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Spicer, Andrew. "Archbishop Tait, The Huguenots and the French Church at Canterbury." Studies in Church History 49 (2013): 219–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400002151.
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Archibald Campbell Tait was enthroned as archbishop of Canterbury in February 1869. It was an inauspicious time to assume the primacy of the Church of England, which was riven by internal conflicts and religious differences. Furthermore, Gladstone had recently swept to power with the support of the Nonconformists. The new prime minister had a mandate to disestablish the Irish church and his political supporters sought to challenge the privileges and status of the Church of England. As primate, Tait attempted to defend the Church of England as the established church and restrict those parties that held particularly narrow and dogmatic beliefs, regardless of whether they were Evangelicals or Ritualists. The archbishop strove to straddle these religious differences and to achieve his aims through a policy of compromise and tolerance, but some of his actions served to cause further divisions within the Anglican church. Tait’s efforts to restrict elaborate ceremonial and services through the Public Worship Regulation Act (1874) alienated the Ritualists, for example. Many more clergy were opposed to his concessions to Nonconformists in the Burials Bill (1877), which would have allowed them to be interred in parish churchyards. Amidst the wider religious tensions and political conflicts that marked his primacy, the archbishop also took a close interest in the French Protestant Church at Canterbury, whose history he regarded as reflecting some important attributes of the Church of England, its past, and its current status in the world.
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Calnan, Susan, Martin P. Davoren, Ivan J. Perry, and Órla O’Donovan. "Ireland’s Public Health (Alcohol) Bill." Contemporary Drug Problems 45, no. 2 (April 29, 2018): 107–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091450918768284.
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The proposal to introduce a Public Health (Alcohol) Bill marks a significant development in Ireland’s alcohol policymaking landscape. While the Bill has generated support from public health advocates, it has also raised considerable opposition, particularly from industry. This analysis aims to examine the debate around this Bill using the theoretical framework of critical discourse analysis and applying Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented To Be critical mode of analysis. A key objective is to analyze the current prevailing representations of alcohol and its regulation in Ireland but also to consider what they reveal about the underlying governing rationality in relation to alcohol regulation. In particular, it questions whether the Bill signals a shift in the official governing rationality regarding alcohol regulation. The analysis illustrates how alcohol is problematized in markedly different ways in the debates and how such debates are often underpinned by multifaceted elements. Despite such differences, it argues that there are still signs of a neoliberal rhetoric emerging within the public health discourses, raising a question over whether the Bill and its supporting discourses signal a paradigmatic shift or are more indicative of a policy embracing hybrid forms of rule.
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Man, Sulai. "Problems of the establishment of worship houses in Pati, Central Java." Analisa 22, no. 2 (December 11, 2015): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.18784/analisa.v22i2.88.
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<p><em>This research aimed to know the problems of establishment of worship houses in Pati Central Java. This research used a qualitative approach with the collecting data interview, observation, and documen review. This research was expected to give information and theoritical study materials for the general public, especially those related to policy on the establishment of worship houses. The results showed that establishment of worship houses is often a clash beetween the formal regulation and social regulation, because of differences in interpretation of legislation. The establishment of worship houses take place smoothly and individual appproach with good. In contrast, the establishment of worship houses are often hampered by resistance citizens of community, but goverment does not give a definite decision “accepted” or “rejected”. This resulted in the establisment of worship houses stagnant and impressed omission.</em></p><p><em>Keywords : </em></p><p><em> Houses of worship - formal regulation - social conflict </em></p>
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Yalkin, Tolga R., and Patrick F. Baud. "Nonpartisanship of Agents of Parliament: Bill C-520’s Redundant and Likely Unconstitutional Approach." Constitutional Forum / Forum constitutionnel 23, no. 3 (July 8, 2014): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.21991/c95q3w.
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Bill C-520 was introduced to ensure the non-partisanship of agents of Parliament and their staff. Partisan activities, however, are already regulated by the Public Service Employment Act and the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector. The bill would require public servants to disclose partisan history even though such history cannot be taken into account in hiring or retention; to disclose any intentions to engage in partisan activities even though such activities are already prohibited if they would impair one’s real or apparent impartiality; and to solemnly affirm a narrow version of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector they already sign when accepting employment. Furthermore, Bill C-520 runs roughshod over employees’ Charter rights and freedoms by attempting to compel expression and seemingly encouraging discrimination in hiring. The bill discourages political association, without adequate regard to the constitutional requirements set out by the SCC in Osborne that individual circumstances be taken into account when restricting public servant’s political freedoms. In sum, significant portions of the bill are duplicative of existing regulation, introduce ambiguity into the regime for the regulation of public servants, and are of dubious constitutionality.
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Hutabarat, Binsar Antoni. "EVALUASI TERHADAP RUMUSAN RANCANGAN UNDANG-UNDANG PESANTREN DAN PENDIDIKAN KEAGAMAAN." Societas Dei: Jurnal Agama dan Masyarakat 5, no. 2 (December 5, 2018): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.33550/sd.v5i2.87.
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ABSTRACT: This article entitled, “Evaluation to the Formulation of the Bill on Islamic Boarding School and Religious Education” focuses on the evaluation to the formation process and the material of the Bill on Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) and Religious Education. The instrument used is the Law of Regulation on Drafting the Law No. 12 of 2011 on Establishment of Laws and Regulations as well as the Ministerial Regulation from the State Minister for State Apparatus Reform No.: Per/04/M.PAN/4/2007 about General Guidance on Formulation, Implementation, Work Evaluation, and Revision of Public Policy in Central and Regional Government Institutions especially in relation with the principle of public policy formulation. This study finds that the Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education is elitist and has not fulfilled the requirement of policy formulation in democratic model. And the material of the Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education as an alternative policy has not fulfilled the principle of justice and diversity as decreed in the Regulation on Drafting the Law. The writer’s recommendation is that the proposed Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education as an alternative policy needs to be cancelled. KEYWORDS: public policy, pesantren (Islamic boarding school), religious education, policy evaluation
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Hwang, Thomas J., Rachel E. Sachs, and Aaron S. Kesselheim. "Public Participation in Drafting of the 21st Century Cures Act." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 45, no. 2 (2017): 212–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073110517720650.
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The 21st Century Cures Act is a major act of legislation that contains numerous changes to drug and device regulation. The House of Representatives passed the Act after considerable interest group lobbying, but the bill and the key changes made during its drafting remain controversial. Using publicly disclosed records of written comments on the bill, we reviewed the key areas of lobbying activity and the compromises made in the final text. We focused on legislative provisions relating to management of the National Institutes of Health, incentives for medical product development, and approval standards for new drugs and devices. By the end of the first comment period, the Committee received 118 comments. Most respondents were patient organizations, professional societies, and pharmaceutical and device companies. Overall, the majority of public comments were positive, although public health and consumer organizations were underrepresented in the number of submitted comments. As the legislative process continued, the draft bill underwent several changes relating to NIH funding, market exclusivity provisions, and scrutiny of regulatory evidentiary standards. Understanding the key statutory provisions and how they have evolved could help patients, researchers, and advocates make more informed comments on the bill and future health care legislation.
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Shodiq, Shubhan. "Penanganan Covid-19 Dalam Pendekatan Kaidah Fikih dan Ushul Fikih (Analisis Kebijakan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar Dibidang Keagamaan)." Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam 5, no. 2 (July 16, 2020): 100–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.35673/ajmpi.v5i2.743.
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The corona virus are sweeping the world. Transmission that is so fast from human to human causes heavy casualties. Based on research, this virus commonly spread through droplets and direct contact with sufferers. Nowadays, vaccines and drugs are still being developed by experts. Therefore, almost all country take on policies to prevent the spread of the virus. As an affected country, Indonesia also issued a policy of Pembatasan Sosial Sekala Besar (PSBB) (Large-Scale Social Restrictions). This rule regulate various aspects such as restrictions on educational, employment and worship activities. In the rules of worship, this regulation requires temporary abolition of worship in worship place. This instruction raises the pros and cons in society. Some people consider the omission of observance in the worship place is inappropriate due to the fact that other public places such as markets are still open. Using kaidah fikih and ushul fikih approach, this paper analyzes the policy. The results of this study indicate that the policy of eliminating the worship in the worship places during a pandemic is not inapposite with Islamic law. Moreover, to issue other policies in dealing with this pandemic, based on Islamic law, safeguarding lives (hifzh al-nafs) is prioritized more than protecting assets (hifzh al-mâl).
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Sukamto, Amos, and S. Panca Parulian. "Religious Community Responses to the Public Policy of the Indonesian Government Related to the covid-19 Pandemic." Journal of Law, Religion and State 8, no. 2-3 (December 16, 2020): 273–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22124810-2020006.
