Dissertations / Theses: 'Legacy assessment'

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Alexander, Byron Vernon Terry. "Legacy system upgrade for software risk assessment." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401409.

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Thesis (M.S in Computer Science) Naval Postgtaduate School, December 2001.
Thesis Advisor(s): Berzins, Valdis ; Murrah, Michael. "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 91). Also available online.

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Moyo, Louis Grandgrind. "Brand image legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cupтм : a long-term assessment." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2717.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.
Sport mega-events are a powerful tool for branding nations. There has been a significant shift in countries that bid for and win the rights to host sport mega-events. Historically, Western countries used to be leaders in winning rights to host such events; however a new emerging trend has seen developing countries winning the rights ahead of developed ones, for example, South Africa, Brazil and Russia winning the rights to host the FIFA World CupTM. South Africa faced a serious branding challenge leading up to the 2010 FIFA World CupTM. Therefore, one of the primary objectives of hosting this tournament was to change international tourists’ perceptions of South Africa. There has been limited research on the brand legacies of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, hence this research examined the brand image legacies of the tournament in the long run. It is believed that the football fans who attended the 2016 UEFA European Championship either visited South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World CupTM or watched the tournament on television (TV) at home, therefore they have certain perceptions of South Africa as a sport tourism destination. A quantitative methodology was employed to survey football tourists at fan parks and stadium precincts in five metropolitan cities in France during the 2016 UEFA European Championship, using a spatially based systematic sampling technique. In total 391 football tourist questionnaires were completed. The key findings reveal that prior to the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, football tourists’ perceptions of South Africa as a sport tourism destination were generally positive; however they indicated that they were very concerned about safety and security, as well as segregation issues, prior to the tournament. It can be argued that the tournament had a significant impact on reinforcing the positive perceptions of the destination as well as reducing the negative perceptions of the destination. The findings reveal statistically significant differences in most aspects between tourists’ perceptions prior to, and six years after, the 2010 FIFA World CupTM. Tourists’ perceptions on most aspects changed positively six years after the event, including those that were major concerns prior to the tournament. The findings also show that there has been very little repeat visitation to South Africa since South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA Word CupTM. However, an overwhelming majority of respondents indicated that they were willing to travel to South Africa should it host another sport mega-event in the near future. The key findings of this study have a wider applicability to sport mega-events legacy research and body of knowledge. These key findings can assist destination marketers in managing the destination image and foster a greater understanding of brand image legacies of past mega-events in order to inform the bidding and hosting of future sport mega-events.

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Esperon, Miguez Manuel. "Financial and risk assessment and selection of health monitoring system design options for legacy aircraft." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8062.

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Aircraft operators demand an ever increasing availability of their fleets with constant reduction of their operational costs. With the age of many fleets measured in decades, the options to face these challenges are limited. Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) uses data gathered through sensors in the aircraft to assess the condition of components to detect and isolate faults or even estimate their Remaining Useful Life (RUL). This information can then be used to improve the planning of maintenance operations and even logistics and operational planning, resulting in shorter maintenance stops and lower cost. Retrofitting health monitoring technology onto legacy aircraft has the capability to deliver what operators and maintainers demand, but working on aging platforms presents numerous challenges. This thesis presents a novel methodology to select the combination of diagnostic and prognostic tools for legacy aircraft that best suits the stakeholders’ needs based on economic return and financial risk. The methodology is comprised of different steps in which a series of quantitative analyses are carried out to reach an objective solution. Beginning with the identification of which components could bring higher reduction of maintenance cost and time if monitored, the methodology also provides a method to define the requirements for diagnostic and prognostic tools capable of monitoring these components. It then continues to analyse how combining these tools affects the economic return and financial risk. Each possible combination is analysed to identify which of them should be retrofitted. Whilst computer models of maintenance operations can be used to analyse the effect of retrofitting IVHM technology on a legacy fleet, the number of possible combinations of diagnostic and prognostic tools is too big for this approach to be practicable. Nevertheless, computer models can go beyond the economic analysis performed thus far and simulations are used as part of the methodology to get an insight of other effects or retrofitting the chosen toolset.

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MA, JUN. "Risk Assessment and Sequestered Contamination Evaluation for Legacy Heavy Metal Contaminants in Cleveland Area Brownfields." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1106351960.

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Tanamal, Claudia. "The Impacts of Legacy Mining Operation on Inorganic Arsenic Bioaccumulation and Exposure in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39916.

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Arsenic transfers and toxicology are important topics of research and a public health concern because arsenicosis affects millions of people worldwide every year. One of the most significant sources of arsenic in the environment is industrial wastes, such as by-products of mining operation. In Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, there were two large gold mines—Giant Mine and Con Mine, along with dozens of small-scale mines. The combined by-product of emission from these roasters might have contributed to high concentrations of arsenic found in the city. This thesis presents the results of two related studies to address the environmental health concern: (1) to investigate the arsenic transfers and arsenic species accumulation in freshwater food webs near large legacy mining operations in Yellowknife, and (2) to assess the long-term health risk of inorganic arsenic exposure from the consumption of fish in Yellowknife among the general residents and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. We found that inorganic arsenic is biominified in food webs (i.e. inorganic arsenic concentrations diminish at higher trophic positions relative to lower trophic positions). Higher-trophic organisms have low inorganic arsenic concentrations in tissue due to biotransformation of inorganic arsenic to non-toxic organic arsenobetaine, and effective elimination of arsenic from their tissue. The trophic positions of freshwater organisms can be used to predict the range of arsenic concentrations and its species composition, accounting for more than 80% of variance. Dietary study results show that the Yellowknives Dene First Nation consumed significantly more fish in their diets (adults: 19 g/day, children: 9 g/day) compared to the general residents of Yellowknife (adults: 9 g/day, children: 5 g/day). Our probabilistic risk assessments showed no significant long-term non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health risks of inorganic arsenic exposure from fish consumption for the majority of Yellowknife residents, but elevated cancer risks among the adult heavy fish consumers in Yellowknife. However, our data suggested that the residents of Yellowknife were not exposed to higher cancer risks from inorganic exposure compared to the general population in Canada. Therefore, due to fish health benefits and the values associated with its consumption, fish should continue to be a major source of sustenance in Yellowknife.

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Dawson, Sian. "A lost legacy : a critical assessment and catalogue of the illustrated work of Ernest Aris : Alfred Ernest Walter George Aris (22 April, 1882-1963) children's author, illustrator and commercial artist." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2011. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/19515/.

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Ernest Alfred Walter George Aris FZS, SGA, (1882-1963) was born in Islington and moved to Bradford where he spent his formative years and attained a diploma at the Bradford Technical College of Fine Art in 1900. Aris was a professionally trained commercial artist, author, and prolific illustrator of 170 children’s and natural history books. He also illustrated over 250 books for other authors, including Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, and May Byron, as well as contributing to a number of leading periodicals, magazines and newspapers. Aris was not a member of any of the active artists’ clubs or societies and was possibly shunned by his contemporaries and peers, who considered him unoriginal and an unscrupulous opportunist. Volume I of this thesis seeks to examine these suggestions and assesses why Aris’s name, despite his significant output, has remained relatively anonymous and why much of his legacy appears to have been unidentified, overlooked or forgotten. Chapter 1 discusses the historical influences of anthropomorphism on Aris’s style and those of his immediate predecessors. I have categorised Aris’s books into three periods for this appraisal and examined his technical attributes and qualities, together with his trademark features and characteristics, with the purpose of identifying what makes Aris’s creative design instantly recognisable and his output of illustration so distinctive. Chapter 2 discusses Aris’s relationship with the children’s author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Aris holds a unique place in history in that he was commissioned by Beatrix Potter to provide illustrations for her book and was the only artist with whom she seriously contemplated a professional working partnership (1916). However, Frederick Warne and Beatrix Potter later accused Aris of plagiarism and of exploiting any opportunity to achieve a commercial advantage. There is an argument to suggest that Aris’s affiliation with Potter and the allegations of plagiarism had a significant impact on his long term reputation and was possibly the reason for adopting the pseudonym Robin A. Hood. Chapter 3 examines the creative scope and features of Aris’s prestigious commercial partnerships. These start from the beginning of his professional career at the turn of the twentieth century, which coincided with the technical development and advancement of the colour picture postcard. Aris was at the forefront of this revolution, designing several series of comic and humorous postcards for leading printers that are now associated with and representative of a bygone era. In 1915 Aris was commissioned to design six tram posters, which were selected by Frank Pick at London Transport, as part of the National Collection of Posters. Pick single handedly revolutionised poster art in Britain and was responsible for establishing the national collection, where these posters now reside and have remained forgotten and out of sight for the last century. In the 1920s the trend for collecting novelty cigarette cards enabled Aris to produce a number of outstanding natural history designs as well as the infamous Frisky series, where his mischievous sense of humour is much evident in his trademark characters. Perhaps Aris’s final and greatest legacy, however, lies in the legendary Cococubs campaign for Bournville Children’s Cocoa, which was described as ‘one of the cleverest publicity schemes of the year.’1 The success of the advertising campaign meant demand outstripped supply of the product, as youngsters eagerly sought the ‘free toy in every tin’ promotional figurines that Aris designed (1934-1936). Volume II of this thesis comprises of a unique catalogue of Aris’s creative output over fifty years and spans a range of commercial fields of art. The catalogue is divided into four parts. Part one consists of Aris’s literary publications, with a detailed bibliographic record and image of the cover of each book that he wrote and illustrated under his own name and pseudonyms, as well as prominent books Aris illustrated for other eminent authors and a compendium list of books Aris illustrated for authors and other publications. Part two is a record of Aris’s commercial work, including the early series of pictorial postcards that he completed for leading quality publishers at the start of his career (1904-1909) and the six pictorial natural history posters, which Aris was commissioned to undertake for the London Transport tram system (1915). Part three comprises of Aris’s collectables and contains the four unique series of cigarette cards that Aris designed for leading tobacco manufacturers (issued 1929-1935). Part four includes a comprehensive description of each of the limited editions and subtle colour variants of the Cococub lead figurines inserted into Bournville Children’s Cocoa (1934-1936). The aim of the thesis is to justify why I believe Aris deserves further merit for his contribution within the field of illustration and commercial artwork. I have sought to highlight the factors that make his contribution and the success of his creative designs within these different fields so significant. 1 The Grocery and the Provision Merchant Journal, November 1934, p. 276.

