Support for Single Sign-On (SSO) is a frequently voiced requirement for Service-Oriented Computing. We discuss SSO strategies and approaches, their requirements and constraints. The two most prominent approaches in this field are presented, i.e. Microsoft Passport and Liberty Alliance. Because implementations of Liberty were not widely available and in order to understand the conceptual implica...

The latest innovation in the arena of assisted reproductive technologies is uterine transplantation (UTx), described as ‘a new type of quality of life enhancing, as well as a lifegiving transplantation’.2 The world’s first live birth of a child after uterus transplant occurred using a female living donor and recipient in Sweden in 2013.3 The primary purpose of UTx is to restore fertility in fem...

As we become more and more enhanced with cyborg technology, significant issues of law and policy are raised. For example, as cyborg devices implanted within the body create a class of people with enhanced motor and computational abilities, how should the law and policy respond when the abilities of such people surpass those of the general population? And what basic human and legal rights should...

Abstract The right to privacy has long been regarded as a liberal progressive principle, one that guarantees gender-based equality and liberty in the domain of reproductive rights. Since US Supreme Court’s renowned articulation Roe v. Wade , privacy’s opponents have condemned an illegitimate judicial invention with no basis Constitution. This article addresses puzzle why coalition Christian con...

The maxim “innocent until proven guilty” has assumed significance in legal scholarship, colloquial conversation, and the media; indeed, the concept resonates with American society. Its prominence in popular and legal culture reflects society’s concern for balancing the constitutional guarantee of liberty with the government’s duty to secure the well-being of its citizens. The maxim recognizes t...

Today liberalism (or neoliberalism) is blamed for the growing inequality and poverty in the world as well as for ideological fundamentalism. Since such discussions are wide-ranging, held at universities and in political bodies, the author makes a distinction between liberalism as political philosophy and liberal – or as is now often called neoliberal – practical politics. According to him, libe...