The legislation and laws related to protection against the natural environment aim achieve a balance between what is taken from can be achieved protect it by contemporary ideas of international organizations Earth Day environmental organizations. That has directed reflections on protections urban architectural environments that are activating role institutions under names adopt basic for protec...

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are expected to facilitate collaboration between healthcare entities and improve efficiency and quality of care through enhanced information sharing capabilities. Privacy concerns have been consistently cited as one of the primary challenges to HIE development and adoption. Currently, it is unclear how privacy laws – in particular, legislation restricting the...

This Note argues that the optional inclusion of the development risks defense in Member State legislation undermines the Products Liability Directive by impeding harmonization of products liability laws in the Community. Part I sets forth the background and content of the Products Liability Directive. Part II discusses the implementation of the Products Liability Directive in Member State legis...

INTRODUCTION Policy makers should understand the attitudes and beliefs of their constituents regarding smoke-free air legislation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of selected personal characteristics on attitudes and beliefs about secondhand smoke in Indiana and on support for smoke-free air laws. METHODS Data were obtained from the 2008 Indiana Adult Tobacco Survey of 2,...

Purpose – Using the example of audiovisual materials, this paper aims to illustrate how records-related and archival legislation lags behind advances in technology. As more audiovisual materials are created on the cloud, questions arise about the applicability of national laws over the control, ownership, and custody of data and records. Design/methodology/approach – This paper analyses court c...

This paper reports the results of a legal analysis of mandatory helmet-use legislation. The status of headgear laws at the federal level and in each of the states was determined, and court decisions involving challenges to their constitutionality were collected and analyzed. Helmet-use statutes were first passed by states in 1966. Enactment of such legislation was required of all states the fol...