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Casey, Leigh Anne. "Jacques Maritain, 'l'esprit dur et le coeur doux' : an assessment of his far-reaching and fragmented legacy, including his contribution to Catholic-Jewish relations, as shown through Le paysan de la Garonne." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/66478/.

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Jacques Maritain, although now largely ignored in France except for opportunistic re-appropriations of his work, was and still is highly esteemed in North (and South) America. This thesis examines the extent to which Maritain himself is responsible for the unevenness of his reputation, besides the part played by relevant geopolitical events. It also questions how much his readers have contributed by selecting from the complex mosaic of his work those things which suit their purposes. The thesis examines the core tenet of Maritain’s work: the tension between the ‘esprit dur’ of his inflexible Thomist theology and philosophy and the ‘coeur doux’ of his liberal humanitarianism. This tension is examined from the standpoint of the Second Vatican Council and Maritain’s response to those pivotal years in the Catholic Church, his self-declared testament, Le Paysan de la Garonne. Maritain’s contribution to the Council and its aftermath, especially as applied to consideration of the Church’s position on ‘la question juive’, helped to seal the fate of his jagged reputation. The research analyses Maritain’s key outputs contextually during a period of massive upheaval and shows their expansive influence. The dialogic approach to the works encompasses not only French but North American sources. The thesis also analyses correspondence between Maritain and his close friend Cardinal Journet, which has not before been the subject of significant analysis, enabling a deeper reading of Le Paysan de la Garonne and what lay behind the book, fifty years after its publication. This multi-disciplinary thesis, relevant to French studies, philosophy, intellectual history, politics and religious studies, makes a compelling case for a reappraisal of Maritain’s legacy - an individual so often ‘homme-carrefour’, caught up in key twentieth-century events and yet also having a vital influence on them.

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Khatib, Samy. "COBOL-skills, Where art Thou? : An assessment of future COBOL needs at Handelsbanken." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187480.

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The impending mass retirement of baby-boomer COBOL developers, has companies that wish to maintain their COBOL systems fearing a skill shortage. Due to the dominance of COBOL within the financial sector, COBOL will be continually developed over at least the coming decade. This thesis consists of two parts. The first part consists of a literature study of COBOL; both as a programming language and the skills required as a COBOL developer. Interviews were conducted with key Handelsbanken staff, regarding the current state of COBOL and the future of COBOL in Handelsbanken. The second part consists of a quantitative forecast of future COBOL workforce state in Handelsbanken. The forecast uses data that was gathered by sending out a questionnaire to all COBOL staff. The continued lack of COBOL developers entering the labor market may create a skill-shortage. It is crucial to gather the knowledge of the skilled developers before they retire, as changes in old COBOL systems may have gone undocumented, making it very hard for new developers to understand how the systems work without guidance. To mitigate the skill shortage and enable modernization, an extraction of the business knowledge from the systems should be done. Doing this before the current COBOL workforce retires will ease the understanding of the extracted data. The forecasts of Handelsbanken’s COBOL workforce are based on developer experience and hiring, averaged over the last five years. The forecasts take into consideration the age developers are hired, the age the developers exit, and their cumulative growing experience while in the skills pool. The state of COBOL in 2015 is used as a baseline of COBOL needs to forecast until 2060. I.e. the rate at which COBOL systems are developed stay the same. The forecasts show that if no developers are hired, most of their experienced developers will have left by 2030. To keep their current COBOL experience level, Handelsbanken needs to keep hiring over the coming 45 years. Handelsbanken has to hire on average 8.2 developers per year until 2030, and 6.5 developers per year until 2060. I.e. Handelsbanken has been able to keep a high average of 7.6 people per year for the last five years.
Organisationer som underhåller COBOL system är oroliga inför den åldrande COBOL-arbetskraftens pensionering. COBOLs dominans inom den finansiella sektorn leder till att COBOL kod kommer att fortsätta utvecklas i minst tio år till. Den här uppsatsen är uppdelad i två delar. Första delen är en litteraturstudie om COBOL som programmeringsspråk, samt kunskapsbehovet som COBOL utvecklare. Intervjuer gjordes med nyckelpersoner inom Handelsbanken, kring det nuvarande tillståndet av COBOL och COBOLs framtid i Handelsbanken. Den andra delen består av en kvantitativ prognos kring Handelsbankens behov av COBOL utvecklare i framtiden. Prognosen bygger på data som samlats genom att skicka ut en enkät till alla COBOL utvecklare. Den fortsatta bristen på nya COBOL utvecklare på arbetsmarknaden kan skapa en kompetensbrist. Det är viktigt att samla kunskapen som de pensionerande utvecklarna bär på, eftersom ändringarna i systemen kan ha gått odokumenterade, vilket gör det väldigt svårt för nya utvecklare att förstå systemen utan vägledning. För att minska kompetensbehovet och möjliggöra modernisering av systemen, bör en extraktion av affärskunskap göras ur systemen. Att ta hjälp av utvecklarna av systemen kan avsevärt förenkla förståelsen av den extraherade informationen. Prognoserna av Handelsbankens COBOL arbetskraft baseras på data om utvecklarerfarenhet och anställning över de senaste fem åren. Prognoserna tar hänsyn till åldern när utvecklarna anställs, åldern när utvecklarna slutar, och tillväxten av deras sammanlagda erfarenhet under tiden de jobbar. Prognosen använder COBOL erfarenhetsbehovet i 2015 som en bas för prognosen. Prognosen beräknar behoven fram till år 2060. Prognoserna visar att om inga nya tillskott av utvecklare görs, så kommer de flesta av Handelsbankens erfarna utvecklare ha slutat vid år 2030. För att behålla deras nuvarande erfarenhetsnivå, så kommer Handelsbanken behöva kontinuerligt anställa utvecklare över kommande 45 åren. Handelsbanken kommer behöva anställa i genomsnitt 8,2 utvecklare per år fram till 2030, och därefter 6,5 utvecklare per år fram till 2060. Handelsbanken har lyckats ha en hög genomsnittlig anställningstakt de senaste fem åren, 7,6 personer per år.

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Farmer, Timothy Paul. "An investigation of the Royal Air Force’s World War II chemical weapon legacy sites in the United Kingdom : the development of a spatial hazard assessment tool & a novel screening method for detecting mustard gas breakdown products using dogs." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.659207.

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The RAF has been undertaking Land Quality Assessments across the retained estate. As part of this study the author has been interested in the environmental hazard posed by disposal to land by burial and or burning of the Royal Air Force's WWII (World War 2) Chemical Weapons (CW) stockpile. The investigation describes a Hazard Rating strategy to address the potential contamination. The development of a novel method of screening sites using dogs is also described. The study charts the development of chemical weapons for use by the RAF and looked at the production and distribution of these weapons from factories to stations. Mustard gas was the major chemical weapon agent adopted by the United Kingdom government during this period. The 65 Ib Light Casing (LC) bomb was deemed to be one of the most potentially successful weapons in the CW arsenal. As of 1 April 1945 the total number of 65 Ib LC bombs manufactured for use in Northwest Europe was 389,937 of which 388,800 were available for use by the RAF and 1,137 were transferred to the USAAF. The study describes the problems of leakage especially with the Mk 1 variant and its associated Mk 1 wooden crate. It is highly likely that leaking weapons were buried on RAF sites and that by the end of the war a considerable quantity of mustard gas agent has potentially leaked into the ground. Mustard gas is likely to remain on stations. American weapons, distribution and potential storage sites have also been discussed.