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Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze religious responses to the policy of Indonesian government in dealing with the covid-19 pandemic. Article 4 of Government Regulation (PP) No. 21/2020 mentions restrictions on religious activities. The response of the religious community to this government policy was varied. The Council of Indonesian Ulama, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (mui), issued several fatwas containing a ban on worship involving large numbers of people. A small group of fanatic Muslims initially opposed the policy, but eventually followed it. Among Protestants, the mainstream and Pentecostal churches under the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (pgi) are highly coordinated with government regulations. Some Pentecostal churches attempted to continue holding worship together for reasons of holy communion, but eventually they followed government regulations. The Catholic church followed government regulations consistently.
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Hutabarat, Binsar Antoni. "Pendapat Pimpinan-pimpinan Gereja di Bekasi tentang Izin Pendirian Rumah Ibadah dalam Peraturan Bersama Menteri Tahun 2006." Societas Dei: Jurnal Agama dan Masyarakat 2, no. 2 (October 24, 2017): 396. http://dx.doi.org/10.33550/sd.v2i2.24.
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ABSTRACT:The article, entitled "Opinion The church Leaders in Bekasi on the Permit Construction of Houses of Worship in the Joint Regulation of the Minister of the Year 2006, will be explained about the implementation of policies permit the establishment of houses of worship in Joint Regulation of the Minister (PBM) in 2006 in Bekasi, as well as the implications for church in that place, through the opinion of the church leaders in Bekasi. First, authors will describe the Guarantee Rights of Religion, Belief, Worship and Establish Home Worship based on Pancasila and the Indonesian Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Covenant, and documents declarations of the United Nations (UN), and also explained about permit the establishment of houses of worship of Letters Joint Decree (SKB) until the PBM. After that, will be presented regarding the results of the opinion of the church leaders in Bekasi on the implementation of the policy permits a house of worship in Bekasi. Opinion leaders in Bekasi Church will be grouped in four categories, namely: A) The church which has a license, and not problematic. B) The church is having problems obtaining a license, a problem with the public, but finish. C) The church that does not have a license but has no problem with the community. D) The church that does not have permissions and have problem with the community, and did not finish. The findings obtained are church leaders in the four categories above found PBM on authorizing the establishment of houses of worship contrary to Pancasila and the Indonesian Constitution and the values of human rights are universal, and implementation of government policies that adversely affect the lives of religious believers in Bekasi, both in the internal relations of religion, as well as in interreligious relations. KEYWORDS: permit the establishment of houses of worship, Joint Ministerial Decree, Pancasila, the Indonesian constitution, human rights
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Shlikhter, A. "Public Wealth in USA: Distribution and Financing." World Economy and International Relations, no. 5 (2014): 42–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2014-5-42-52.
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The article focuses on the state regulation and financing of public wealth in the USA. The author analyses historical trends in managing of state social programs within the system “federation – states – local units”. Special attention is given to the concepts and practices of federative relations in the context of US socioeconomic development. The article also evaluates the reforms of state machinery conducted during the terms of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George Bush (Jr.) and Barack Obama administrations.
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Tarai, Jope. "Unpacking Fiji internet law narratives: Online safety or online regulation?" Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 24, no. 2 (November 2, 2018): 84–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v24i2.443.
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Commentary: It took approximately 6 seconds, with 27 votes against 14 on the 16 May 2018 at 5:03pm for the Fiji Parliament to pass the Online Safety Bill (Fijian Parliament, 2018b). Thereafter, the Bill came into force as the Online Safety Act, 2018 (Fijian Government, 2018), despite concerns about its impact on free speech. This commentary examines how the public was conditioned by certain prominent actors, such as the Attorney-General and Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) chair, with support from government-aligned media. The Online Safety Bill had been touted as legislation designed to protect Fijians from harmful online activities (Doviverata, 2018; Nacei, 2018). However, the Bill’s implementation was preceded by a set of supportive media-facilitated narratives that seems almost too convenient. This commentary scrutinises the series of media facilitated narratives that justified the Online Safety Act. The discussion briefly examines the connection between the media, blogs and social media in Fiji. It then explores the media facilitated narratives to provide a brief critique of the Act as a so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ for safety while risking responsible political free speech. Finally, it seeks to answer whether it is about online ‘Safety’ alone, or ‘Regulation’ of online media.
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Haryanto, F. Kristifani, and Hanafi Tanawijaya. "PEMINDAHAN RUMAH IBADAH DAN FASILITAS UMUM AKIBAT PENGADAAN TANAH UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN JALAN TOL BERDASARKAN UNDANG - UNDANG NOMOR 2 TAHUN 2012 TENTANG PENGADAAN TANAH BAGI PEMBANGUNAN UNTUK KEPENTINGAN UMUM." Jurnal Hukum Adigama 2, no. 1 (July 23, 2019): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/adigama.v2i1.5249.
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Serpong-Cinere Toll Road with a length of 10.14 km is part of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 (JORR II) which connects South Tangerang with Depok City that crosses several regions, such as Jombang, Ciputat, Pamulang, Pondok Cabe and Cinere. The construction of this toll road was carried out based on Law Number 2 of 2012 concerning Land Procurement for Development for Public Interest. In the construction of this toll road, it certainly requires land from the people who live around the development toll road so that toll road operators must provide compensation. Compensation for land and buildings for residents is given in the form of money, while compensation for houses of worship and other public facilities is provided in the form of replacement land. Is the mechanism for transferring places of worship and public facilities has been carried out in accordance with Law Number 2 of 2012? Author using normative research methods and doing research by interviewing toll road operators as supporting data. The results of the study indicate that the mechanism for moving houses of worship and public facilities has been carried out according to Law Number 2 of 2012 and other law and regulation, namely Law Number 41 of 2004 concerning Endowments.
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Zakharchyn, Nataliia. "Legislative regulation of museums activity in the Second Rzechpospolita Polska." Law Review of Kyiv University of Law, no. 1 (April 15, 2020): 38–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.36695/2219-5521.1.2020.05.
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The article considers the creation of the legislative basis regarding the museums’ activity in interwar (1918-1939) Poland. Temporary organization of common government authorities in 1918 suggested subordination of museums of interwar Poland to the Ministry of religion andpopular education. It also describes changes in subordination of the museums and some features of law-making process. In April 1918, the Department of Art of the Ministry processed and offered the first project of temporary law on museums. According to the legislative proposal, state politics in the museum industry had to be implementedusing the special museum abstract within Department of Art. In the draft, there were a few types of museum identified: the main ones (national) and regional, educational and special.
It was necessary to legislate on determining andidentifying main directions of the activity, to organizationally form the framework of their functioning, for the sake of museum professional work activization, controlling their activity, help with creation of new collections and support of some old ones. It is stated that his fact was understood by the representatives of the organizations that were either connected to museum industry or played a catalytic role in museum reforms in the interwar period, for instance, The Union of Museums of Poland.It was the Union that the draft law “Onthe trusteeship for the public museums” was prepared by. Apart from the draft law, the project of the implementing regulation to the bill regarding establishment and activity of the Museum State Council was adopted. In the article, the process of establishing the draft law is considered.
The article reflects the representation of modified law “On the trusteeship for the public museums” in the Parliament of Second Rzechpospolita Polska. In the parliament, the draft bill was considered as a framework, which determines the concept of a public museum. According to the bill, Minister of religion and education implemented the trusteeship and control of the activity of the public museums and approved theirstatutes. The articlealso reviews the aims and tasks of the adopted law and further implementing regulations, particularly, on the establishment of Museum State Council.
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Said Mayzar Mulia and Ismail. "Evaluation of Policies on Aceh Qanun Regulation." Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal 2, no. 1 (February 29, 2020): 271–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/biohs.v2i1.188.
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In Aceh development activities are basically carried out actively, arief and wise including in applying a regional policy in the form of Circular (SE) Number 450/21770 which contains about the prohibition of holding recitation other than I'tiqad Ahlussunnah Waljamaah which is sourced from the Shafi'ite School law well, around last December 2019 that made a commotion in the public in Aceh. This causes great concern for the community regarding the clash of the Circular with article 14 paragraph (3) of the Aceh Qanun Number 8 of 2014 which regulates the Principles of Islamic Sharia stating that the holding of worship which does not refer not to the Syafi'i sect is permitted. Given as long as within the framework of the Hanafi, Maliki and Hambali mazhas by always promoting harmony, ukhuwah Islamiah and peace within the Muslim community, even though hierarchically the Circular Letter (SE) legislation is lower than Qanun, which is likely to use political means as a driving force for local government.
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Pomeranz, Jennifer L., and Mark Pertschuk. "Key Drivers of State Preemption of Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy: A Thematic Content Analysis of Public Testimony." American Journal of Health Promotion 33, no. 6 (January 6, 2019): 894–902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117118823163.
