harvard University, and a professional (TOT) in Corporate Governance from (IFC) World Bank Group. In addition, he has many professional courses and certifications relevant to Mediation, Compliance, AML/CFT, Development & Management, and Computer and Information Security. Dr. Khedr has more than twenty years of experience as a practitioner, Lecturer, and Adviser of Law and Corporate Affairs. His fields of interest are Commercial & Corporate Laws, Int’l Commerce Law, Corporate Governance & Compliance Systems, M&A, Financial Crimes, Consumer Law, AML, Mediation, Commercial Contracts, Investor Relations, Regulations, Family Business Charter, Stock Market Corporate codes, Code of Conduct, and CSR. He has published research and books on these topics in periodicals and scientific journals. He has provided consulting in Corporate Affairs to many firms, and several multinational and local companies in MENA and USA. Ahmed has experience in the MENA especially Egypt and the Gulf countries. The ABCCG (Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry) chose him to design the first “Corporate Governance Program for Lawyers & Corporate Advisory” in the UAE and the Arab Region. He presents his opinions as an independent Expert of Gulf laws upon the request of international arbitration bodies and courts in the USA and England.

European Union–Tracing Working Documents by Patrick Overy

Patrick Overy was a Subject Librarian for Law and Business at the University of Exeter and managed the European Documentation Centre at Exeter from 1991 until he retired in 2016. He was involved in European information networks at national and international levels, especially through the now defunct European Information Association, which published European Information: A Guide to Official Sources in 2005. The 4th edition was published online at the end of 2010 and is available to download from ORE (Open Research Exeter).

Comparative Law Research by Hester Swift

Hester Swift has been a Foreign and International Law Librarian at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, since 2007.

Judicial Power and High Courts in Latin America by Natalia Saralegu 

Natalia Saralegui is currently working at the Implementation of Human Rights Instruments Programme of the Public Defender’s Office in Argentina and as a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She is a published author on human rights issues (gender and reproductive rights) and has been a guest lecturer in the subject in several countries. Additionally, she has been a consultant for NGOs regarding Latin American law in human and women’s rights. She obtained her law degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She did the Master’s in Criminology from the Universidad de Tres de Febrero and Universidad de Quilmes in Buenos Aires. She also has a postgraduate degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Gender and Law.

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Lucie 

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