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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"legal advice"”.
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Exploring the Role of Federal Managers When Obtaining Legal Advice from Offices of the General Counsel
… public programs and policies in a complex legal environment. To assist managers, each agency has an organization that is responsible for providing them legal advice, typically called an "Office of the General Counsel" (OGC). Existing literature from public administration and administrative …
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A theory-driven evaluation of a legal advice and training programme at a women and children's centre in Cape Town
… the programme theory and implementation of the Legal Advice and Training (LAT) Programme, a publicly funded programme established in 2004 at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children in Cape Town. This programme is a behavioural change programme aiming to increase the accessibility of …
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Advising States: The Government Lawyer in International Law
… a close analysis of the role of the government legal adviser. It responds to the prevalent representations of the advisory function offered by Anglo-American practitioners, with modes of knowledge production that frequently privilege existing professional routines. The thesis develops a …
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The biggest treasure of all? ~ the "fifth element" of biodiversity
… refer to as a 'blue print' for the giving of legal advice to those indigenous peoples or at least a reference point for how to protect and advance their client's rights.
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Legal issues of public school administrators in Massachusetts
… on the law are designed for attorneys and other legal experts. The objective of this project is to create a single text for Massachusetts public school administrators that addresses the major legal issues, las and court rulings that apply to their daily decisions and actions. This publication is …
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Role of Social Media and Computing in Organizations aiding Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants in the United States
… with essential items and services, housing, and legal advice. Drawing on ethnographic findings, this work presents a situated perspective of how citizen responders utilize technological systems to provide relief to those affected by the immigration crisis. Often, these citizens with common goals …
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Dealing with violence against women in South Africa: A case study of the changing responses at the Saartjie Baartman centre for women and children in Cape Town (1999-2018)
… shelter, counselling, job skills empowerment, legal advice and training, an empowerment programme, community outreach project, substance abuse programme and a child protection programme. In 2012, the Centre was almost closed down because of serious financial issues. This study periodizes the …
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IMPLICATIONS OF TAX LEGISLATION ON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN SINGAPORE
… tax minimisation techniques within the current legal framework are suggested to reduce the tax burden on real property investments. However, given the complex tax structure in Singapore, independent legal advice would still have to be sought prior to the implementation of the proposed schemes …
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Rebalancing acts?: an evaluation of the changes to the right of silence and pre-trial disclosure
… suspects a fair trial, in particular legal advice at the police station, in such a way as to be almost immune from formal challenge. Rather than `re-balancing', the process may be more appropriately characterised as a series of crude "trade-offs" which have compromised the fundamental …
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Insurance law and the Financial Ombudsman Service [in 3 volumes]
… both insurers and insureds be able to obtain legal advice on their relative positions, without that advice having to mention unpredictable outcomes if the ombudsman chooses not to follow the strict legal position? If the law does not offer the consumer insured enough protection, should the FOS …
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Multi-Mode Robust Appointment Scheduling for Uncertain Service Time and Random No-Show Using Min-Max Optimization
… that provide services, healthcare, finance, and legal advice. Uncertainty of processing time and job no-shows make the problem more challenging. The majority of the literature now in existence makes unrealistic assumptions about most real-world scenarios, such as constant service time, and they …
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Legal Tech als Motor für die deutsche Wirtschaft – Eine qualitative Untersuchung über den Einflussfaktor der digitalisierten Rechtsdienstleistung auf unternehmerisches Handeln unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Wirtschaftlichkeit bei deutschen Unternehmen
… Opening markets also increases the need for legal regulation in the context of entrepreneurial trade. As a result, companies must comply with more and more legal framework conditions to carry out their activities. The regulations to be complied with must be implemented and adhered to in …
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Measuring Access to Civil Justice: An Empirical Study of Ontario's Reform Initiatives
… one of the most pressing concerns within the legal community in Canada. Yet, despite over a half century of reform efforts, many people still struggle to resolve their legal difficulties in a timely and cost effective manner. Part of the reason that reform efforts have yet to solve this crisis …
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A comparative study between Employee Assistance Programmes and Occupational Social Work : a quantitative view
… supportive counselling interventions, financial advice, legal advice, managerial referrals, health assessments and training interventions, to name only a few. The goal of this study was to compare Occupational Social Work and Employee Assistance Programmes and subsequently highlight key …
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Outcome 21: an examination of practice and policy as a response to adolescent nude image sharing
… age, through a critical examination of current legal frameworks, safeguarding responses, and the lived experiences of adolescents. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study incorporates perspectives from frontline practitioners, thematic analysis of anonymous legal advice requests, and a …
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Factors which impact on the choice of alternative dispute resolution in the construction industry
… follow-up interviews. A further study of legal advisors to the construction industry was undertaken to investigate their attitudes towards ADR and to assess the influence of legal advisors in the choice and use of ADR by contractors. The research provides evidence that contractors are …
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Defamation, privacy & the ‘chill:’ A socio-‐legal study of the relationship between media law and journalistic practice in England and Wales, 2008-‐13
… media law in practice through interviews with legal specialists in defamation and privacy, close monitoring of online content, examination of court and policy documents, and surveys among journalists and online writers, and considers how decisions to publish or abandon stories are made in the …
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The changing nature of employment relationships and its challenge for health and safety law
… and safety law. Key case-law is examined and the legal changes in the area of health and safety carefully analysed.<br/><br/>Research has been carried out by others concerning the reasons for and extent of the changing nature of work as an indicator of the changes that took place in the labour …
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Legal foundations for West Virginia school board business management policies
… synthesize, for the use of others, the pertinent legal requirements for the business management operations of West Virginia county boards of education. The study was undertaken by the researcher to help fill a void in the policy formulation process for West Virginia boards of education. Since many …
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A study of gender violence and its effects on married women : a case study of women at three centres in Lusaka district - YWCA, WLSA and National Legal Aid Clinic for Women
… from three centres; YWCA, WLSA and National Legal Aid Clinic for Women. A sample of 40, consisting of 32 women and 8 key informants was used for this study. The study identified common forms of violence as wife battery, abandonment, infidelity and tolerance of gender violence by the law. …
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