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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"legal research"”.
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Decolonising legal research: Developing legal theory to articulate Māori and non-Māori legal research paradigms equitably
Māori and non-Māori legal research paradigms in Aotearoa New Zealand are separated by a considerable theoretical knowledge gap. Māori knowledge systems are generally not well known in a non-Māori context. In order to bridge this theoretical knowledge gap jurisprudential studies need to address this …
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From Research to Search: Technologies and Techniques of Legal Research, 1880-1980
… to harness computer technology to automate legal research. After three years of investigation, it established the Ohio Bar Automated Research (OBAR) organization and contracted a local computer company, Data Corporation, to develop an electronic legal research service. Despite initial …
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Reading Law's Great Unread: Qualitative Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence and the New Empirical Legal Research
How will new computational technologies change legal research and our visions of what law is? Inspired by the work of digital humanists, Bourdieu, and sociologists of literature, this dissertation explores how the methods of “distant reading” can be used to develop new classes of critical insights …
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Research support from academic law libraries in the Western Cape in the scholarly legal research lifecycle
… used an interpretive paradigm and a qualitative research approach to investigate the legal research lifecycle process used by legal academics at three institutions within the Western Cape, South Africa in order to ascertain academic law library research support services that would be able to …
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Discriminatory Behaviours Towards Employees with Disabilities: An Inductive Empirical Legal Research Approach to Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Cases
Researchers have devised various methods to gauge employers’ perceptions of employees with disabilities. Most of these methods involve employer self-reports, with only a few studies examining the behaviour of employers. This study applied a unique, untapped data set—decisions from the Human Rights …
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Pasal 9 undang undang no 23 tahun 2004 sebagai alasan perceraian di Pengadilan Agama: Studi analisis putusan perkara No 0232/Pdt.G/2013/PA.Mlg di Pengadilan Agama Kota Malang
… ini termasuk penelitian kepustakaan (library research) atau studi dokumen, karena obyek yang diteliti berupa dokumen resmi yang bersifat publik, yaitu data resmi dari pihak Pengadilan Agama. Penelitian hukum yang dilakukan dengan cara meneliti bahan pustaka atau data sekunder belaka, dapat …
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The Parallel Jury: Describing Its Processes and Procedures and Evaluating Its Effectiveness in Predicting Jury Verdicts
… 2018; Wiener & Bornstein, 2011). However, in legal practice there has been significant unease about the ability of jury research to generalize findings to actual trial settings (Ross, 2023, 2024). What is needed is a description of a single legal research method that when practiced in …
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The Common Law Duty of Confidence and the Use of Information in Healthcare in Wales
… using information to ensure compliance with legal and ethical frameworks when everyday tasks are being performed. However, they lack a comprehensive legal perspective, potentially inhibiting lawful information sharing. The Law Commission highlighted that this issue extends beyond the NHS to …
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Aspects of information literacy with regards to the use of legal resources : case study of third year undergraduate law students of the University of Cape Town, South Africa and University of Jos, Nigeria
… of information literacy in the context of legal education specifically as it affects issues on the conduct of the legal research skills of undergraduate students as well as the need for its integration into the curriculum of legal education. A review of the literature shows that little …
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Strategic legal imperatives for directors to consider the context of legalised substance industries: identifying potential future challenges for Psilocybin businesses in South Africa though a comparative study of Cannabis Regulation in the USA, Canada and the Netherlands
… mushrooms and is currently classified as an illegal drug. There is, however, growing advocacy for the decriminalisation and/or legalisation of psilocybin due to its well-documented medical benefits. Therefore, it is pertinent to discuss specific duties directors will have to pay attention to in …
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Title VII: sex discrimination in higher education
… the courts. The main focus of this study was a legal one, which necessitated a heavy concentration upon the historical and current state of employment discrimination law, specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The study was conducted by using a combination of legislative …
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A technique for direct measurement of skin friction in supersonic combustion flow
… the courts. The main focus of this study was a legal one, which necessitated a heavy concentration upon the historical and current state of employment discrimination law, specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The study was conducted by using a combination of legislative …
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The applicability of mineral and mining rights concepts in facilitating value capture in South Africa
… from being maximised. The study uses doctrinal legal research to investigate how the principles found in South African mineral rights legislation overcome ownership constraints to developing mineral rich land to its highest and best use. The study also investigates how these mineral rights …
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Pasal 44 ayat (1) UU no 1 tahun 1974 tentang perkawinan dalam perspektif UU no 23 tahun 2002 tentang perlindungan anak dan hukum Islam
… education and maintenance. The purpose of this research is to understand and analyze the article 44 paragraph 1 in the perspective of Law no 23 of 2002 on the protection of children and Islamic law. This research is kind of analysis of literature descriptive, which reveals the contents of the …
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Alternatives to the proposed taxation of retirement fund interests on emigration from South Africa
… update since that time. This study addressed two research objectives. Firstly, it investigated the policy objectives and shortcomings of the initial proposal which ultimately led to its withdrawal. Secondly, it addressed how the approach might be re-designed by considering alternatives that would …
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The rationale for state custodianship of mineral resources under the MPRDA: a conceptual analysis of equitable access to the mining industry and black economic empowerment
… socio-economic transformation agenda. The research provides a theoretical analysis of how the custodianship model functions within the context of South Africa's Constitution, particularly section 25, which mandates the state to use its resources for public interest and social justice. The …
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Effects of uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures in college placement offices
… are associated with these guidelines. First, legal research methodology was implemented to trace the historical and topical development of relevant legislative and case law. The findings of the legal research indicated that the federal government and the courts had mandated, rather …
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A ROMAN LAW PERSPECTIVE ON SUPERVENING EVENTS IN CHINESE CONTRACT LAW
… is situated within the "Schipani School", a legal research school of thought that emerged in the late 1980s following China’s legal and economic opening. It examines the evolution of force majeure and the doctrine of change of circumstances in Chinese civil law, tracing their conceptual roots …
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From top to bottom: rhetoric in the hierarchy of focused deterrence stakeholders
Criminological and socio-legal research has frequently focused on the gap between policy and practice that is evident in the "ceremonial rhetoric" guiding criminal justice policies. This thesis examines whether there is a gap between policy and practice in a unique, multi-agency focused deterrence …
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