As a result of the increase in number lawyers, need arose for them to become as well-known possible market, both with aim attracting new clients and retaining loyalty existing clients. The manner which lawyers can make themselves known has raised problems legislative barriers restricting their rights this regard. By conducting research, authors tried identify ways services without violating leg...

This paper presents a proposal for an XML Standard for legal sources in the Netherlands. The standard intends to provide a generic and easily extensible framework for the XML encoding of the structure and contents of legal and paralegal documents. It differs from other existing metadata schemes for legal documents in two respects; It is languageindependent and it aims to accommodate uses of XML...

This paper presents a proposal for an open XML standard for the markup of legal documents: METALex. The standard provides a generic and easily extensible framework for the XML encoding of the structure and contents of legal and paralegal documents. MetaLex is first and foremost meant as an interchange format for legal documents. It differs from other existing metadata schemes in two respects: I...

Under the Education Act of 1944, children who are backward at school may be referred for a special medical examination and officially "ascertained" as educationally subnormal (E.S.N.). On leaving school, they may be notified to the Local Health Authority and placed under the supervision of the mental health service. Some authorities, believing that these young people are able to manage their ow...

NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and its Recent Guidance for Intrapartum Care The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent organization with legal status as a Special Health Authority to the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales. Its purpose is to develop guidance regarding quality and cost-e¡ectiveness of clinic...

A knowledge, attitude, behaviour, and practice survey was conducted among labour migrants in Tajikistan to elucidate key factors influencing access to tuberculosis diagnosis and care both in their labour destination country and at home. 509 labour migrants were interviewed in Khaton and Rasht Valley regions in Tajikistan using a standardised questionnaire. In addition, in-depth interviews were ...

INTRODUCTION Attention to the negative effects of structural barriers on HIV efforts is increasing. Reviewing national legal and policy environments with attention to the international human rights commitments of states is a means of assessing and providing focus for addressing these barriers to effective HIV responses. METHODS Law and policy data from the 171 countries reporting under the De...

In genetic diagnostics, the emergence of a so-called "patent thicket" is imminent. Such an overlapping set of patent rights may have restrictive effects on further research and development of diagnostic tests, and the provision of clinical diagnostic services. Currently, two models that may facilitate access to and use of patented genetic inventions are attracting much debate in various nationa...