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Purpose: Local communities are often active public health policy makers, so state preemption—when the state withdraws authority from local governments—can hinder public health progress. Kansas enacted the most sweeping law in the nation preempting food, nutrition, and agricultural policy. Design: Qualitative thematic content analysis was used on public comments to identify and evaluate common and key arguments. A codebook was developed using an iterative process. Open coding was applied to all comments. Setting: All testimony and comments submitted by individuals and organizations to the Kansas State Legislature on the preemptive bill. Participants: Eight types of commentators submitted 34 written and 12 oral comments. Measures: The data were evaluated on a latent level to examine underlying drivers of preemption. Results: Comments addressed 18 themes, referenced 366 times; 68% in opposition. Common themes included local control, food labeling, public health, need for statewide standards, and debate over food regulation. Key themes included the need for state and federal uniformity to support businesses and consumers, debate over topics not in the bill, the value of local control, confusion over bill coverage, and outside influences. Conclusion: Confusion about bill language and coverage, the combination of food and agricultural issues, and backing by multinational corporations helped propel preemption forward in Kansas. Food policy stakeholders nationally can anticipate similar arguments and strategies in their state.
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Staunton, Ciara. "The regulation of stem cell research in Ireland: From the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction to the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017." Medical Law International 18, no. 1 (March 2018): 35–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0968533218764543.
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In 2005, Ireland’s Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction (CAHR) published a comprehensive report on the regulation of assisted reproduction and associated technologies. Yet since that report, successive Irish governments have failed to bring forth any legislation on this matter. This legislative inaction has resulted in a situation whereby the embryo in vivo has the right to life under the Irish Constitution, but embryos in vitro have no protection in law. Irish policymakers have also endorsed and funded embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) at a European level but continue to prevent researchers in Ireland from accessing any public funds for this research. The publication in October 2017 of the General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017 is thus a welcome development. However, further reading of the Bill reveals that it is restrictive in nature and is likely to stifle research in Ireland. This article will discuss the legal, ethical and scientific developments that have occurred since the CAHR report and the impact, if any, they have had on the development of this Bill. It will critically reflect on provisions of the Bill as they relate to ESCR and make a number of suggestions for reform.
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Roitberg, Helen. "Sex Work and the City." Political Science Undergraduate Review 6, no. 1 (April 19, 2021): 6–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/psur190.
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Bill C-36, or the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which was introduced in Canada in 2014, made the purchase of sexual services illegal. To the end of eliminating sex work, Bill C-36 rests on the premise that sex work is inherently exploitative, and that sex workers and their communities are harmed by the exchange of sexual services. Considering that Indigenous women are overrepresented among sex workers and disproportionately victims of severe violence, this paper examines the goals of Bill C-36 in conversation with Canada’s ongoing project of colonialism. This paper demonstrates that Bill C-36 upholds the systemic devaluation of Indigeneity by which Indigenous women’s bodies are rendered deserving of violence, and by which this violence is normalized and invisibilized. Rather than protect ‘victims’ of sexual exploitation, Bill C-36 relies on the colonial stereotypes of the Indigenous prostitute to reimagine sexually autonomous Indigenous women as inherent threats to (white) Canadian society and themselves, and thereby justify state regulation in both public and private spaces.
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Aritonang, Agusly Irawan. "Kebijakan Komunikasi di Indonesia: Gambaran Implementasi UU No. 14 tahun 2008 tentang Keterbukaan Informasi Publik." Jurnal ASPIKOM 1, no. 3 (July 15, 2011): 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.24329/aspikom.v1i3.24.
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Freedom of getting information is also one of democracy state’s features since it is expected to stimulate participation of citizen. Furthermore, if there is more public information which can be got freely, it will strengthen the tendency of the change of society type into informative society. Indonesia tried to facilitate its citizens by providing such a basic bill in order to access public information. As a communication policy, this regulation has been implemented since its validity 2 years ago. This implementation of policy such as Bill No. 14 of 2008 talks about Transparency of Public Information become such a complicated problem. Problem related to regulation’s article which has to be as operational as possible when it will be implemented and also about its accuracy are factors that become a success key for public policy implementation involved the communication policy.
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Dahal, Sushma, Sabina Maharjan, Raj Kumar Subedi, and Juna Maharjan. "College students’ knowledge and attitude towards new regulation on smoking ban in public places in Nepal." Health Prospect 14, no. 2 (August 27, 2015): 13–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v14i2.13284.
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Background: Nepal as a signatory to Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2003 has passed a new tobacco control bill entitled “Tobacco product control and regulatory bill, 2010” in 2011. On this background, it is imperative to assess the knowledge and attitude of people towards this new regulation that forbids smoking in public places.Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 394 students of higher secondary level in three randomly selected colleges of Kathmandu district, Nepal. Information on respondents’ awareness on current ban, source of information, implementation status and their attitude towards the new regulation were collected using self-administered questionnaire. Analysis of quantitative data was done using descriptive statistics whereas qualitative data were analyzed manually.Results: Majority of respondents (79.9%) said that there is ban on smoking in public places in Nepal. The most common source of information was television (72.3%), followed by friends (36.5%) and family members (33.9 %). Most of the respondents (67.4%) had frequently seen people smoking in public places and 48.8% had not seen or heard any penalty given to those people. Overall, 74.1% of the participants stated that the ban on smoking in public places was a ‘very good thing’. Majority of those who viewed that the ban was good, reasoned ‘it will protect people from diseases like cancer’. Those who viewed that the ban was not good, reasoned ‘people cannot be changed by compelling’ and ‘to smoke or not to smoke is people’s own will’.Conclusion: This study shows that majority of adolescents are aware of and have positive attitude towards new regulation on smoking ban in public places in Nepal. There is need of implementing the policy strictly by raising awareness among people and penalizing those who violate it.
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redmond, mary. "accountability and dismissal in ireland's civil service." Legal Information Management 5, no. 3 (September 2005): 188–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1472669605000812.
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as part of a drive to deliver better government, ireland's unfair dismissals acts 1977–2001 are about to be extended to civil servants. the civil service (regulation) bill 2004 when enacted will apply the statutory code of unfair dismissal to thousands of officers whose remedies previously lay exclusively in public law. while preserving the principle that civil servants hold office at the will and pleasure of the government, the bill provides for the delegation of power in this respect from the government to ministers and to secretaries general. mary redmond, consultant solicitor at arthur cox considers the practical and, above all the legal implications of this stepchange.
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Juliot Mpabe Bodjongo, Mathieu. "Regulations of noise pollution emitted by revival churches and the well-being of neighboring populations in Cameroon." Environmental Economics 11, no. 1 (July 14, 2020): 82–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.08.
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The noise pollution is negative externalities having harmful effects on the individual’s well-being. This paper examines the effect of noise pollution regulations emitted by revival churches (RC) on surrounding populations’ well-being. The analysis focuses on a field survey sample of 726 individuals not belonging to RC and residing in the towns of Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon. Drawing inspirations from the theoretical and empirical literature, the econometric results obtained with the nested logit model reveal that setting up a control plan against noise pollution produced by RC allows an increase in individuals’ well-being not belonging to RC. These surrounding populations are ready to pay USD 0.889 for the “the regulation of church service opening hours,” USD 0.831 for “the building of sound-proof places of worship,” and USD 0.466 for “the sensitization of RC’s officials on the bad effects of the noise pollution they produce.” To reduce noise pollution, public authorities must not close the places of worship belonging to RCs.
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Yates, Nigel. "‘Jesuits in Disguise’? Ritualist Confessors and their Critics in the 1870s." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 39, no. 2 (April 1988): 202–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022046900020662.
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The public controversy over ritualism in the Church of England reached its peak in the 1870s, with the passing of the Public Worship Regulation Act and the attempts, eventually abandoned through use of the episcopal veto, to prosecute ritualist clergy for the use of technically illegal ceremonial ornaments or vestments. One other related subject that caused a similar degree of controversy at the time, though it has been less well remembered since, was the emphasis within ritualist circles on auricular or sacramental confession. The subject of auricular confession, made privately to a priest, was one of the most explosive religious issues, both morally and theologically, of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Arielyi, Nivi Gal, and Emanuel Tamir. "Preserving or maneuvring leadership? Teacher unions’ strategies in Israeli educational regulation." International Journal of Educational Management 33, no. 7 (November 4, 2019): 1705–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-12-2018-0389.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine why, despite the advantages they might gain by participating in regulation of teaching by law, Israeli teachers’ unions leaders abandoned the opportunity to obtain the right of regulation and instead preferred an ambiguous role. Design/methodology/approach This is a policy research study, involving documentary analysis, focusing on one specific bill and data from interviews with teachers’ union leaders and officials who participated in discussions on the bill, and/or in crucial negotiations concerning teaching regulation. Findings It was found that unions’ leaders preferred to leave the licensing process for teaching as an open-ended and constantly negotiable issue with their employer rather than assuming the role of gatekeeper, understanding that this gave them more space and power to maneuvre in future struggles. Consequently, only the Education Ministry determines who becomes a teacher. Research limitations/implications These findings can inform educational policy makers and stakeholders, by giving them a glimpse into policy considerations. New knowledge is offered for the development of theory concerning teaching profession regulation and involvement of the teacher unions in these processes. Practical implications Policy makers may re-evaluate their interests as stakeholders in the education system, when they try to shape the profession through regulation of those who seek to become teachers. Originality/value The research sheds light on a hidden part of the policy-making puzzle that most studies do not explore and educational leaders prefer not to discuss especially when there is no proof of achievement, nor a public crisis.
