My task, as I understand it, is to select a single rule of procedure and explain why (and how) it must be reformed in order to build a better civil justice system in the twenty-first century. Let me say at the outset that I intend to shirk this responsibility. My principal reason is the integrated nature of our rules of procedure. All the rules—or at least all the rules worth talking about in t...

A qualitative study aiming at understanding the socio-political aspects that mediate the implantation of the Transplant Center of Piauí, identify the social topics involved in this implantation and analyze the participation of the organized civil society. Ten people directly related to the implantation of the transplant center were involved in the study, selected through the "snowball" techniqu...

development management is one of the newest fields of social sciences brought about by multidisciplinary approaches. the roots of these approaches are traced in the writings of adorno, horkheimer, marcuse and habermas, pioneers of the frankfurt school. as an interdisciplinary field, mostly applied, development management is obviously the fruit of civil society, a society that values participato...

Nike's tagline,"Just do it," is an inspirational call to action for the millions who wear the company's athletic gear. But in terms of corporate responsibility, Nike didn't always follow its own advice. In the 1990s, protesters railed against sweatshop conditions at some of its overseas suppliers and made Nike the global poster child for corporate ethical fecklessness. The intense pressure that...

P lanta de Regasificacion de Sagunto, S.A (Saggas) is constructing a new LNG receiving facility in Sagunto, 50 km north of Valencia (Spain), with a capacity of 3 million tpy of LNG, to be supplied from Egypt through a project initially promoted by Union Fenosa. Saggas is owned by three major electric companies in Spain: Union Fenosa (50%), Iberdrola (30%) and Endesa (20%). Saggas will be in cha...

The responsibilities which civil engineers, and particularly the engineer of record, accept are considered. The interaction with other decision makers such as the owner, stakeholders, the law and contractors results in complexity that can be partially resolved by the introduction of protocols in the form of regulations and codes of practice. However, uncertainty always exists and can result in ...

since journalistic activities are done as team works with many peopleinvolved as participants, when a journalistic activity does somebody harm orresults in disorder or public damage, locating the agent of the harm, theperson in charge, the responsibility type in terms of the joint-liability in casethat there are more than one person in charge, or other responsibility typesbecomes difficult. in ...

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Recently the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales found that the, University of Newcastle had discriminated against a medical student with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder on the grounds of her disability. This column summarises the case, and integrates a psychodynamic account of borderline personality disorder with Fulford's conceptual analysis of mental dis...