This essay suggests that two strands of social action which have hitherto developed separately - legal empowerment and social accountability - ought to learn from one another. Legal empowerment efforts grow out of the tradition of legal aid for the poor; they assist citizens in seeking remedies to breaches of rights. Social accountability interventions employ information and participation to de...

this paper aims to probe the nature of possible responses to the actions taken by certain foreign companies to unilaterally terminate their services to the iranian public and private internet service providers. the paper examines specifically the procedural aspects of the issue and concludes that due to the lack of the biased nature of relationship between sysops and internet users and the abse...

The problem of widespread homelessness among mentally ill persons is often attributed to changes in mental health law. In consequence, suggestions for addressing homelessness frequently involve legal interventions, including loosening of commitment standards. A review of the limited data on the relation of legal standards to homelessness suggests that the problem is not primarily a result of st...

Barriers to accessing legal abortion services in Tunisia are increasing, despite a liberal abortion law, and women are often denied wanted legal abortion services. In this paper, we seek to explore the reasons for abortion denial and whether these reasons had a legal or medical basis. We also identify barriers women faced in accessing abortion and make recommendations for improved access to qua...

INTRODUCTION A medical-legal partnership (MLP) incorporated as part of a comprehensive palliative care model addresses unmet social and material needs for patients. This study retrospectively reviews the experience of one MLP and quantifies the benefits of the program for both patients and the host health care institution. METHODS The Legal Services Program, an MLP, reviewed their program ref...

In the knowledge centric business environment, knowledge management (KM) is the process of creating, accumulating and accessing the values from intangible assets. Owing to the fast development of information technology and the global reach of legal documents, patents, trademarks and copyrights, technical legal services, organizations are challenged to efficiently provide customized services. Th...

this is a commentary on gilbert and colleagues’ (1) paper on morality and markets in the national health service (nhs). morality and values are not ephemeral qualities and universal healthcare is not simply an aspiration; it has to be enshrined in law. the creation of the uk nhs in 1948 was underpinned by core legal duties which required a system of public funding and delivery to follow. the mo...

the kind of contracts of government and public organisations that relates public affaires, that named public or administrative contracts , are very important to fulfil legal duties of government, and public contracts are new forms of providing public welfare, and management of public services, that are based on consenting instead of being authoritarian, but had been studied less in iran law bec...

People living with HIV and key populations face human rights violations that affect their access to health services, relationships in their communities, housing options, and employment. To address these violations, government and civil society organizations in Ghana developed a discrimination reporting system managed by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice that links people...