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Doloksaribu, Debora Kristina. "Implication Of Regional Tax Regulation On The Investment Climate And Its Reference To Omnibus Bill On Taxation." Widya Yuridika 3, no. 2 (November 27, 2020): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.31328/wy.v3i2.1612.
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AbstractThe granting of autonomy to the regions is intended to provide democratic space and public participation. Legal certainty in the administration of regional government specifically related to taxes is very crucial, especially for economic development, as it affects the investment climate. Any discrepancy between regional and central policies is seen as an obstacle in optimizing investment performance in the regions. The Government has proposed a Bill on General Provisions and Tax Facilities for Strengthening the Economy or also known as the Omnibus Bill on Taxation which regulates, among other things, regional tax and levy. The method used in this study is the type of legal research (normative) and carried out by examining library materials or secondary data in the form of various legal references, including primary, secondary, and tertiary materials. A descriptive technique is used in analyzing legal materials that have been collected. Writer opines that the Omnibus Bill is expected to provide business certainty, in the hope that it can increase investment. However, the discussion of the Omnibus Bill must be carefully done. There has to be a certainty and clarity of the intervention procedures of the central government so that it is carried out in a clear legal corridor. AbstrakPemberian otonomi kepada daerah dimaksudkan untuk memberikan ruang demokrasi dan partisipasi masyarakat. Kepastian hukum dalam penyelenggaraan pemerintahan daerah merupakan hal yang sangat penting terutama dalam pembangunan di bidang ekonomi karena hal tersebut mempengaruhi iklim investasi. Adanya ketidaksinkronan kebijakan daerah dengan pusat dinilai sebagai hambatan dalam optimalisasi kinerja investasi di daerah. Pemerintah telah mengajukan Rancangan Undang-Undang Ketentuan Umum dan Fasilitas Perpajakan Untuk Penguatan Perekonomian atau RUU Omnibus Perpajakan yang salah satunya mengatur tentang pajak daerah dan retribusi daerah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian hukum (normatif) dan dilakukan dengan menelaah bahan pustaka atau data sekunder berupa berbagai acuan hukum, baik bahan hukum primer, sekunder, maupun tersier. Teknik deskriptif digunakan dalam menganalisis bahan hukum yang telah dikumpulkan. Penulis berpendapat bahwa Omnibus Law Perpajakan dapat memberikan kepastian berusaha sehingga investasi semakin meningkat. Namun demikian, pembahasan RUU Omnibus Law harus dilakukan dengan cermat dan hati-hati. Harus ada kepastian dan kejelasan prosedur intervensi dari pemerintah pusat sehingga pelaksanaannya berada dalam koridor hukum yang jelas.
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Gausdal, Maria Edith Lindholm. "Breaching the Interpretative Wall between Private and Public Commercial Contracts." European Review of Contract Law 16, no. 4 (November 26, 2020): 511–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ercl-2020-0028.
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AbstractFrom a purely contractual perspective, this article reflects upon labour standard clauses with the objective to ensure that the fundamental ILO conventions and the International Bill of Human Rights are complied with throughout global value chains in respectively business-to-business (private), and public commercial contracts. The clauses are in both settings based widely on the same standards; however scholarship on the two types of contracts has been quite separate. The article reviews some Scandinavian case law concerning labour standard clauses and procurement regulation. It finds that contractual argumentation supported the outcome in these cases, isolates this argumentation, and reflects on whether contractual perspectives on the public contract might inspire current research on private contracts. It finally argues that an actual fusion is already taking place, wherefore contract lawyers may play an important role as to whether ‘the interpretative wall’ should be breached, or whether this is not feasible due to the distinctive characteristics of each contract.
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Gagarin, Yu N. "Concept draft bill of the Federal law “Forest Code of the Russian Federation”." FOREST SCIENCE ISSUES 3, no. 3 (December 2, 2020): 1–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31509/2658-607x-2020-3-3-1-45.
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This paper presents a concept draft bill of the Federal Law “Forest Code of the Russian Federation”, which proposes some new approaches to public forest management improvement. The related questions had been discussed during scientific debates held by the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on forests in 2015–2019. The goal of the draft bill is to modernise the forest law of the Russian Federation to bring it in line with changes in the state of forests, their increasing role in climate regulation and other ecosystem services, as well as the further development of market relations in the Russian economy. The Concept Paper is based on an idea of a transition from the development of natural forests as a source of timber to the organisation of economic activities aimed at the cultivation of highly productive forest stands on available forest land. Provisions aimed at developing economic mechanisms to ensure forestry profitability in a market economy, both through forest products and ecosystem services, make up an important part of the Concept Paper. Approaches to the further development of public and private forest management, which will improve the efficiency of forest use, protection, conservation and regeneration, are outlined. Legal mechanisms for improving the public forest management system and forms of state and business participation in forest management are proposed.
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Романовская, В. Б., Ф. З. Завурбеков, and Я. В. Безносова. "LEGAL PROTECTION OF ANIMALS IN IRAN: FROM THE AVESTA TO THE BILL ON PROTECTION OF ANIMALS." Теория государства и права, no. 2(22) (June 25, 2021): 138–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.47905/matgip.2021.22.2.010.
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Авторы рассматривают проблемы правового регулирования защиты животных в современной Республике Иран, опираясь на данные, представленные организацией «Всемирная защита животных». В статье исследуются традиции обращения с животными, присущие иранцам в древний период их истории. Авторы анализируют нормы священной книги «Авесты», регулирующие ответственность за причинение вреда жизни и здоровью животных, проводят параллели с современным состоянием правового регулирования данной сферы общественных отношений в Республике Иран. Annotation. The authors consider the problems of legal regulation of animal protection in the modern Republic of Iran, based on the data provided by the organization "World Animal Protection". The article examines the traditions of animal treatment inherent in the Iranians in the ancient period of their history. The authors analyze the norms of the holy book "Avesta", regulating responsibility for causing harm to the life and health of animals, draw parallels with the current state of legal regulation of this sphere of public relations in the Republic of Iran.
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Priya, Ritu, and Prachinkumar Ghodajkar. "Regulating the Medical Profession: Challenges and Possibilities of the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017." Social Change 48, no. 2 (June 2018): 283–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049085718768913.
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The National Medical Council Bill, 2017, was tabled in Parliament on 29 December 2017 with the proposal to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) as the regulatory body for medical education and practice in the country. This was the response of the PMO-NITI Aayog Committee, which was formed after the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Health and Family Welfare in its 92nd report strongly indicted the functioning of the MCI and recommended a complete restructuring. The Bill sets out various proposals with the aim to regulate the quality of doctors produced as well as the ethics of their practice. Its content has raised much contestation from the medical fraternity. A host of issues have emerged, such as, what professionalism should mean and what forms of regulation should be put in place, and what mechanisms have to be considered in order to balance the interests of the public and the medical fraternity so that the restructuring that is sorely required can go through.
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Neglia, Maddalena. "The UNGPs — Five Years on." Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 34, no. 4 (December 2016): 289–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016934411603400403.
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The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were endorsed in 2011 by the UN Human Rights Council. Since then they have become a normative platform and have led to widespread convergence of national and international regulatory initiatives. Focusing on Europe, this articles shows that the consensus reached, in particular on human rights due diligence, has been a driving force behind the influence the Principles have had on public regulation of business and human rights. One example is offered by the EU's approach to integrating UNGPs into legal and policy instruments, including the 2011 Communication on CSR and the EU Directive no. 2014/95 on non-financial reporting. But this has been accompanied by recent developments in EU Member States' public regulation of business and human rights, including the UK Modern Slavery Act and the French bill on ‘devoir de vigilance’. The article concludes that, despite the emergence of a piecemeal regulatory approach, coherence in the public regulation of business violations of human rights is urgently needed in Europe. It further shows that, if properly led, this process could entail reinforcement of the EU's commitment to the UNGPs' implementation.