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LOMBAARD, DUPRÉ. "A critical assessment of the social and economic aspects of environmental impact of assessment in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7507.

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>Magister Scientiae - MSc
MAGISTER SCIENTlAE IN THE FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE. This thesis focuses on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA's) as prepared in the Western Cape Province. The thesis attempts to summarise the legal requirements for EIA's and then to analyse two recent assessmentsin the light of the concern raised by Alex Weaver, at the South African chapter of the International Association for Impact Assessment National Conference in 1999, that EIA's~l§_cLI>listoricaily _gisadvantag~and do not give sufficient attention to social impacts. The thesis also attempts to analyse the EIA's and to critically assess whether they comply with the intention of the legal requirements. The applicable legislation and regulations are analysed to determine whether there are sufficient guidelines for practitioners to assessthe socio-economic impacts of development in an equitable manner to the assessmentof the biophysical impacts. It was found that the legislation and the regulations do not provide clear guidance for the consideration of the socia-economic aspects of the environment or impacts in the preparation of EIA's. The EIA's regarding the Relocation Of The Informal Settlement At Stanford and for the Koringberg-Platvlei-MiddelburgWater Supply Pipeline required to provide potable water to rural communities are analysed, as both have socio-economicgoals. In the Stanford case, an informal settlement located on the town's water source has to be relocated to the town, where there is a shortage of land available for development and site-specific impacts on a major employer, with the threat of a potential loss in employment opportunities. In the Koringberg-Platvlei-Middelburg case, the rural community has insufficient potable water and a supply scheme is proposed in a potentially sensitive environment. In order to analyse the two assessments,the ideal EIA and recent trends are first established from literature. Criteria for the assessment of the EIA's are determined and then used to ascertain whether the concern raised by Weaver is correct. In the analysis of the subject EIA's it was found that both address the social issues of concern, albeit without clear guidance from the applicable legislation and regulations. Following on the critical assessmentof the recent EIA's, the thesis provides proposals and stepby-step guidelines for the drafting of EIA's for use by students and inexperienced practitioners in the field of environmental management. Weaver's concern is found to be correct and recommendations are made to adjust the relevant regulations, to give clear guidance for the consideration of seclo-economic concerns in the preparation of EIA's.

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Steiner, Jochen. "Mediation of employment disputes : a legal assessment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0027/MQ50965.pdf.

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Al-Omran, Layla Salih Zaalan. "Factors influencing human exposure assessments of legacy and 'novel' brominated flame retardants via indoor dust ingestion." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7082/.

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Indoor settled dust has been recognised as an important pathway of human exposure to brominated flame retardants (BFRs) via ingestion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the most important factors influencing human exposure assessments. A new clean-up method was optimised to determine PBDEs (BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-153, BDE-154, BDE-183 and BDE-209) and NBFRs (PBEB, EH-TBB, BEH-TEBP, BTBPE and DBDPE) in a single sample extract via GC-MS. Substantial within-room and within-home spatial variability in BFR concentrations was apparent between two floor areas and between elevated surface and floor dust, due to the varying distances of sampled surfaces from potential BFR sources. Considerable within-room and within-home temporal variability in BFR concentrations was apparent over a nine month sampling period, that is likely attributable to changes in room contents. Seasonal variability in BFR concentrations was also observed between colder and warmer seasons. Concentrations of lower brominated compounds (tri-hexa-BDEs) and BEH-TEBP were significantly higher in the finest particle size fractions and in researcher-collected dust, comparing with the coarse particle size fractions and household vacuum dust. Our estimates of exposure to PBDEs and NBFRs via dust ingestion for the Iraqi population fall below the relevant health-based values.

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Adade, Nancy Aku. "An Assessment of Ghana's Legal and Institutional Anti-Money Laundering Framework." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5709.

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Magister Legum - LLM (Criminal Justice and Procedure)
The primary aim of an individual who engages in criminal activity, particularly at an organised level, is to make profit. However, criminals are not merely bent on gaining financial profit, but are especially desirous of enjoying the proceeds of the crimes that they perpetrate and reinvesting the illicit proceeds in other criminal schemes. Such reinvestments have to be made carefully, without drawing attention to their criminal provenance. Financial institutions, such as banks, are used to launder the illegally obtained monies. Money laundering and the financing of terrorism are transnational crimes which constitute a great economic, social and political threat to national economies and political stability. The devastating effects of money laundering and the financing of terrorism have activated the international community to develop a comprehensive anti-money laundering legal framework at both the international and regional level. Most countries in the world today have adopted antimoney laundering laws and policies.

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Ramos, Maria de Fátima. "A mediação familiar na separação conjugal e conflitos parentais: Caracterização e avaliação da satisfação dos clientes que recorrem ao gabinete de mediação familar." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/832.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia Legal
O presente trabalho de investigação centra-se na mediação familiar, enquanto processo que poderá, em caso de separação/ divórcio, e em alternativa ao sistema judicial, ajudar os pais, com filhos menores, a dinamizarem estratégias que facilitem, por um lado, a sua co-parentalidade e, por outro, a reorganização da nova família binuclear emergente. A mediação familiar, comparativamente com outros países europeus, é uma área pouco explorada e dinamizada ao nível nacional. Este estudo, de natureza exploratória, tem como principal objectivo determinar a percepção do efeito da mediação familiar, nomeadamente ao nível da satisfação dos clientes (pré-mediados, mediados sem acordo e mediados com acordo) que recorreram ao Gabinete de Mediação Familiar e avaliar em que medida a decisão final influencia essa mesma satisfação. Com este propósito, foi construído um questionário, em três versões, adaptadas à fase processual em que cada cliente terminou o processo. A aplicação dos questionários foi feita, através de correio ou e-mail, a 100 clientes que recorreram ao Gabinete de Mediação Familiar no ano de 2004, após prévio consentimento dos participantes (via telefone). Dos clientes que participaram no estudo. 48 estiveram em processo de pré-mediação, 21 em processo de mediação, mas não alcançaram acordo final e 31 estiveram em mediação e alcançaram um acordo final. Os resultados apontam, em todas as variáveis avaliadas, para uma maior satisfação dos clientes que estiveram em processo de mediação e que alcançaram acordo final. Verificaram-se diferenças significativas e muito significativas entre os três grupos, quando comparados ao nível dos itens de satisfação, tendo-se observado que a variável acordo final influencia favoravelmente a satisfação da população estudada. Na discussão dos resultados são levantadas diversas questões para reflexão, sendo, finalmente, sugeridas algumas recomendações práticas.

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Grobler, Chazanne. "A regulatory framework for psycho-legal assessments in South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78604.

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The study demonstrates that mental health professionals, more specifically psychiatrists and psychologists, conducting psycho-legal assessments in South Africa, play a pivotal role in assisting the courts in ensuring that justice is done. Mental health professionals are involved in numerous matters, ranging from criminal cases, such as conducting psycho-legal assessments regarding criminal capacity, civil proceedings concerning care and contact evaluations, personal injury claims, and many more. In reviewing case law and the complaints lodged with, and rulings made by, the Health Professions Council of South Africa, it is evident that psycho-legal assessments are often problematic. The problems relate to an inadequate level of performance in evaluations and testimony and unethical behaviour. It is argued that the lack of regulation of psycho-legal assessments is one of the main contributing factors in the increasing challenges experienced. The study examines the current regulatory framework regarding psycho-legal assessments in South Africa by first examining the procedural and evidentiary rules that control the admissibility and evaluation of expert testimony, and secondly, the self-regulation by the mental health professions. To address the shortcomings, the regulatory mechanisms in the international context is analysed by turning to the United Kingdom as well as the United States of America. Both jurisdictions have strong ties to South Africa and a rich history concerning regulating psycho-legal assessments and psychological and psychiatric evidence in general. Drawing from the regulatory frameworks in the comparator countries recommendations for the South African context is made. The recommendations take a multi-level approach, focusing on the rules of evidence and other procedural rules within the legal system and self-regulation of mental health professions.
Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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De, Angelis Andrea. "Clean development mechanism and biofuels : a legal assessment of risks and potential." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-96030.

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Martin, Mary-Anne. "Psychological assessment for the courts : A survey of psychologists." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1262.

