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Showing 1 to 20 of 141 for “"adjudication"”.
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Family risk factors related to adolescent adjudication
… been identified as risk-factors for adolescent adjudication. Ninety-five participants between the ages of 13 and 19 were recruited from the Youth Empowerment System (YES) Shelter & Residential Treatment Facility, Camden Day & Residential Treatment Center, and Camden Catholic High School in …
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Adjudication of child relocation disputes in South Africa
This thesis discusses the adjudication of child relocation disputes (CRDs) in South Africa. The central thesis is that judges require adequate legislative guidance when exercising their discretion in CRDs. At present, judges adopt widely different reasonings when adjudicating CRDs and this has led …
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An Application and Defense of Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Adjudication
Laws are intended to put individuals on notice as to how they should act in society and what behavior they may expect from others. But what happens when the text of a law is vague and open to multiple interpretations? How can individuals be expected to conform to laws when the laws are unclear as …
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An Application and Defense of Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Adjudication
Laws are intended to put individuals on notice as to how they should act in society and what behavior they may expect from others. But what happens when the text of a law is vague and open to multiple interpretations? How can individuals be expected to conform to laws when the laws are unclear as …
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Expert system adjudication of hospital data in HIV disease management
HIV Disease Management Programs (DMP's) are comprehensive programs that are designed to manage the HIV infected patient's treatment in an integrated manner.
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Remedial adjudication in environmental institution cases : lessons from Boston Harbor
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Use of Preponderance of Evidence in Campus Adjudication of Sexual Misconduct
… use of preponderance of evidence in the campus adjudication process, there are few practitioner voices commenting on the preponderance of evidence. Using a phenomenological approach, student affairs practitioner perceptions of the use of preponderance of evidence in sexual misconduct will become …
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Analysis of the Law on Adjudication of Construction Disputes in Alberta
… Kingdom and Ontario, has adopted statutory adjudication as a means of construction dispute resolution. Adjudication is intended to be an interim and expedited dispute resolution mechanism that reserves the right of the parties to still submit the dispute to litigation or arbitration, usually …
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Statutory Construction Adjudication: Analysis of the New Zealand and Malaysian Legislations
… to legislate on payment provisions and introduce adjudication as a rapid dispute resolution method. This research was done to analyse the effectiveness of adjudication provisions in legislation governing payment and adjudication focused on the New Zealand and Malaysian Acts. To achieve this aim, …
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Independent and effective adjudication in the lower courts of South Africa
Most dispute resolution in South Africa takes place in the lower courts, mainly the Magistrates' Courts (MCs), and they therefore constitute the foundation upon which the country's administration of justice rests. Indeed, since the establishment of a constitutional democracy in South Africa and the …
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The transformative potential of climate change litigation and adjudication in South Africa
… following central question: Can transformative adjudication, through transformative environmental constitutionalism, enhance a social justice-oriented approach to climate litigation in South Africa? One of the foremost assumptions in this dissertation is that climate change is not only an …
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Confronting Founding Injustices: Reconstructive Constitutional Adjudication and Constitutional Legitimacy in Postcolonial States
… the theory of reconstructive constitutional adjudication (RCA)—which reconceptualizes the judiciary as an agent of moral reconstruction rather than a custodian of inherited legality—I argue that the legitimacy and endurance of postcolonial constitutions are jointly determined by (1) the moral …
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The Hermeneutical Reality of Constitutional Law: Understanding the Legality of Constitutional Adjudication
… political, how can we understand constitutional adjudication? In this thesis, I claim that a legal explanation of the adjudication of a constitutional court is possible only when it can be grounded in an established constitutional tradition. By a constitutional tradition, I mean a collective of …
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Evidence-based claims adjudication: a technology-based learning tool for automobile insurance claims adjusters
… aimed to 1) develop an evidence-based claims adjudication framework for automobile insurance claims adjusters; 2) develop a technology-based learning (TBL) tool to train Aviva Canada claims adjusters about evidence-based claims adjudication and the evidence-based management of neck pain; and …
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Towards the Ideal: Coherence Theories of Judicial Adjudication and the Ideal Law in Hard Cases
… alternative to coherence theories of judicial adjudication in adjudicating hard cases. After framing the discussion within the context of Angelo-American legal theory, hard cases, and stare decisis, coherence theories of judicial adjudication will be presented and shown to suffer from …
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Informal resolution and formal adjudication of consumer complaints by a licensing authority : a case study
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1980.
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The Adjudication Of Presidential Power In The U.S. Supreme Court:a Predictive Model Of Individual Justice Voting
The interaction between the President and Congress is many times quite public and well documented (Cronin 1980; Covington et al. 1995; Fisher 1994; Schlesinger 2004). Similarly, relations between the Congress and the Supreme Court are well documented; Congress makes law and, if requested, the Court …
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Role of Police, Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys in Traffic Accident Investigation and Adjudication in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
… accident investigation and criminal court adjudication in Chattanooga, Tennessee. These data were compiled to develop a profile of the actors and their involvement in the process of a criminal charge stemming from a traffic accident. The literature suggests that the actors work as a team to …
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