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Skowronek, Grzegorz. "STATUS OF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN CASES INVOLVING TAX OFFENCES." PRZEGLĄD POLICYJNY 137, no. 1 (February 4, 2019): 52–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.2401.
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This study is a thorough analysis of the status of a public prosecutor in proceedings involving tax offences. It examines the regulation obliging fi nancial investigative authorities or their representative to participate in the main and appeal hearings if they fi led the bill of indictment for a fi scal offence. Moreover, there is a research question in the text whether is it right to apply the system of two public prosecutors functioning next to each other in the Penal Fiscal Code, i.e. a prosecutor and a representative of the fi nancial investigative authorities acting as a public prosecutor? The set of entities which may act as public prosecutors under the provisions of the Penal Fiscal Code has been identifi ed in the course of the research. It has also been pointed out that the legislator underlines the importance of fi scal penal law as regards compensating for fi nancial loss through both the obligatory participation of the fi nancial investigative authority or its representative in the main hearing, and allowing this body to become a public prosecutor although it is not entitled to fi le an indictment. Maintaining two public prosecutors in a court of law when dealing with fi scal offences has also been advocated.
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Creager, Angela N. H. "To Test or Not to Test: Tools, Rules, and Corporate Data in US Chemicals Regulation." Science, Technology, & Human Values 46, no. 5 (May 13, 2021): 975–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01622439211013373.
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When the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed by the US Congress in 1976, its advocates pointed to new generation of genotoxicity tests as a way to systematically screen chemicals for carcinogenicity. However, in the end, TSCA did not require any new testing of commercial chemicals, including these rapid laboratory screens. In addition, although the Environmental Protection Agency was to make public data about the health effects of industrial chemicals, companies routinely used the agency’s obligation to protect confidential business information to prevent such disclosures. This paper traces the contested history of TSCA and its provisions for testing, from the circulation of the first draft bill in the Nixon administration through the debates over its implementation, which stretched into the Reagan administration. The paucity of publicly available health and environmental data concerning chemicals, I argue, was a by-product of the law and its execution, leading to a situation of institutionalized ignorance, the underside of regulatory knowledge.
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Sulistiadi, Wahyu, Meita Veruswati, Al Asyary, Maria Holly Herawati, Ririn Arminsih Wulandari, and Budi Haryanto. "Smoke-free Zone in Indonesia: Who is Doing What Now." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 8, E (May 25, 2020): 322–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2020.4091.
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BACKGROUND: Although all environments whom applied smoke-free zones (SFZs) have sufficient compliance rate (over 80%) in Indonesia particularly in Bogor City, it is still unclear who is doing what now on SFZs activities to assess the effectivity and efficiency of this tobacco control program.
OBJECTIVES: This review aimed to present the evidence of tobacco control on SFZs programs and activities of these zones based on the several indicators set by the local government’s regulation.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A review was held to observe the SFZs local regulation archives. Data were derived from secondary sources and observation data of law enforcement teams’ generic activities and programs in Bogor City in the Province of Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
RESULTS: There were eight (eight) zones designated as SFZs according to the local regulation, namely: (1) Public places, (2) workplaces, (3) places of worship, (4) children’s playgrounds and/or other gathering places, (5) public transportation, (6) teaching and learning environments, (7) health facilities, and (8) sports facilities. It resulted that 55% of these zones still uncomplied to SFZs regulation. It is still a tobacco control homework in Indonesia while it is remembering that Indonesia has the only largest country of six developing countries that have not ratified Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the World Health Organization.
CONCLUSION: The role of the SFZs’ enforcement team is crucial and consists of relevant stakeholders to optimize activities and programs of SFZs regulations with clear targeting, rewards, and punishments. However, further studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of non-smoking areas specifically.
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Widodo, Hananto, and Fradhana Putra Disantara. "Problematik Kepastian Hukum Darurat Kesehatan Masyarakat Pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19." Jurnal Suara Hukum 3, no. 1 (March 9, 2021): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/jsh.v3n1.p197-226.
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This research is normative research. The purpose of this research is to examine the emergency constitutional law related to the concept of health emergencies as referred to in Law No. 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine; and provide comprehensive analysis and formulation related to future emergency law arrangements. The research method used in this research is a statute approach and a conceptual approach; by using primary and secondary legal materials. The results of this study are the legal implications related to the determination of the health emergency status based on Presidential Decree No. 11 of 2020 has created legal uncertainty, because the government has actually issued Government Regulation No. 21 of 2020 first; is not a Government Regulation on procedures for determining and revoking the status of determining health emergencies. On the other hand, the determination of public health emergencies is not synergistic with its implementation. Furthermore, an ideal arrangement is needed in the future related to public health emergencies in order to achieve legal certainty in public health emergencies. For this reason, a harmonization of the state of danger law is needed or the establishment of a danger state law such as the omnibus bill
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Inshakova, Agnessa O., and Alexander I. Goncharov. "BILL OF LADING IN LEGAL REGULATION OF FOREIGN TRADE ACTIVITY: FROM PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION TO ELECTRONIC CRYPTO CODE." RUDN Journal of Law 23, no. 3 (December 15, 2019): 375–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2337-2019-23-3-375-393.
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Sea freight was and remains the most popular way of cargo delivery. Transportation of goods by sea routes plays a crucial role in the economy of most countries. The bill of lading acts as a legal instrument and guarantees the interests of participants in foreign trade deals and has a complex legal nature, due to its functionality. The use of electronic documents for formalizing relations between the participants in the maritime transport of goods has become possible due to the rapid development and widespread introduction of information technologies into the property turnover. In the period of digitalization of the Russian economy, the study of the legal regulation of the bill of lading accompanied by special computer software products is relevant and significant. The main purpose of the article is to disclose the essential characteristics of a bill of lading as a trading, title-bearing security from the perspective of the evolutionary development of this legal instrument over several centuries. The authors formulate a number of recommendations for the expanded implementation of electronic document circulation in maritime trade, arguing that, along with the adopted legal acts, should clarify the use of electronic documents when transporting goods by sea. In the Russian Federation, the rules on bills of lading must be supplemented by international agreements, additionally adopt a number of national legal acts in this sphere. The theoretical basis of the research was the studies of Russian and foreign investigators, which examine the relations of entities applying bills of lading in foreign economic activity (Vilkova, 2004; Golubchik, Katykha, 2017; Dubovec, 2006; Inshakova, Kalinina, Goncharov, 2019; Skaridov, 2018 et al.). Methodologically, the present research is based on the authors' materialistic worldview. General scientific methods were used: dialectic, inductive, deductive, analysis, synthesis, generalization, etc., as well as particular scientific methods: formal legal, comparative legal, etc.). As a result of the scientific analysis for the expanded implementation of electronic document circulation in maritime trade, along with the adopted legal acts, the authors proposed to specify the use of electronic documents for the carriage of goods by sea. The rules on bills of lading must be supplemented by international agreements, and a number of national legal acts in this area should be adopted. Suggestions for Smart applications to bills of lading and electronic registration of microchips, which should mark the goods moved by foreign trade deals, which will positively affect the increase of the rule of law at the domestic level through more precise electronic customs, tax, currency control. It is substantiated that in the aspect of the implementation of economic relations, digital registration acts a preventive and prophylactic function - reducing potential conflicts. To realize the benefits of smart applications to bills of lading, it is recommended to develop and adopt a set of legal norms of legislative and sub-legal level governing public relations in the digital economy, implementing these smart applications to bills of lading implementing business practice and inter-jurisdictional polysubject blockchain.
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Agara, Ahmad Y., Sugiarto Sugiarto, and Taufiq Saidi. "FAKTOR-FAKTOR FASILITAS UMUM YANG DAPAT MEMBERIKAN KEPUASAN PENGHUNI PADA PERUMAHAN JEULINGKE RESIDENCE." Jurnal Arsip Rekayasa Sipil dan Perencanaan 3, no. 3 (January 4, 2021): 227–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/jarsp.v3i3.16647.
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Public facilities are part of residential area that is provided by developer for the public interest. The public facilities available at Jeulingke Residence such as road, sanitation, drainage, clean water, and electric network. Based on the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1 of 2011, and Minister of Public Housing Regulation Number 22 / PERMEN / M / 2008, Jeulingke Residence housing still has inadequate public facilities such as worship place, green area, and waste. The purpose this research to identify indicators of public facilities that provide satisfaction for residents of Jeulingke Residence, and identify dominant factors of public facilities that can provide satisfaction for residents of Jeulingke Residence. Respondents in this study were owners at Jeulingke Residence. The sample in this study was 150 people. The sampling technique used was proportionate stratified random sampling. The factors evaluated were infrastructure, facilities, and public utilities. Data processing used validity test, and reliability test, while data analysis used descriptive analysis and factor analysis of Principle Component Analysis (PCA). The results showed that the factors of public facilities that could provide satisfaction for residents at Jeulingke Residence were infrastructure and facilities. The dominant factor of public facilities that gives satisfaction to residents at Jeulingke Residence is infrastructure with a variance of 68.942%. Indicators of infrastructure are road condition, drainage condition, sanitation condition, clean water condition, and electric network condition.