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The literature relevant to legal standards in criminal, family, and civil settings in relation to psychological assessments for the courts is reviewed. Although over the past twenty years, a number of specialised forensic instruments have been developed for use in forensic settings, it appears that they are infrequently used. Surveys of test use patterns reveal that psychological test use in forensic settings is virtually identical to that in clinical settings, despite the different nature of the referral questions. The debate about the use of psychological tests in forensic assessments, and research on the use of tests in these assessments is also discussed. Research into the quality of forensic evaluations and psychological evidence in court was explored. Literature about evaluation practices and the experiences of psychologists within legal settings is also discussed. Australian psychologists who do forensic assessments for the courts were surveyed about their work settings, experience, training, evaluation practices, and experiences of the legal system. Responses were received from 79 participants who worked in institutional and/or private practice settings. In general, psychologists who do forensic work are satisfied with their experiences in court. This suggests that psychological evidence is well accepted by the courts. The implications of unquestioning acceptance of psychological evidence by the courts are discussed. The results revealed a high use of neuropsychological tests (seven of the top ten most frequently used tests) in forensic assessments in comparison to results from studies in USA and UK. These results highlight the need for a focus on neuropsychology in forensic courses. The survey offers a profile of Australian psychologists providing psychological assessments for the courts.

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Mallidi, Neelima. "Fire durations of concern for a modern legal weight truck cask." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1433412.

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Li, Chenging. "Legal aspects of banking regulation in China during an era of change : Assessment and improvement of current legal framework." Thesis, University of London, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536767.

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Fernandes, Mário Marques. "Validação do instrumento de Análise da Impressão e do Impacto do Prejuízo Estético (AIPE) para uso em Odontologia Legal." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/23/23153/tde-25022016-165121/.

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Nas últimas décadas o grande número de vítimas de acidentes de trânsito, violência urbana, traumas pela prática desportiva, acidentes de trabalho e do próprio erro profissional aumentou a preocupação com os aspectos periciais, seja no âmbito criminal ou sede civil, em razão das sequelas oriundas desses ferimentos e traumas, incluída nessa perspectiva a região maxilofacial. Nesse sentido, este estudo objetivou traduzir e adaptar culturalmente as questões constantes no instrumento espanhol de Análise da Impressão do Impacto do Prejuízo Estético (AIPE) proposto por Cobo Plana (2010) para ser utilizado no Brasil, e validar esse instrumento junto a cirurgiões-dentistas da área de Odontologia Legal. Após o processo de tradução e adaptação cultural, foram simuladas com maquiagem lesões cicatriciais na região maxilofacial de dois modelos, um masculino e outro feminino. Selecionaram-se cirurgiões-dentistas em formação na Especialidade de Odontologia Legal para serem avaliadores. Esses aplicaram o método constituído de quatro quadros numa sequência de dez imagens randomizadas que mostraram modelos sem lesão e com lesões (cicatrizes) na face. A validação do instrumento foi verificada através da medida da confiabilidade dos observadores, através do Coeficiente de Correlação Intraclasse, mostrando-se no geral satisfatória para uma e excelente para outras duas lesões, dentre as três repetidas. No que versa sobre o erro interexaminador, a análise descritiva dos resultados mostrou um coeficiente de variação dos escores em 40,12% ao considerarmos todos os coeficientes, o que mostra uma relativa homogeneidade dos escores. Os quatro quadros traduzidos e adaptados culturalmente para língua portuguesa mostraram-se com potencial de oferecer maior objetividade na valoração do dano estético.
In the last decades, the elevated number of victims of traffic accidents, urban violence, sports-related trauma, occupational injuries, and professional-related errors increased the concern with the expert aspect, whether in the criminal or civil context, because of the sequelae associated with these injuries and trauma, also to the maxillofacial region. In this sense, this study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and culturally adapt for use in Brazil the Spanish instrument called Analysis of Aesthetic Damage Impression and Impact (AIPE) proposed by Cobo Plana (2010), and to validate the instrument among dentists working in forensic dentistry. After translation and cultural adaptation, fake scars (moulage) were placed on the maxillofacial region of two models, a male and a female. Dentists specializing in forensic dentistry were selected to make the assessments. These students used the instrument, which consists of four tables, on a sequence of ten randomized images, showing models with and without facial scars. The intraclass correlation coefficient measured observer reliability to verify instrument validity. In general the method was satisfactory for one scar and excellent for two scars of the three repeated scars. Regarding intertester error, descriptive analysis of the results showed a variation coefficient of the scores of 40.12% when all the coefficients were considered, demonstrating that the scores were relatively homogeneous. The four tables translated into Brazilian Portuguese and culturally adapted for Brazil have the potential to increase the objectivity of aesthetic damage assessment.

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Hoang, Lien Son, and Thi Tuyet Anh Le. "Assessment of forest tenure rights of legal recognition, respect, allocation and transfer in Vietnam." Technische Universität Dresden, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A32623.

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This assessment reviewed 79 legal documents related to forest land tenure that include: 1 Constitution; 8 Laws; 1 Resolution; 20 Decrees; 30 Circulars, 18 Decisions and 1 Directive. The objective of this paper was to assess the forest tenure rights in the system of Vietnam forest tenure policies. The main research method was based on the assessment framework Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Forests and Fisheries (VGGT). The results of 2 theme groups (i-Legal recognition and respect of rights; ii-Legal allocation and transfer of tenure rights and duties), corresponding to the seven criteria showed that its marks were at from 1 to 3 (the system of forest tenure policies in Vietnam has attained “slightly addressed” to “mostly addressed” (mark 3). However, it has not yet gained the levels of “fully addressed” (mark 4) for all aspects of forest tenure rights.
Báo cáo này đã rà soát phần lớn các chính sách hiện hành quan trọng của hưởng dụng rừng với tổng số 79 văn bản, gồm: 1 Hiến pháp; 8 Luật; 1 Nghị quyết; 20 Nghị định; 30 Thông tư; 18 Quyết định và 1 Chỉ thị. Mục tiêu của bài viết này là đánh giá các quyền hưởng dụng rừng trong hệ thống các chính sách hưởng dụng rừng ở Việt Nam. Phương pháp nghiên cứu chính được dựa trên khung đánh giá của Hướng dẫn tự nguyện về Quản trị chịu trách nhiệm của hưởng dụng đất, lâm nghiệp và thủy sản (VGGT). Kết quả nghiên cứu 2 nhóm chủ đề (i-Sự ghi nhận và tôn trọng các quyền; ii-Tính pháp lý của việc giao và chuyển nhượng quyền hưởng dụng và các nghĩa vụ), tương ứng với 7 tiêu chí đều cho thấy mới đạt mức điểm từ 1 – 3 (tức là hệ thống chính sách hưởng dụng rừng hiện hành ở Việt Nam đã có những nội dung “giải quyết một phần” đến “giải quyết phần lớn” (điểm 3), tuy nhiên chưa có được mức độ “giải quyết đầy đủ” các khía cạnh về quyền hưởng dụng rừng (điểm 4).

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Wong, Kwok-Ngon. "The effectiveness of environmental impact assessment(EIA) as a regulatory legal framework in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38628624.

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Wong, Kwok-Ngon, and 黃覺岸. "The effectiveness of environmental impact assessment(EIA) as a regulatory legal framework in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38628624.

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Purser, Kelly. "Competency and capacity : the legal and medical interface." Thesis, University of New England, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62920/1/RESUB_Complete_thesis_FINAL_Dec_2012.pdf.

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Balancing the competing interests of autonomy and protection of individuals is an escalating challenge confronting an ageing Australian society. Legal and medical professionals are increasingly being asked to determine whether individuals are legally competent/capable to make their own testamentary and substitute decision-making, that is financial and/or personal/health care, decisions. No consistent and transparent competency/capacity assessment paradigm currently exists in Australia. Consequently, assessments are currently being undertaken on an ad hoc basis which is concerning as Australia’s population ages and issues of competency/capacity increase. The absence of nationally accepted competency/capacity assessment guidelines and supporting principles results in legal and medical professionals involved with competency/capacity assessment implementing individual processes tailored to their own abilities. Legal and medical approaches differ both between and within the professions. The terminology used also varies. The legal practitioner is concerned with whether the individual has the legal ability to make the decision. A medical practitioner assesses fluctuations in physical and mental abilities. The problem is that the terms competency and capacity are used interchangeably resulting in confusion about what is actually being assessed. The terminological and methodological differences subsequently create miscommunication and misunderstanding between the professions. Consequently, it is not necessarily a simple solution for a legal professional to seek the opinion of a medical practitioner when assessing testamentary and/or substitute decision-making competency/capacity. This research investigates the effects of the current inadequate testamentary and substitute decision-making assessment paradigm and whether there is a more satisfactory approach. This exploration is undertaken within a framework of therapeutic jurisprudence which promotes principles fundamentally important in this context. Empirical research has been undertaken to first, explore the effects of the current process with practising legal and medical professionals; and second, to determine whether miscommunication and misunderstanding actually exist between the professions such that it gives rise to a tense relationship which is not conducive to satisfactory competency/capacity assessments. The necessity of reviewing the adequacy of the existing competency/capacity assessment methodology in the testamentary and substitute decision-making domain will be demonstrated and recommendations for the development of a suitable process made.

