Networked public service delivery requires attention to accountability and implementation in the public interest. Using the case of transitional housing in a western US community, we review the challenges of goal incongruence between network members and the resulting management problems. In addition, this case illustrates the role that local governments may play in promoting the primacy of one ...

BACKGROUND The Synar Amendment was enacted by the US Congress in 1992 to require states and territories to establish and enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. OBJECTIVE To describe state and federal efforts to comply with the Synar mandate. METHODS State and federal actions were examined for the eight years following enactment. DATA SOURCES Federal documents from 1992-20...

In addition to the traditional methods of analogy law and lex, application recommended clarifications higher specialized courts, role principles justice, good faith reasonableness, which by their properties can serve as a fundamental, universal optimal basis for modeling decision based on specific civil case.
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This study verifies the psychometric properties of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSORFQ). This measure consists of 10 items regarding strength of religious faith, regardless of religious denomination or affiliation. Participants were 177 students from Chile and 393 students from Poland. The SCSORFQ method is a reliable measure with good internal consistency evaluat...