... Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract Judges in US state courts are increasingly presiding over lawsuits that involve disputes related to climate change. This gives the courts an important role in helping shape climate governance. However, the extent...

.... censorship diaspora human rights defenders strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) surveillance transnational repression In order to secure meaningful participation, citizens must be able to access reliable information, which enables them to form their own opinions and exercise...

... factors that changed the politics of nuclear reactor restarts are Japan’s new nuclear safety agency, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), and a substantial increase in the number of citizens’ class-action lawsuits against nuclear reactors. These findings highlight the importance of assessing both...

...Joyce Y Lee; Terri Gilbert; Shawna J Lee; Karen M Staller child welfare class action lawsuits consent decrees social work education social work practice A tool available to social justice advocates who seek institutional and systemic reform is collective or aggregate litigation known as class...

... as inadequate to sum up the variety of experience in extra-academic practice. The second goal of the article is to explain the importance of the legal system in Mondones’s success, how he turned obstacles into advantageous safeguards against legal prosecution. At first glance, lawsuits related to extra-academic...

...Dione Batista Vila-Nova da Silva; Fábio Xerfan Nahas; Lydia Masako Ferreira © 2015 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. Reprints and permission: [email protected] 2015 Abstract Background Recently, more lawsuits have been filed by patients against their plastic...

.... For Permissions, please email: [email protected] 2015 Abstract Corporate derivative lawsuits and securities class actions are two major forms of litigation to protect investors and rectify corporate mismanagement. In Taiwan, both actions historically were rare. Since its establishment in 2003...

..., where the amount awarded to the victim is less than expectation and shown to be ‘fairer’ when compared with the amount obtained using the Von Neumann and Morgenstern game theory framework. arbitration risk-averse game theory dispute resolution lawsuits Law, Probability and Risk (2011) 10, 123 131...

... law natural resources law litigant characteristics agency lawsuits policy Litigants’ Characteristics and Outcomes in US Forest Service Land-Management Cases 1989 to 2005 Beth Gambino Portuese, Robert W. Malmsheimer, Amanda Anderson, Donald Floyd, and Denise Keele...

..., but differ between APPs and CPPs. Sue Physicians Wish to Sue Physicians Predictor Variables Wish to Sue Physicians Battery for Health Improvement (BHI 2) Doctor Dissatisfaction Scale (DDS) Patient–Physician Interaction Patients Litigation Malpractice Patient Characteristics Medicolegal Lawsuits...

... been challenged and appealed the Forest Service’s decisionmaking process frequently in federal court, and the agency believes such litigation constrains its professional expertise and that many lawsuits are frivolous and and frustrates effective forest management. This study provides...

... as policymakers evaluate options for reform. Long-term care Nursing homes Medical malpractice Lawsuits The third medical malpractice crisis in recent history has arrived, bearing many of the hallmarks of its predecessors in the mid-1970s and mid-1980s ( Mello, Studdert, & Brennan, 2003 ). To long-time...

...Rudolph Alexander Social Workers and Immunity from Civil Lawsuits Rudolph Alexander, Jr. The V.S. Supreme Court has ruled that judges, prosecutors, witnesses, legislators, and some people...