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Welie, Sander Peter Karel. "Criteria for assessment of patient competence : a conceptual analysis from the legal, psychological and ethical perspectives /." Maastricht : Maastricht : University Maastricht ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=12767.

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Darnell, Stephen Riley. "A Comprehensive Assessment of Barriers Encountered by Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants in Utilizing the U.S. Legal System." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10981049.

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This dissertation summarizes 22 months of field research beginning February 2015 and ending October 2016 among Nashville's undocumented Hispanic community. The goal of this project was to understand and identify the barriers this population encounters in utilizing the U.S. legal system using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Initial research consisted of formal, recorded individual and group interviews of 26 undocumented Hispanics and 15 key informants who work closely with Nashville's undocumented community. In addition, hundreds of other undocumented immigrants were observed and informally interviewed during this time. Once saturation was reached in the interviews, the qualitative prong of the research ended. All recorded interviews were transcribed and coded and various themes were identified. The qualitative data revealed eight common themes barring the undocumented community's utilization of the legal system. These were: 1) fear of deportation, 2) structural barriers, 3) cultural barriers, 4) real and perceived discrimination, 5) unawareness of legal rights, 6) unawareness of legal processes and structure, 7) lack of community empowerment, and 8) lack of specific legal self-efficacy.

To confirm the qualitative findings, a 69-item survey instrument was prepared and administered to a non-randomized sample of 350 undocumented Hispanic immigrants living in the Nashville area. The survey's quantitative data confirmed the existence of these eight barriers in varying degrees among the respondents. The survey data indicated the isolated effect of each identified barrier varied amongst individuals based on such factors as life experience, current political climate, and demographics. This research indicated that there is no lone barrier keeping the undocumented community from utilizing the U.S. legal system. Rather, it is the intersectionality of these barriers working in unison, which bars Nashville's undocumented community from utilizing the legal system.

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Mawodza, Obdiah. "An assessment of the legal framework on the protection of girls from child marriages in Malawi." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5151.

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The aim of this study is to assess Malawi's legal framework on the protection of girls against child marriages linked to HCPs. The research is guided by the following objectives: 1. To highlight the international and regional legal framework in addressing traditional HCPs that can lead to child marriages; 2. To discuss different traditional practices that lead to child marriages in Malawi; 3. To analyse Malawi's legal framework and its compliance with international and regional standards for the protection of girls against child marriages; 4. To make suggestions for the available legal framework, if necessary, on how best to address the problem of child marriages in Malawi.

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Whatson, Chloe Louise. "An examination of current practice and new developments in the forensic assessment of offenders." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6670/.

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Exploring and understanding the practice of accurately assessing offenders is an important area of research for forensic practice and the risk management of offenders. This thesis aims to explore different approaches to offender assessment, specifically their clinical utility in forensic mental health settings. The first chapter, provides an introduction to the importance of accurate offender assessment, and presents current models proposed within the literature. The second chapter, provides a systematic review of historically used approaches in the assessment of risk, and compares their predictive accuracy and clinical utility in relation to a mentally disordered offending population. The third chapter, critically appraises a widely used assessment tool to assess risk within forensic mental health settings, the HCR-20 (Version 3.0; Douglas, Hart, Webster & Belfrage, 2013). The fourth chapter, moves way from specific tools used in current practice and instead explores clinicians current understanding and use of newer concepts in offender assessment (IOW/IOA), through a qualitative research study. Finally, the fifth chapter presents a thorough discussion of the overall content, findings and conclusions of this thesis. Findings have important implications for the practice of assessing and managing offenders effectively.

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Luk, Kwok-on Anthony. "The incorporation, role and legal-requirements of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the Hong Kong planning system /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1403654X.

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Elibol, Gulcin Cankiz. "Assessment Of Novelty And Distinctive Character In Industrial Design Protection In Turkey." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613426/index.pdf.

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Novelty and distinctive character are the conditions of protection for a registered design in Turkey. This study investigates the ways in which novelty and distinctive character are interpreted and assessed by the parties actively involved in the assessment process &ndash
judges, court experts, the Turkish Patent Institute experts, attorneys and design agents. The face-to-face interviews conducted with 51 participants from the parties involved indicate that the assessment of distinctive character presents more challenges than the assessment of novelty. Not being exactly the same with a previous design is the main consideration in the assessment of novelty. The assessment of distinctive character is primarily identified with the comparison of designs&rsquo
overall impressions whereas designer&rsquo
s degree of freedom remains as the least mentioned consideration. The study suggests that being subject to protection of designs not fulfilling the conditions of protection coupled with the uncertainties in the assessment of novelty and distinctive character, which may have a negative impact on the public trust in the design registration system. The study concludes with a set of suggestions for developing an assessment guide for the design registration system in Turkey.

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Buckingham, Judith Isabel. "Patterns of violence in intimate relationships: a critical examination of legal responses." University of Canterbury. Law, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/849.

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In this thesis, red flags for dangerousness/lethality established from domestic violence and homicide research provided the social framework for an examination of legal responses to violence in intimate heterosexual relationships. The research investigated these gendered, structural patterns of violence and the effectiveness of criminal justice interventions in keeping victims safe. Agency interactions with offenders and victims prior to women's deaths were reviewed in selected cases. Criminal law constructions of violence in intimate relationships were evaluated for their recognition and understanding of primary risk factors for dangerousness/lethality. The research found major red flags remain invisible in criminal law stereotypes of violence between intimates. The significance of these risk factors for dangerousness/lethality is therefore overlooked, misunderstood and even misrepresented in defence of violent offenders. Although the aim of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 is to ensure effective protection for victims, the study found a significant number of women (and sometimes other family members and children) experience further sub-lethal and lethal violence following legal interventions with perpetrators. Lacking a principled policy foundation, central focus on victim safety and clear framework for interventions, legal responses are internally incoherent and inconsistent with New Zealand Family Violence Prevention Strategy. The New Zealand government has committed to principled domestic violence intervention and consistency in law and policy. This will require: a) legislative reform; b) public and professional education on the dynamics of violent relationships, including the interrelationship between sublethal and lethal assaults; and c) monitoring of criminal justice interventions to improve accountability. Until this is accomplished, stories of abused women and their children, including informal attempts to seek help and contact with state and community agencies will continue to be dishonoured by a legal system which silences their voices and fails to learn lessons from their injuries and deaths.

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Beimenbetov, Serik. "A comparative analysis of 'defensive democracy' : a cross-national assessment of formal-legal defensiveness in 8 advanced European democracies." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17661.

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This dissertation addresses the question how democracies defend themselves from political parties and groups which profess antidemocratic values and use violence as one of the means to achieve their goals. In particular this dissertation analyses the range of formal-legal measures and provisions that democracies have at their disposal to constrain their non-democratic groups and political parties, looking at eight advanced European democracies Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These measures and provisions are identified in constitutional documents, civil law, criminal law, in electoral laws, and other pertinent legal sources passed by the legislature and issued by courts of these countries, pertaining to the regulation of political freedoms, public order, and homeland security. On this basis, the thesis provides an encompassing and systematic assessment of differences and similarities between these democracies and thereby assesses their relative formal-legal democratic defensiveness.

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Shaw, Stephen. "The assessment of disputes about legal costs: A comparative analysis of the Western Australian and New South Wales regimes." Thesis, Shaw, Stephen (2013) The assessment of disputes about legal costs: A comparative analysis of the Western Australian and New South Wales regimes. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/22488/.