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Sokalska, Olena. "British prison projects: the Hard Labour Bill and the Penitentiary Act." Law Review of Kyiv University of Law, no. 1 (April 15, 2020): 74–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.36695/2219-5521.1.2020.13.
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The article analyzes the English prison projects: the Hard Labour Bill 1778 and the Penitentiary Act 1779. The author identified the reasons for their creation, sources, key points and their impact on the formation of penitentiary systems.
The American Revolutionary War made it impossible relocation of convicted criminals to the colony. His Majesty's Government had to rush to find a replacement for transportation. In the mid-70s of 18 century there were attempts to develop the foundations of new types of punishment that would replace transportation. Such an alternative would hard labor in special Houses of Hard Labor and Penitentiary Houses. The application of punishment by hard labour to criminals sentenced to transportation is developed in the Hulks Act 1776, the Hard Labour Bill 1778 and the Penitentiary Act 1779. The Hard Labour Bill and the Penitentiary Act were not about reforming prisons, but about developing a system of execution and serving a new type of punishment – imprisonment combined with hard labor.
The Hard Labor Bill for the first time enshrined the norms that, in 30-40 years, became the basis of the Pennsylvania system, the Auburn system, the progressive system: solitary confinement, the division of convicts into classes, the correction of the offender with the active participation of chaplain, the system disciplinary offence and sanction, initiation of post-penitentiary care, requirements for prison staff, control and supervision of prison activity by the public and judges.
The Hard Labor Bill has not been approved by Parliament. It has been slightly redesigned. The idea of a system of Houses of Hard Labor across the country had to be abandoned. Instead, William Blackstone proposed experimental Penitentiary Houses. It was approved in the Penitentiary Act 1779. An analysis of the main provisions of the Penitentiary Act shows that at least part of the regulation of the Penitentiary Houses and their conditions of detention were based on the Hard Labor Bill. Although the ambitious idea of creating a network of prisons throughout the country has been abandoned, Penitentiary Act 1779 has retained the general philosophy of imprisonment in combination with hard labor. Despite the lack of practical implementation, the 1779 Penitentiary Act was essential to further improve the operation of existing detention facilities and build new prisons throughout the country, but as a local initiative rather than a centralized reform.
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Inoguchi, Takashi. "Japanese Politics in Transition: A Theoretical Review." Government and Opposition 28, no. 4 (October 1, 1993): 443–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1993.tb01380.x.
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THE END OF ONE-PARTY DOMINANCE BY THE LIBERAL Democratic Party of Japan came as abruptly as the fall of the Berlin wall four years before. It started with the debate on electoral system change, ostensibly as an attempt to curb corruption. The LDP has been plagued by a series of large-scale corruption scandals since the Recruit scandal of 1989. The latest concerned former vice-president Shin Kanemaru's alleged violation of the political money regulation law and the income tax law in 1992–93. The Prime Minister, Kiichi Miyazawa, accepting a fair degree of compromise with opposition parties, wanted to pass a bill to change the current electoral system. The LDP initially wanted to change from the system of choosing a few persons in each district by one vote to the Anglo-American type system of selecting one person in each district by one vote. The opposition wanted to change to the continental European system of proportional representation. A compromise was made by the LDP's proposal to combine the latter two systems. Then two dissenting groups emerged suddenly in the LDP. One took the exit option by forming new political parties. The other took the voice option by backing away from the Miyazawa compromise plan. Miyazawa was humiliated by his failure to have the bill enacted and a motion of no confidence was passed. He then called for a general election, which took place on 18 July 1993. The outcome did not give a majority to the LDP and subsequently a non-LDP coalition was formed to produce a non-LDP government for the first time since the foundation of the LDP in 1955
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Gomes, A. L., T. Turbay, P. Venturella, L. Cecagno, G. Johnson, and M. Caleffi. "Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: The Need for Compulsory Registration." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 2 (October 1, 2018): 153s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.70800.
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Background and context: According INCA 630,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2018, however Brazil does not have a unified registration system for cases of cancer. The Cancer Information System (SISCAN) was supposed to be in operation in Brazil since 2013, but it is not used by several Brazilian municipalities. Without these records it is not possible to measure the actual dimension of cases of cancer (number of cases, stages, treatments, etc.); consequently, public policies aiming at actual oncologic needs are not developed, which leads to the waste of public resources and an increase in mortality rates. Aim: Implement a mandatory and unified cancer registration system in Brazil. Strategy/Tactics: Involvement of various stakeholders, such as political leaders, NGOs, the press, etc. Align several actions and projects executed by Federação Brasileira de Instituições Filantrópicas de Apoio à Saúde da Mama (FEMAMA) for the same goal. Share FEMAMA´s goal with other pressure groups. Program/Policy process: Prepare arguments for proposing a bill on the topic in question. Promotion in the media regarding the impact of the lack of a mandatory registration system; Align discourse with NGOs associated to FEMAMA so that they can act as representatives and regional influencers on this topic. Meeting with the Minister of Health In reference to World Cancer Day (WCD), NGOs associated to FEMAMA have submitted letters asking state Congresspeople to draft a bill creating mandatory cancer notification systems in their respective states; Organization of 13 debate cycles and 9 public hearings at state assemblies about the topic; Articulations with federal Congresspeople for proposing a bill on the topic in question; Organization of a conference attended by NGO representatives and female political leaders to discuss action proposals; Discussion of the project and joint actions executed alongside multisector group in Brazil. Outcomes: Favorable opinion from the Ministry of Health about FEMAMA´s goals; WCD: Actions organized in 15 Brazilian states with the engagement of 17 Congresspeople; Organization of debate cycles and public hearings on the topic in 13 Brazilian states; Enactment of a regulation implementing a mandatory cancer registration system in the Federal District since 2017; Submission of a proposal petition requesting the implementation of a mandatory cancer registration system in the State of São Paulo to the State Department of Health. Proposal of two bills submitted at the House of Representatives on the topic in question (PL 8478/2017 and PL 8470/2017); The bills (unified) were passed by the House of Representatives, and have been subsequently submitted to the Senate for analysis; What was learned: The articulations with several political leaders for the proposal of a bill for the implementation of a mandatory cancer registration system and the articulated engagement of NGOs leverages these actions and expands debate in the legislative, both on a national and on a state level.
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Begum, Afroza. "Corruption in business." Journal of Financial Crime 27, no. 3 (April 20, 2020): 735–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfc-02-2020-0018.
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Purpose This paper aims to critically analyse the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999 and Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combating Corporate Crime) Bill 2017 with special focus on the facilitation payment (FP) defence by referring to the UK Bribery Act 2010. The study will showcase how FP promotes disrespect for a good corporate culture inevitable for responsible and sustained business and as to why FP must be abolished to make the Australian regulation consistent with the international standards. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on primary and secondary sources including the Senate Committee Reports and recent legislative developments in Australia, and the relevant law of the UK. Findings Australia is lagging far behind comparative jurisdictions including the UK, and the FP defence must be abolished to make the Australian regulation consistent with the international standards and to foster international business backed up by globalisation, competition and interconnectedness of national economies. Originality/value This paper is the original work of the author and has not been submitted elsewhere for publication.
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Bilbao Ubillos, Juan María. "La llamada Ley Mordaza: la ley orgánica 4/2015 de protección de la seguridad ciudadana." Teoría y Realidad Constitucional, no. 36 (July 1, 2015): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/trc.36.2015.16083.
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En este artículo se analiza el proceso de elaboración de la nueva LOPSC y los aspectos más relevantes y polémicos de su contenido. El Anteproyecto, aprobado por el Gobierno a finales de 2013, era un texto inspirado en una concepción muy discutible de la seguridad ciudadana y salpicado de preceptos que no tenían encaje constitucional. Y suscitó por ello un rechazo casi unánime. Las observaciones críticas del CGPJ, del Consejo de Estado y de otros organismos e instituciones obligaron al Gobierno a revisar y depurar a fondo su articulado. El texto finalmente aprobado incorpora algunas novedades positivas, como la regulación de la diligencia de identificación, pero incluye algunas previsiones cuya constitucionalidad es más que dudosa. Dos de ellas revisten una especial gravedad: la que sanciona el uso no autorizado de imágenes o datos de los miembros de las Fuerzas de Seguridad y la Disposición Final que prevé un régimen especial en materia de expulsión en las fronteras de Ceuta y Melilla, para dar cobertura legal a las «devoluciones en caliente».The drafting process of the new LOPSC and its most relevant and controversial issues are analysed in this article. The draft bill, passed by the Government at the end of year 2013, was a text inspired by a very arguable understanding of public safety and sprinkled with several unconstitutionalities. And it was thus almost unanimously rejected. The critical remarks of the CGPJ, the Council of State, and other institutions forced the Government to revise and change the text. The final bill includes some positive developments, such as the regulation of the identification procedure, but it still contains some constitutionally doubtful provisions. Two of them are particularly serious: the one that sanctions the non authorized use of images and data of the Security Forces members and the Final Provision that provides for a special regulation of inmigrant expulsions in the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, giving legal coverage to the ‘summary deportations’.
