SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) has been in use since the 1960s as a tool to assist strategic planning in various types of enterprises including those in the construction industry. Whilst still widely used, the approach has called for improvements to make it more helpful in strategic management. The project described in this paper aimed to study whether the process t...

This Note addresses the issue of whether all nations should enact a uniform global legal scheme governing digital signatures for the purpose of promoting E-Commerce. Part I of this Note describes digital signatures and considers their different functions. Part I also discusses E-Commerce and the application of digital signatures to E-Commerce. Further, Part I briefly examines the major legal sc...

This issue's "Legal Briefing" column covers recent legal developments involving informed consent.1 We covered this topic in previous articles in The Journal of Clinical Ethics.2 But an updated discussion is warranted. First, informed consent remains a central and critically important issue in clinical ethics. Second, there have been numerous significant legal changes over the past year. We cate...

Gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) parents are increasingly common and visible, but they face a number of social and legal barriers in the United States. Using legal consciousness as a theoretical framework, we draw on data from 51 interviews with GLB parents in California and Nebraska to explore how laws impact experiences of parenthood. Specifically, we address how the legal context influences ...

protection of a sound environment is one of the most contravertioal issues of the legal and political world, and different letters are provided in this regard. but in respect of how to implement the aim of promoting and protecting the environment, the governments have utilized different legal instruments; the last of which is the concept of liability for environmental damages. level in which di...

In recent years, many environmental problems have become important factors in promoting the economic need to develop tourist activity: climate change such as energy wars, increasing hunger and aridity, population increases in urban areas, excessive and unthinking use of natural resources, difficult international relations, economic competition, and increasing environmental stress. Trends in glo...

Classical Description Logic has been widely used as a basis for ontology creation and reasoning in many knowledge specific domains, including Legal AI. As in any other domain, consistency is an important issue for legal ontologies. However, due to its inherently normative feature, coherence (consistency) in legal ontologies is more subtle than in other domains. Consistency, or absence of logica...

BACKGROUND Opioid overdose, which has reached epidemic levels in the United States, is reversible by administration of the medication naloxone. Naloxone requires a prescription but is not a controlled substance and has no abuse potential. In the last half-decade, the majority of states have modified their laws to increase layperson access to the medication. METHODS We utilized a structured le...