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All Australian jurisdictions provide mechanisms for assessing legal costs. Costs assessment is carried out in two circumstances. Clients who are dissatisfied with what their own lawyers have charged can have those charges assessed. When a court orders that a losing litigant pay the legal costs of the winning litigant those costs too can be assessed. Australian costs assessment mechanisms have been inherited from England, and the traditional model of costs assessment is an adversarial process operated by the courts. Western Australia has a costs assessment scheme that follows that traditional model. In contrast New South Wales abandoned the traditional model in 1994, adopting an administrative costs assessment scheme operating separately from the courts with practicing lawyers acting as costs assessors and paid as sub contractors to determine costs disputes. This thesis explores the costs assessment schemes of both jurisdictions. The traditional judicial process still used in Western Australia and the 'reformed' administrative process that has been introduced in New South Wales are examined separately and in some detail. In particular, the thesis considers the various factors that led to the 1994 Reforms in New South Wales and investigates whether the Reforms have produced the results that were expected of them. The thesis then provides quantitative data from both jurisdictions and evaluates the performance of each against the other in the context of a range of different factors including the rates of return on disputed bills and the time each system takes to determine disputes. As a result of the analysis, the thesis agrees with the New South Wales Reforms that the judicial process, where adversarial contest is used to determine the truth about the parties‘ claims, is not well suited to disputes that are centred in the reasonableness of legal fees. For that and a range of other reasons the thesis concludes that the administrative model of costs assessment as adopted in New South Wales is better able to serve the interests of the various stakeholders. Nonetheless, the thesis notes that the stakeholders in the New South Wales costs assessment scheme consider it deficient and that a recent and thorough review of the scheme has made recommendations that, if adopted, will make profound changes to the way that legal costs are assessed in that state.

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Malafry, Melina. "Biodiversity Protection in an Aspiring Carbon-Neutral Society : A Legal Study on the Relationship between Renewable Energy and Biodiversity in a European Union Context." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-305736.

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There is a vision in the EU for a transition to a low carbon society, including a carbon-neutral energy system, containing a high share of renewable energy. However, this vision is not isolated from other political goals, such as halting the loss of biodiversity by 2020. Both of these goals are accompanied by EU legislation promoting their respective aims. One of the central challenges, in light of this transition, is the very nature of the legal system – that it is rather fragmented – both regarding the substantive law applicable to renewable energy activities and the legal processes that renewable energy activities face. The aim is therefore to discuss certain challenges arising from the fragmented legal system applicable to renewable energy activities. The dissertation is based on EU and Swedish law. First, I investigate the EU’s competence in the field of renewable energy and address how such policy may better reflect the protection of biodiversity. Thereafter, in a Swedish context, I analyse the relationship between protection of biodiversity and promotion of renewable energy. Finally, I address the problems arising from the fragmented legal procedures of renewable energy activities, with the main example of wind power installations and new transmission lines. In general, this study suggests that the current system lacks consistency between renewable energy and nature protection legislation and there is a coordination problem with regards to the permit processes of the development of renewable energy activities. These conclusions point towards a need for a broader perspective on the development of renewable energy activities, which could include: a more integrated planning system for renewable energy activities; exploring the use of derogation rules from the Water Framework Directive; and a more integrated EU renewable energy policy with specific sustainability criteria.

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Szecsödy, Emma. "Green Buildings – Legal and economic possibilities and limitations to increase the green building stock." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190979.

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Buildings account for about thirty percent of the total emissions of greenhouse gases annually in the world. Forty percent of the world´s energy is consumed by buildings. Buildings are a large part of the world´s environmental problems and it´s hard to ignore this fact. The last decade, awareness of the negative environmental impact we humans have on our planet has increased, and many different environmental commitments flourish in the world today. One way for the construction and real estate sector to reduce its environmental footprint is through green buildings. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the economic and legal possibilities and limitations in order to increase the stock of green buildings. The thesis will be based on four questions: What are the incentives for green buildings, Does the law differ for green buildings compared to conventional buildings? Are other markets using green incentives?, What does property management companies think of green buildings? The study is based on literature studies and interviews with industry professionals. The results of the study show that green buildings mean many economic opportunities, such as lower operating and maintenance costs, higher property value, better indoor environment a stronger brand. One economic limitation is that many people mistakenly believe that green buildings means a higher investment cost, but it doesn’t have to be. The lack of knowledge regarding green buildings could mean that some choose not to build them, which is an indirect economic limitation. The Swedish car market and the real estate market in the US use tax reliefs and various forms of green bonuses to push environmental commitments, which is proved to work as environmental cars and green buildings increased in use and in stock. In Sweden there is no specific legislation for green buildings. Swedish buildings comply under the same laws, whether they are green or not. The laws to apply are the planning and building act, the environmental code and the law of energy declaration. In addition to these laws, there are also government regulations from Boverket in boverkets building regulations that has to be followed. These laws, rules and regulations demands certain building performances and are relatively tough. A green building has tougher demand on a building’s technical features than a conventional building has. In 2015 a new legislation was formed that prohibited municipalities to set higher demands on a buildings technical features, than what is in the law. The law is to be followed by the municipality when they operate as an administrative authority and when they enter into land allocation agreements. This means that municipalities themselves in these two cases can’t require a building with higher demands. But in those cases when the developer requires stricter requirements in partnership with municipalities, there is still a possibility to get a green building, as the law doesn’t mention this exception. By offering economic incentives, such as the US housing market and the Swedish car market does to push environmental commitments, it can be used on the Swedish housing market to increase the want to build green buildings. To increase the opportunities for municipalities to build green the law needs to change. Both these methods are expensive and time consuming. Since it within a few years probably will be a requirement for building companies and other companies to build, manage and offer green buildings in order to be able to compete on the market, the conclusion of the thesis is that it is more efficient to let the development of society take its time. The development will mean that the demand for green buildings will increase and in the future will make green building market position even stronger.
Byggnader står för ungefär trettio procent av de totala utsläppen av växthusgaser årligen i världen. Fyrtio procent av all världens energi förbrukas av byggnader. Det senaste decenniet har medvetenheten kring den negativa miljöpåverkan vi människor har på vår jord ökat och många olika miljöengagemang florerar i världen. Ett sätt för bygg- och fastighetssektorn att minska dess miljöavtryck är genom gröna byggnader. Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka vilka ekonomiska och juridiska möjligheter och begränsningar som finns för att öka beståndet av gröna byggnader. Arbetet kommer utgå från fyra frågeställningar: Vilka är incitamenten för gröna byggnader?, Skiljer sig lagen åt för gröna byggnader jämfört med konventionella byggnader?, Använder andra marknader sig utav gröna incitament?, Hur ställer sig fastighetsförvaltningsbolag sig till gröna byggnader? Undersökningen baseras på litteraturstudier och intervjuer med branschfolk. Resultatet av undersökningen visar på att gröna byggnader innebär många ekonomiska möjligheter, som lägre drift- och underhållskostnader, högre fastighetsvärde, bättre inomhusmiljö och ett starkare varumärke. En ekonomisk begränsning som finns är att många felaktigt tror att gröna byggnader innebär högre investeringskostnader, vilket det inte behöver göra. Okunskapen kring gröna byggnader kan göra att många väljer att inte bygga dessa vilket innebär en indirekt ekonomisk begränsning. Bilmarknaden i Sverige och fastighetsmarknaden i USA använder sig utav skattelättnader och olika former av gröna bonusar för att driva på miljöengagemang, vilket visat sig fungera då miljöbilar och gröna byggnader ökat i användning respektive bestånd. I svensk lag finns det ingen särlagstiftning för gröna byggnader. Svenska byggnader lyder alla under samma lag, oavsett grön eller inte. De lagar som gäller är plan- och bygglagstiftningen, miljöbalken och lagen om energideklaration. Utöver dessa lagar finns det även myndighetsföreskrifter från Boverket i boverkets byggregler som ska följas. Dessa lagar, regler och föreskrifter ställer alla krav på byggnaders prestanda och är relativt hårda. För att få till en grön byggnad kräver det att kraven på byggnadens tekniska egenskaper skärps, men inget i lagen begränsar en byggherre att sätta högre krav. 2015 blev det dock förbjudet för kommuner att ställa högre krav på en byggnads tekniska egenskaper än vad som står i lag. Lagen ska tillämpas då kommuner agerar myndighet och vid markanvisningar. Detta medför att kommuner i dessa fall inte själva kan kräva en byggnad som möter hårdare krav. Men i de fall byggherren själv kräver hårdare krav vid samarbeten med kommuner finns fortfarande en möjlighet att få till en grön byggnad, eftersom att lagen inte nämner detta undantag. Genom att erbjuda ekonomiska incitament så som fastighetsmarknaden i USA och bilmarknaden i Sverige gör för att driva på miljöengagemang kan man få fler att vilja bygga grönt även på fastighetsmarknaden i Sverige. För att öka möjligheterna för kommuner att bygga grönt måste man ändra lagen. Båda dessa metoder är kostsamma och tar lång tid. Eftersom det inom några få år förmodligen kommer vara ett måste för byggaktörer och andra företag att bygga, förvalta eller erbjuda gröna byggnader för att kunna konkurrera på marknaden är slutsatsen med arbetet att det är effektivare att följa med i den samhällsutveckling som idag sker. Utvecklingen kommer innebära att efterfrågan på gröna byggnader ökar och i framtiden kommer göra gröna byggnaders position på marknaden vara ännu starkare.