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Slobozhnikova, Valentina S. "Social and Political Practices of Adjusting the State-Religious Relations in Russia at the Turn of the 21st Century." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, no. 460 (2020): 121–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/15617793/460/15.
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The article analyzes the public desire to adjust the state-religion relations at the turn of the 21st century. It has been provoked by the fact that Russia is still looking for its own model of relations alongside with the development of traditional religiosity. The aim of the study is to identify the forms of social and political practices aimed at changing the state-religion relations existing in the past. The study reflects the results of the periodical press analysis. Lots of periodicals covered social and political discussions of the issue: draft laws and research works within historical, neo-institutional, and comparative approaches. The author identifies significant institutional changes that triggered social and political practices related to SRR at the turn of the 21st century. Special federal and regional agencies responsible for religious policy appeared within the governmental system. The creation of the Interfaith Council of Russia as well as the adoption and publication by the leading religious organizations of their social and political doctrines also fell within the tendency. Social and political practices were unfolding within the two main trends: (1) Russia is a secular country, and the state should consider secularism as a strategy of its religious policy; (2) the crisis typical of the period triggered the search for additional resources and governmental mechanisms. There were disagreements in the public opinion. Some people were actively trying to save and protect the former relations that meant the exclusion of the state from the religious sphere regulation (separation SRR model). Others were proponents of the new cooperation SRR model, but its content was interpreted in different ways. The crisis contributed much to social and political practices which approached the traditional religions problem as one of the options for finding mechanisms to restore control over the country and solve social and spiritual problems. The traditional religions problem became a social and political one. This fact stirred the religious world up and in fact split it apart. The State Duma was one of the bodies involved in state-religion relations. At the turn of the 21st century, its Committee on Public and Religious Organizations was actively promoting the idea of traditional religions. Those who supported the idea to include the concept “traditional religion” into the political and legal frameworks were trying to implement it in their lawmaking practice. They came out with several bills. The most debatable of them were the ones named after their authors (Shandybin’s bill, Chuyev’s bill, Glazyev’s bill, etc.). There were also drafts of the Religious Policy Concept. The study describes unsuccessful attempts (by bills and SRR concept drafts) to turn traditional religiosity into a normative element of Russian social and political frameworks. It was a big challenge for the state and the public.
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Kamil, Sukron. "Syariah Law and The Rights of Non-Muslims: The Importance of Reinterpreting traditional Syariah And Disseminating Progressive Syariah." Buletin Al-Turas 22, no. 1 (January 31, 2016): 183–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/bat.v22i1.2933.
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Abstract During the era of Reformasi the face of Indonesian politics was marked by, among other things, the kindling in a number of regions of the formalizing of Islamic law through regional bylaws, and in other areas through public policy. Efforts to achieve this started at the third level, that is at the level of regulating aspects of religious services and worship, going beyond Islamic family and economic law, and this was also the case with formalizing shariah law at national level.Despite the positive impacts of thissuch as improved security, seen from the perspective of the rights of non-Muslims the implementation of regional Islamic regulations or public policy is a threat, in part because of its positioning as something that may trigger the violation of non-Muslim rights. Examples of this are freedom of worship, freedom to establish schools, the right to take positions of leadership and inter-faith marriage. Moreover, parts of this implementation directly infringe the rights of non-Muslims, such as the obligation to wear a veil. From the Islamic legal perspective, shariah bylaws or regulation have also crossed the boundaries of traditional shariah law, particularly in the requirement to wear a veil and in freedom of worship. Shariah bylaws are a close reflection of traditional Islamic law. Because of this, the shariah law already embodied in regional legislation must be reinterpreted to make it something of benefit to people, providing a sound footing for accomodating such contemporary demands as basic human rights. In any case, the shariah that becomes formalised in bylaws should be progressive and modern, and this is the shariah law that needs to be publicised and supported. Key Words: shariah bylaws,dzimmî, mainstream, hudîûd, khalwat, jizyah, ahl al-kitâb, takwil,and istishlâh. ------- Abstak Selama era reformasi, wajah perpolitikan Indonesia ditandai dengan adanya, antara lain, menjamurnya jumlah daerah-daerah yang memberlakukan hukum Islam melalui peraturan daerah, melalui kebijakan publik.Usaha untuk memeroleh hal ini dilakukan dengan tiga tingkatan, yaitu pada tingkat pemberlakuan aspek-aspek keagamaan, pelayanan dan peribadatan, kemudian berlanjut pada masalah hukum ekonomi dan keluarga islami, dan hal ini juga menjadi masalah pemberlakuan hukum syariah pada tingkat nasional.Meskipun dampak positif semacam ini dapat meningkatkan keamanan, ditinjau dari perspektif hak-hak non-muslim terhadap pemberlakuan peraturan daerah atau kebijakan publik menjadi sebuah ancaman, dikarenakan posisinya sebagai sesuatu yang bisa memicu pelanggaran hak-hak non-muslim. Contohnya adalah kebebasan beribadah, kebebasan medirikan sekolah, hak untuk mengambil alih kepemimpinan dan perkawinan beda keyakinan. Di samping itu, sebagian dari implementasi ini dapat berpengaruh pada pelanggaran hak-hak non-muslim, misalnya kewajiban untuk memakai jilbab. Dari perspektif hukum Islam, hukum/peraturan syariah telah melanggar batas hukum syariah tradisional, khususnya dalam mewajibkan penggunaan jilbab dan kebebasan beribadah.Perda syariah merupakan refleksi hukum islam klasik. Hal ini dikarenakan hukum islam mencakup peraturan daerah yang harus ditafsirkan untuk memberikan manfaat bagi masyarakat, dengan menampung aspirasi suara bawah. Keywords: shariah bylaws,dzimmî, mainstream, hudîûd, khalwat, jizyah, ahl al-kitâb, takwil,and istishlâh.
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Derets, V. A. "Legal consolidation of coordination relations between local state administrations and territorial bodies of central executive authorities (according to the bill on local state administrations)." Yearly journal of scientific articles “Pravova derzhava”, no. 32 (2021): 377–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.33663/0869-2491-2021-32-377-385.
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Introduction. In the practice of public administration there are changes due to the need to decentralize the executive branch, including changes in the functions and powers of local state administrations (LSA). It is important to ensure that these changes are consistent with the scientific approaches formed by scientists. This applies in particular to the relations that arise between LSA and territorial bodies of central executive authorities (TB CEA). The aim of the article. The purpose of the article is to analyze the compliance with scientific approaches of legislative novelties proposed in connection with the reform of decentralization and change the functions and powers of LSA, which in turn will change the managerial relations between LSA and TB CEA. Results. Theoretical principles of coordination relations are analyzed. A comparison of the legal regulation of managerial relations between LSA and TB CEA in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Local State Administrations" of April 9, 1999 № 586-XIV and the draft Law of Ukraine of October 30, 2020 № 4298. Conclusions. Proposed in the draft Law № 4298 from 30.10.2020 novelties in terms of legal regulation of managerial relations between LSA and TB CEA indicate a change in the essence of the existing coordination relations between them. In our opinion, the managerial relations that will be established between LSA and TB CEA on the basis of this bill will be characterized by both features characteristic of coordination and features characteristic of subordination. It is advisable to take into account the peculiarities of each type of management relations and choose terminology that corresponds to established scientific approaches and reproduces the content of a phenomenon in practice.
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Cruickshank, Dan D. "Debating the Legal Status of the Ornaments Rubric: Ritualism and Royal Commissions in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century England." Studies in Church History 56 (May 15, 2020): 434–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/stc.2019.24.
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This article uses the history of the Ornaments Rubric in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to explore the emergence of claims to self-governance within the Church of England in this period and the attempts by parliament to examine how independent the legal system of the church was from the secular state. First, it gives an overview of the history of the Ornaments Rubric in the various editions of the Book of Common Prayer and the Acts of Uniformity, presenting the legal uncertainty left by centuries of Prayer Book revision. It then explores how the Royal Commission into Ritualism (1867–70) and the Public Worship Regulation Act (1874) attempted to control Ritualist interpretations of the Ornaments Rubric through secular courts. Examining the failure of these attempts, it looks towards the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline (1904–6). Through the evidence given to the commission, it shows how the previous royal commission and the work of parliament and the courts had failed to stop the continuation of Ritualist belief in the church's independence from secular courts. Using the report of the royal commission, it shows how the commissioners attempted to build a via media between strict spiritual independence and complete parliamentary oversight.
