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50 Int'l J. Legal Info. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/ijli50 and id is 1 raw text is: International Journal of Legal Information 50.1-2, 2022, pp. 1-3. ( The Author(s), 2022. Published by International Association of Law Libraries. doi:10.1017/jli.2022.22 EDITORIAL COMMENT The year 2021 has been one of turmoil, transition, and uncertainty for so many of us. Beyond the list of ground-breaking cases, legal and information professionals have faced a difficult year managing the coronavirus pandemic and its longstanding consequences on the law, economy, and culture. There have been highs and lows. But 2022 is not quite the same as 2021. Some concerts and public events are being postponed, but others are being held. Many schools, colleges, and universities are reverting to in-person teaching, while some retain the distance or hybrid protocols of last year and the year before. And yet, I am still an optimist. While many frustrations continue, some things are clearly better than they were one year ago. I think that is something most people can agree upon. Amid the strife and alarm of January 6, there was still hope at the outset of 2021. In the first quarter of 2022, there has been a bit more than hope: there is light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you for that, readers. Thank you for your patience and perseverance. Thank you for your belief in the rule of law. Thank you for your support of International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and its mission. And thank you for helping me see the silver lining of the pandemic. Because while it's been rough going for so many of us (by now, everyone knows someone impacted by COVID-19) it has also brought communities closer, revealed inequities, created new heroes, and given us things to rally behind, or even to come together to deplore, like the war in Ukraine. Even amid the pandemic upheavals in 2021, IALL was still able to deliver its marvelous, virtual conference in Toulouse, France: The Triptych : National, European and International Law, the French way. It was a fantastic experience with top-notch content. This issue contains the proceedings from that conference. While it is common to have three or four lectures make up the annual proceedings issue, this year, we have eight. The extensive speaker contributions can be attributed in large part to the hard work of the local planning committee in Toulouse, led by Michel Fraysse. Michel is one of the IALL board members who will be leaving the board at the conclusion of the IALL conference this October in Stanford University. Many thanks to Michel for his work on the board and for the truly amazing conference that he and his local team put together in Toulouse. In fact, there are so many articles from the Toulouse conference, that we have made this one of the International Journal ofLegal Information's (IJLI) rare double issues. Perhaps you have already noticed the heftier weight of this issue. In addition to the eight articles from the conference, there is a larger than usual section of book reviews, edited by Caroline Osborne, and a much more inspiring collection of conferences, symposia, and other meetings in the International Calendar, edited by Amy Flick. The feature articles in this issue are all excellent. The first is by Alexandre Bernier. Bernier addresses the subject of legal translations, along with the use of legal sources transcribed in a language that differs from one's first language. He also touches on the use of sources which are pre-translated. His is one of two articles that are situated within the subject of legal translations and the challenges that flow from trying to research and understand complex legal topics which have been translated from their original texts into a completely different language. The second article is by Xavier Bioy. The author has created a dense, but rich overview of the concept of censorship in distinctly French legal contexts. He defines censorship and artistic freedom. He also outlines criminal law enforcement when artistic expressions are in tension with societal goals, often expressed as protecting young people. Bioy goes on to discuss what he calls administrative censorship, particularly in the contexts of live perfor- mances and the cinema. This is a fascinating piece and fills an important gap in the literature. Aurore Gaillet is author of the third article. Professor Gaillet's article is divided into two parts. In the first part, Gaillet provides a demonstration of the importance of comparative law and legal culture by describing the great principles of French public law. The author then explores some of these major principles through a compar- ison between the French and German conceptions of law, justice, the State,and democracy. 1

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