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Elsuwege, Peter van. "From Soviet republics to EU member states : a legal and political assessment of the Baltic states' accession to the EU /." Leiden : M. Nijhoff, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9789004169456.

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Beard, Sandra Lynn. "A health technology assessment of Lovaas Autism Treatment : the role of evidence in legal, health policy and health care contexts." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30716.

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In 1998 parents of autistic children launched a Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge against the Province of BC for failing to fund Lovaas Autism Treatment (LAT) (Auton et al.). Although initially successful, in 2004 the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the lower courts' decisions and rejected the parents' claims for public funding. In addition to the Charter issue, these legal proceedings also highlighted the discourse over judicial policy making and the Courts' interpretation of medical evidence - specifically, the effectiveness of LAT. The use of medical evidence in law had been identified as an issue by both the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This thesis was designed to expand on the lOM/AHRQ's previous work by investigating the conceptualizations and processes used by law, health policy and health care within the context of the Auton legal proceedings in order to gain an understanding of how each domain seeks, understands and applies evidence. This was accomplished in two parts. First, the legal dimension of a comprehensive health technology assessment (HTA) framework utilized a qualitative grounded theory methodology to examine participant interviews a n d legal documents. This analysis resulted in a conceptual framework of scientific evidence pathways that further defined, contextualized and dimensionalized the phenomena of seeking, understanding, and applying evidence within the three sectors. Grounded theory proved to be an effective approach for exploring the legal context and serves to broaden the scope of evidence HTA researchers can offer. Second, the effectiveness dimension of the HTA framework employed the methods of systematic review and critical appraisal to investigate the current state of knowledge on the effectiveness of LAT. This analysis concluded that there remains a paucity of rigorously designed studies due to ongoing methodological limitations. Overall, the strength of the body of evidence on LAT was poor and did little to advance its effectiveness claims. Together, these two analyses provided an update on the effectiveness of Lovaas Autism Treatment; insight into how the evidence of LAT was handled in the Auton case; and a depiction of how the sectors of law, health policy and health care conceptualize the evidentiary process in general.
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Booys, Ernest Jacobus. "An assessment of the adequacy of the present legal regime for the conservation of wetlands and estuaries in South Africa." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5640_1366182231.

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Very little protection has been afforded to wetlands1 and estuaries within the South African legislative framework.2 These ecosystems are extremely important and valuable to mankind, the flora and fauna.3 The continued destruction of wetlands and estuaries is the most heinous act of environmental vandalism on a worldwide scale today.4 Wetland and estuarine loss has been accelerated and extended by human activities such as mining,5 urbanisation,6 drainage, river diversion,7 groundwater abstraction as well as climate change.8 Time is running out for so many critically important sites and for the world at large.9 Without wetlands and estuaries the biosphere10 cannot continue to do its essential work.11 Despite, the importance of a range of resources and services12 which wetlands and estuaries provide, these have been taken for granted by humans.13 As a result hereof, the maintenance of wetlands and estuaries has received low priority in many countries.14 This is further precipitated by the lack of interest and ignorance which result in the conversion of wetlands and estuaries into man-made structures.15 Research has shown that the lack of information and the awareness of the importance of these ecosystems has the made the conservation legislation for these ecosystems a toothless dragon.16 People are becoming increasingly aware17 of the loss of wetlands and estuaries, once in abundance and now merely shadows of their former nature.18 To investigate this lack of protection, the starting point would be the global level.

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Lang, Tobias Maximilian Hagen. "Nuclear liability – a comparative assessment of the legal situation in South Africa and Germany against the backdrop of international law." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29739.

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The study is concerned with the topic of nuclear liability. One might think this is a topic of the last century, but it is not. In the last few years the demand and development of nuclear power plants were enhanced due to several reasons. Especially in South Africa, the further development of nuclear power plants is planned by the government. However, nuclear energy is an ultra-hazardous energy resource which could cause huge damage to people, their property and the environment. Therefore, a comprehensive legal framework for cases of nuclear damage is needed to balance the interests of victims and the nuclear industry. A legal framework regulating the case of nuclear damage can be found in international law, as well as in most domestic legal systems of countries producing nuclear energy. Due to the fact that South Africa wants to develop its nuclear energy programme, it is interesting to examine its nuclear liability provisions closer. The study assesses the South African nuclear liability regime by comparing it with the international legal framework for nuclear liability and the German nuclear liability regime. Therefore, the study will firstly outline principles of nuclear liability, secondly analyse the most important international conventions and finally examine the crucial nuclear liability provisions in the domestic legal systems of Germany and South Africa.

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Macdonald, Roslyn. "Ecologically sustainable coastal management : a legal blueprint." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15811/1/Roslyn_Macdonald_Thesis.pdf.

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The theme of this thesis is that ecologically sustainable coastal management (ESCM) is achievable through the application of law. Once the legal principles and the administrative structures that that law supports have been put into place a framework is created within which the goal of ecologically sustainable development - 'Development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends' can be realised. This thesis approaches the task by analysing the components of ecologically sustainable development (ESD), synthesising them into a set of principles for achieving ESCM and then, by using a comparative approach, devising a number of recommendations, which, if followed, will enable ESCM to be achieved. While the focus is on ESCM, the recommendations could be applied with minimal adaptation, to most, if not all, natural resource management. The thesis is divided into five Parts. Part A looks at the function of law in ESCM and proposes a theoretical model for a legal and administrative regime to be tested in the remaining Parts. Part B considers the context for ESCM and the policies and approaches followed by the different jurisdictions compared throughout this thesis, in addressing sustainable development, with emphasis in chapter four on devising the principles for ESCM. These principles are then developed and analysed in the remaining Parts of the thesis. Part C looks at the current constitutional legal regime for the coastal zone in each jurisdiction and then moves on to consider the first two of the principles for ESCM, international responsibilities and integrated coastal zone management, linked together in this part by the direct dependence on law as the agent for management Part D is about the four remaining principles of ESCM - the practical instruments for achieving ESCM. These are environmental impact assessment, public participation, coastal planning and economic instruments. In the last Part, Part E, the suggested principles for ESCM are brought together and, by a comparison of the various legal and administrative mechanisms used in the jurisdictions reviewed in this thesis, recommendations for achieving ESCM are drawn up. It is suggested that implementation of these recommendations will achieve ecologically sustainable coastal management.

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Macdonald, Roslyn. "Ecologically sustainable coastal management: A legal blueprint." Queensland University of Technology, 2003. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15811/.

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The theme of this thesis is that ecologically sustainable coastal management (ESCM) is achievable through the application of law. Once the legal principles and the administrative structures that that law supports have been put into place a framework is created within which the goal of ecologically sustainable development - 'Development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends' can be realised. This thesis approaches the task by analysing the components of ecologically sustainable development (ESD), synthesising them into a set of principles for achieving ESCM and then, by using a comparative approach, devising a number of recommendations, which, if followed, will enable ESCM to be achieved. While the focus is on ESCM, the recommendations could be applied with minimal adaptation, to most, if not all, natural resource management. The thesis is divided into five Parts. Part A looks at the function of law in ESCM and proposes a theoretical model for a legal and administrative regime to be tested in the remaining Parts. Part B considers the context for ESCM and the policies and approaches followed by the different jurisdictions compared throughout this thesis, in addressing sustainable development, with emphasis in chapter four on devising the principles for ESCM. These principles are then developed and analysed in the remaining Parts of the thesis. Part C looks at the current constitutional legal regime for the coastal zone in each jurisdiction and then moves on to consider the first two of the principles for ESCM, international responsibilities and integrated coastal zone management, linked together in this part by the direct dependence on law as the agent for management Part D is about the four remaining principles of ESCM - the practical instruments for achieving ESCM. These are environmental impact assessment, public participation, coastal planning and economic instruments. In the last Part, Part E, the suggested principles for ESCM are brought together and, by a comparison of the various legal and administrative mechanisms used in the jurisdictions reviewed in this thesis, recommendations for achieving ESCM are drawn up. It is suggested that implementation of these recommendations will achieve ecologically sustainable coastal management.

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Sangster, Catriona. "A legal assessment of the impact of the Human Tissue Act 2004 upon unplanned non-heart beating donation and elective ventilation." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486449.