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Robie, David. "The sword of Damocles in the South Pacific: Two media regulatory case studies." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 10, no. 1 (October 11, 2019): 103–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v10i1.782.
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Constitutional guarantees of free speech and media freedom are well established 'on paper' in most South Pacific nations. How these gurantees are interpreted is constantly a source of tension between policitans, media practicioners and constitutional advocates. Recent attempts by two countries in the region, Fiji and Tonga, to introduce draconian legislation have partially successful, provoking international condemnation. In Feburary 2003, a series of five bans on the Auckland-published Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper led to conflict between the island kingdom's Supreme Court and the Privy Council. This eventually provoked controversial consitutional changes that were adopted on October 16 in spite of unprecedented protests. These changes, in the form of the Media Operators Act 2003, Newspaper Act 2003, and Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2003, are expected to effectively ban the paper for good and, according to some legal analysts, may end the rule of law. In Fiji a draft Media Council of Fiji Bill was made public in May 2003 and submissions were invited. However, the proposed law stirred a strong reaction from the media and civil society groups as being 'unconstitutional'. This article examines and analyses the debate over self-regulation and public accountability of the media versus state control in the South Pacific.
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Tunç, Aslı. "What’s next for social media companies? The digital regulatory scene in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic." Journal of Digital Media & Policy 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 81–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00049_1.
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In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9 April 2020, a draft bill was presented to fight against the spread of COVID-19 in Turkey. Eight articles were buried deep in the proposed legislation, which mostly included economic measures and aid packages, directly targeting any social media company that had a platform accessed by over one million users daily. Although the articles on social media were dropped from the parliamentary schedule on 14 April 2020 to make way for more urgent bills on the economy and health, the uncertainty regarding social media companies’ situation in the country remained. Then, on 29 July 2020, the new social media law, officially ‘The Law on Making Amendments to the Law on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publication’, numbered 7253 was adopted by the parliament. This article approaches this issue from the perspective of social media companies, specifically Facebook and Twitter, and analyses the post-Coronavirus digital scene and public policy attempts from the corporate point of view.
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Perry, M., H. Lewis, D. Rh Thomas, B. Mason, and G. Richardson. "Need for improved public health protection of young people wanting body piercing: evidence from a look-back exercise at a piercing and tattooing premises with poor hygiene practices, Wales (UK) 2015." Epidemiology and Infection 146, no. 9 (April 30, 2018): 1177–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268818001024.
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AbstractFollowing a cluster of serious pseudomonas skin infections linked to a body piercing and tattooing premises, a look-back exercise was carried out to offer clients a screen for blood-borne viruses. Of those attending for screening 72% (581/809) had a piercing procedure in the premises of interest: 94 (16%) were under 16 years of age at the time of screening. The most common site of piercing was ear (34%), followed by nose (27%), nipple (21%) and navel (21%). A small number (<5) tested positive for hepatitis B and C, with no evidence this was linked to the premises. However, 36% (211/581) of clients reported a skin infection associated with their piercing. Using data from client forms, 36% provided a false age. Those aged under 16 years (OR 4.5, 95% CI 2.7–7.7) and those receiving a piercing at an intimate site (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.3–3.6) were more likely to provide a false age. The findings from this exercise were used to support the drafting of the Public Health (Wales) Bill which proposed better regulation of piercing premises and the need to provide proof of being 18 years of age or over before having a piercing of an intimate site.
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Kyrychenko, Yuriy, and Hanna Davlyetova. "Theoretical-legal aspects of constitutional regulation of the right to freedom of opinion and religion in Ukraine and the countries of continental Europe." Naukovyy Visnyk Dnipropetrovs'kogo Derzhavnogo Universytetu Vnutrishnikh Sprav 2, no. 2 (June 3, 2020): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.31733/2078-3566-2020-2-15-20.
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The article explores the constitutional practice of normative regulation of the right to freedom of thought and religion, enshrined in Art. 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine and in similar norms of the constitutions of the states of continental Europe. The necessity to state the stated norm in the new version is substantiated. It is determined that the right to freedom of worldview and religion, which is enshrined in Art. 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine, relates to civil rights of man and citizen and consists of three basic elements: freedom of thought, freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. This right includes the freedom to profess any religion or not to practice any religion, to freely send religious cults and rituals, as well as to conduct religious activities. It is noted that in the states of continental Europe the constitutional and legal regulation of the right to freedom of opinion and religion is implemented differently. Thus, in the constitutions of Andorra, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Georgia, Estonia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, San Ma-rino, Serbia, Czech Republic and Montenegro, the analyzed law is enshrined along with other human rights. In other constitutions of European states, the law under study is formulated in a separate article. It is stated that the constitutions of European states use unequal verbal designations of this right. In particular, such terminological expressions as "freedom of conscience and religion", "freedom of cults", "freedom of conscience, religion and other beliefs", "freedom of conscience and religion", "freedom of conscience", "freedom of religion and worship", " freedom of religion ”,“ freedom of choice of religion ”,“ freedom of conscience, religion and worship ”,“ freedom of religion and conscience ”,“ freedom of religious beliefs ”, which differ but have much in common. The expediency of deleting the term “freedom of world outlook” from Part 1 of Art. 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine and the consolidation of the term "freedom of conscience", which in its content, first, covers a broad sphere of spiritual, world-view of human being, and second, acts as the freedom of choice and assertion of the individual in the system of religious coordinates. It is proposed taking into account the European experience of constitutional and legal regulation of the right to freedom of opinion and religion of the provision of Art. 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine shall be read as follows: “Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and religion. This right includes the freedom to profess any religion or not to practice any religion, to freely send religious or ritual rites alone or collec-tively, to conduct religious activities. The exercise of this right may be restricted by law only in the interests of public order, the health and morals of the population, or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Churches and religious organizations in Ukraine are separated from the state and the state education system from the church. No religion can be recognized as binding by the state. Churches and religious organizations are equal before the law. It is forbidden to compel a person to choose and profess any religion or belief, to participate in re-ligious and ritual ceremonies or activities of a religious organization and to receive religious education.”
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R. Stanifer, Stacy, and Ellen J. Hahn. "Analysis of Radon Awareness and Disclosure Policy in Kentucky: Applying Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework." Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice 21, no. 3 (May 11, 2020): 132–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527154420923728.
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The purpose of this article is to analyze radon awareness and disclosure policy proposed during the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly using Kingdon’s Multiple Stream Framework. Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Exposure to radon occurs largely in the home. The proportion of homeowners who have completed radon testing remains low, and home radon testing is voluntary in most states. The Environmental Law Institute recommends states enact policies to promote radon awareness and testing. The most common radon awareness policy mandates radon disclosure during a real estate transaction. A bill to mandate radon disclosure during a real estate transaction was proposed during the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly but was met with opposition and was not filed. As a policy alternative, an administrative regulation to amend the Form for Seller’s Disclosure of Conditions was proposed to the Kentucky Real Estate Commission. Administrative regulations set forth by government regulatory agencies are equally enforceable and may be a more politically feasible alternative to enacting public policy. Nurses are positioned to promote the health of patients and populations. Nurses advocating for radon control legislation and/or administrative regulations may push radon control policy higher on the governmental decision agenda leading to policy change to decrease the development of lung cancer.
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Fonseca, Felipe, and Daniela de Carvalho Matielo. "Notes from the Field: E-waste in Brasil - Lixo Eletrônico and MetaReciclagem." International Review of Information Ethics 11 (October 1, 2009): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/irie180.
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As probably every other country in the world, in recent years Brazil has seen an immense increase in the production and consumption of electro-electronics equipment, which generates, as expected, an equally large amount of e-waste. However, there is a general lack of information about health and environmental issues among actors involved with the e-waste cycle, and very limited public discussion about the topic. Also, proper legislation to regulate the destination of all this material does not yet exist. The National Policy on Solid Residuals, which has been discussed in the Brazilian Congress since 1991, had shown signs of including ewaste management. But the responsible working group in the Chamber of Deputies has recently decided to make an amendment to its 33rd article, dealing with the regulation of reverse logistics (take-back) and mandatory recycling of special waste, and no longer considering electronic equipment as such. In response to that, the collective Lixo Eletrônico decided to publish a manifesto and open an online petition drawing attention to the change in the bill. The article offers an overview of the situation and the issues involved and explains the action that is being carried out by the Lixo Eletrônico Collective, presenting the first outcomes and next steps.