In a new 340B controversy, OPA rebuffs a court ruling.

Introduction The material in this section provides a foundational overview of the Canadian Legal system. It is structured into four topic areas which are discussed in varying detail below: [I] Foundations of the Canadian Legal System: The Constitution; [II] Legitimacy of the Canadian Legal System and Constitution; [III] Sources of Law; [IV] The Common Law System in Operation. A number of readin...

The nationwide effort to reduce bullying in U.S. schools can be regarded as part of larger civil and human rights movements that have provided children with many of the rights afforded to adult citizens, including protection from harm in the workplace. Many bullied children find that their schools are hostile environments, but civil rights protections against harassment apply only to children w...

OBJECTIVE To comparatively analyze governmental regulations on embryonic stem cell research among countries. METHODS The study was performed between March and May 2008, using a direct electronic search through official databases of legislative documents from 25 selected countries, confirmed by email consultation with researchers and authorities from these countries, when necessary. RESULTS ...

In this paper the ASPIC framework for argumentation-based inference is used for formally reconstructing two legal debates about law-making proposals: an opinion of a legal scholar on a Dutch legislative proposal and a US commonlaw judicial decision on whether an existing common law rule should be followed or distinguished. Both debates are formalised as practical reasoning, with versions of the...

Coherence and alignment of the legislative language highly contribute to the quality of legislative processes, to the clarity of legislative texts and to their accessibility. DALOS aims at ensuring that legal drafters and decision-makers have control over the multilingual language of European legislation, and over the linguistic and conceptual issues involved in its transposition at national le...

The structure of the monetary, banking, and financial institutions of the United States is currently a topic of unusual excitement and controversy. Divers reforms have been proposed, some in legislative form. No consensus has been reached, and at present there appears to be a political stalemate. Meanwhile, the structure is changing in a piecemeal and anarchic fashion, as a result of technologi...

Though the new Statement does not detail the reasons for the change in Position, it does acknowledge that “deep disagreement persists regarding the morality of PAD. Sincere, compassionate, morally conscientious individuals stand on either side of this debate.” Of course, both of these propositions seemed sound during the period in which the AAHPM was officially opposed to PAD, so these two fact...

The United States Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires advisory committees to be “fairly balanced.” By examining legislative, judicial, and administrative interpretations of FACA’s balance requirement, this article identifies a prevailing double standard: public officials assess committee members classified as experts in terms of their professional competence, while they assess those ...

INTRODUCTION Hanging is one of the most commonly used way to commit suicide in many countries. This method used in suicide is considered a problem in Iran too, but no clear data exists regarding hanging in different regions or the country as a whole. Because of the epidemiologic differences in non-judicial hanging in different regions, this study aimed to assess it in Gilan province, Iran betwe...