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This thesis addresses the development and scope of the law in England relating to unplanned non-heart beating donation and elective ventilation in providing a source of solid organs for transplantation from adult donors. The thesis analyses the legality of both preservation strategies under the Human Tissue Act 1961 and the Human Tissue Act 2004, and considers the interaction between organ preservation law and coroniallaw. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one introduces some preliminary aspects of the English cadaveric donation system. Chapter one defines the scope ofthe thesis. Chapter two discusses the legal regulation of cadaveric donation, considering different mechanisms for providing consent and facilitating trust and accountability in the system, and some of the ethical and social factors which impact upon the preservation strategies. Chapter three outlines the development of brain and cardio-pulmonary criteria in defining death and the consequent impact on sources and availability of organ donors. It considers the impact ofprevious corpse related legislation and societal views on the development ofthe Human Tissue Act 2004. Part two of the thesis considers the legal position ofelective ventilation and unplanned non-heart beating donation under the Human Tissue Act 1961 and the role of the Coroner, in chapters four and five respectively. Part three critically analyses the attempts made by the Human Tissue Act 2004 to expand the donor pool. Chapter six introduces the HTA 2004, providing a summary of the new transplantation provisions contained within HTA 2004 and considers the impact of the Alder Hey Inquiry in shaping the legislation. Chapter seven focuses upon the legal status ofNHBD in light of the provisions contained in s.43 of the 2004 Act considering what preservation steps are pennitted, where they can be prefonned and who can carry them out. Chapter eight analyses the possibility of 'elective ventilation being pennissible under s.43. Chapter nine evaluates further s.43 from a theoretical perspective. It considers the effect of s.43 on systems of trust and accountability within the organ donation paradigm, focusing on the role of the Coroner. Finally, chapter ten draws together the main thematic issues in an attempt to fo~ecast the overall effectiveness of s.43.

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Ahmad, Mubashshir. "Assessment of Bridges with an Ohio Legal Load Rating Factor Greater than 1.35 to Meet Specialized Hauling Vehicle Requirements in Ohio." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1501750643087275.

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Pienaar, Harrison Hursiney. "Towards a groundwater source and aquifer protection zoning policy in South Africa: Assessment of the legal, socio-economic and institutional arrangements." University of Western Cape, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7760.

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The need for a fundamental change in our approach to water management in South Africa is largely underpinned by the country's Constitution (Act 108 of 1996). Section 24 in Chapter 2 of the Constitution is perhaps the most relevant to be considered when developing a groundwater source and aquifer protection zoning policy, as it explicitly endorses the right to have the environment protected. The mandate required to give effect to the overall protection of South Africa's water resources spans across several sectors and government departments, with expected roles and responsibilities not always clearly defined. The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) is primarily responsible for water resource management. However, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAn, the National Department of Agriculture (NDA) and the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) are all key role-players because of their respective responsibilities for biodiversity conservation, land management and development planning across government.

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Braun, Daniel [Verfasser], Florian [Akademischer Betreuer] Matthes, Burkhard [Gutachter] Schäfer, and Florian [Gutachter] Matthes. "Automated Semantic Analysis, Legal Assessment, and Summarization of Standard Form Contracts / Daniel Braun ; Gutachter: Burkhard Schäfer, Florian Matthes ; Betreuer: Florian Matthes." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1237815819/34.

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Beckman, Kristina. "COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE AND SECOND LANGUAGE ABILITIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM: A FORENSIC LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF A CHINESE IMMIGRANT'S RUN-IN WITH THE LAW." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1219%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Iosi, Alessandra. "GMO Food Safety and Regulations in the EU and the US: Analysis of the legal and scientific factors and their impact on releases." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/15834/.

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Gli alimenti provenienti da Organismi Geneticamente modificati prodotti e consumati da diverse decadi negli Stati Uniti che detengono il primato per la produzione di tali beni. La tendenza statunitense si è poi propagata in altre nazioni dove produzione e consumo di OGM sono aumentati, tuttavia, l’Unione Europea che all’epoca della ricerca e dello sviluppo delle piante provenienti da tecnologie DNA-ricombinanti è stata una forte sostenitrice di questa tecnica, adesso è l’area geografica che impone più resistenza alla loro introduzione nei propri territori. Attraverso direttive e regolamenti e con lo scopo di garantire la sicurezza dell’ambiente, delle persone e degli animali nei propri territori, l’UE applica dei criteri di sicurezza molto restrittivi, appellandosi al Principio di Precauzione. Sebbene giustificato, questo comportamento ha però un impatto negativo nell’economia di esportazione degli USA, paese in cui invece le regolamentazioni in merito sono meno stringenti. Questo elaborato ha lo scopo di fotografare la situazione normativa attuale in EU ed USA, valutando e contestualizzando leggi e regolamenti in funzione nei rispettivi paesi, focalizzandosi sui punti critici dell’analisi del rischio quali gli allergeni e dei metodi utilizzati per la loro valutazione, di valutare le possibili conseguenze di questi comportamenti, eventualmente proponendo delle misure alternative a quelle ad oggi in atto.

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Cole, Kenneth C. Jr. "Rational Understanding in Competency to Stand Trial: A Qualitative Study and Development of an Assessment Instrument." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1297966832.

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Carruthers, Stephen Robert. "How just is the Union's area of 'Freedom, security and justice'? : an assessment of the international fundamental rights in the Union's legal order." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421742.

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Lahleh, Linda. "Shareholders' Best Interest in Open-End Investment Companies : A Legal Assessment of the Jordanian Law in the light of French and European Approaches." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOU10013/document.

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Les sociétés d'investissement participent au développement des marchés financiers nationaux et internationaux. Elles offrent, tant aux petits porteurs qu’aux investisseurs professionnels, un accès aux divers marchés de capitaux, peu important leur niveau de connaissance et d'investissement. Elles fournissent un investissement sain, basé sur la répartition des risques. Tout au long du processus d'investissement, les intérêts des investisseurs sont ainsi protégés et garantis, la société d'investissement agissant toujours dans le meilleur intérêt de ses actionnaires. Ce processus respecte une obligation dépassant la norme légale consistant à faire prévaloir l'intérêt commun de la société plutôt que l’intérêt personnel de chaque actionnaire. Cette obligation trouve son origine dans le type d'activité que les sociétés d'investissement exercent ainsi que dans le principe commun de la participation continue des actionnaires dans la performance de la société. Les actionnaires sont donc prêts à encourir des risques et des pertes plus importants. Les sociétés d'investissement exercent leurs activités d'investissement collectif en respectant un cadre réglementaire national, tout en tentant de minimiser les pertes et de maximiser les profits. Ce cadre réglementaire doit donc être efficace et répondre aux besoins des investisseurs, des actionnaires et du marché. Le cadre réglementaire jordanien des sociétés d'investissement à capital variable, malgré les récentes modifications, manque de mesures de protection concrètes pour les investisseurs et les actionnaires. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'évaluer l'étendue de la protection des intérêts des actionnaires et de sa viabilité à la lumière des approches françaises et européennes. Cette thèse procède à une évaluation juridique approfondie et à une analyse du cadre réglementaire existant des sociétés d'investissement à capital variable. Cette thèse interroge l'organisation de la société, les services d’investissement, la gouvernance d'entreprise, la structure de gestion, la responsabilité et la rémunération. En plus d'aborder le rôle des actionnaires dans la réalisation de leur propre protection et le rôle des autorités compétentes dans la protection du marché et de ses participants, le résultat de cette analyse est de vérifier si l'état actuel de la règlementation est suffisant et satisfaisant pour répondre aux défis de la protection des actionnaires et des exigences du marché ou si un mouvement législatif devrait être mis en place
Investment Companies participate in the development of national and international financial markets. They offer small and professional investors the access to various capital markets, in spite of their level of knowledge and investment awareness. They provide a healthy investment environment based on risk spreading. Throughout the investment process, investors’ interest remains at stake should be protected and secured. In the process of safeguarding this interest, the investment company acts in the best interest of its shareholders. A legally imposed obligation differing from the commonly acceptable obligation to prevail the common interest of the company rather than that of shareholders. The origin of this obligation finds its place in the type of activity investment companies perform in addition to, the common principle of shareholders’ continuous stake holding in company’s performance. Shareholders incur risks and losses further they share profits and benefits. The Investment Company performs its portfolio investment activities following a regulatory framework set nationally for this purpose while aiming to minimize the loss and maximize the profit. The regulatory framework should be effective and fulfill the needs of investors, shareholders and the securities market. The Jordanian regulatory framework of Open-end Investment Companies despite the recent amendments lack concrete investor and shareholders protective measures. The aim of this thesis is to assess the scope of protection of shareholders’ interest and its viability in the light of French and European approaches. This thesis conducts a thorough legal assessment and analysis to existing Open-End Investment Company regulatory framework. It asks questions relating to the organization of the company, financial services related conditions inter alia corporate governance, management structure, liability and remuneration. In addition to addressing the role of shareholders in achieving their proper protection and the role of competent authorities in protecting the market and its participants. The outcome of this analysis is to decide whether the current state of the world is sufficient and satisfactory in answering to challenges of shareholders protection and securities market requirements or a legislative movement should be put in place

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