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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"litigious"”.
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NON-FEDERAL/FEDERAL COLLABORATORS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES DRIVEN RIVER RESTORATION: HOW RISK AND INCENTIVE MOBILIZE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRAND ENDANGERED SPECIES COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM
… scenarios may feel greater advantage pursuing litigious alternatives that threaten the longevity of the program. Such threats reinforce the 'rule of law' status quo which enables guaranteed protections to environmental goods or water rights, but falls short of realistic solutions to the …
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Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil : the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law
… will assess whether a practicable basis for a litigious action on these grounds might be constructed and applied. This is achieved through the use of the case study of the extraction of the 'tar sands' of Alberta, Canada. The tar or oil sands are a source of so-called unconventional oil, which …
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Eugenic Utopia or Postmodern Peril? A Discussion of the Ethics of Reproductive Technology
… headed toward a more divisive, sexist, and litigious society in which children produced via surrogacy, as well as the surrogates themselves, become more and more objectified, if not rejected altogether.</p>
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Cooperative Construction in Schools in California
… since 1964, while becoming increasingly more litigious. Schools in California can ill afford the time to allow the construction industry time to fully evolve. It may take years or decades to fully improve the efficiency of, and reduce the conflict within the construction industry.</p> <p>At …
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Saintly Investments: Pilgrimage Development And Contemporary Hinduism In India
… and Muslim genealogical ties), presided over by litigious Muslim, Brahman, and government priests; and at Gorakhtila, a politically influential temple of Gogaji's divine guru, the ascetic Gorakhnath, in the charge of monks from the Nath Sampraday. With the Gogameri pilgrimage's increased …
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An examination of court cases involving immunity in the K-12 setting
… is growing increasingly difficult in our litigious society. Administrators, superintendents, and school boards must become more cognizant of how current legal interpretations impact the liabilities they encounter. It is vital that school leaders protect their schools and personnel through …
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The litigation between Greenhalgh and the Mallard family, [1941-1950]: and its influence on company law in England, Australia and South Africa
… "It thus represents something of an epic of litigious heroism· while Professor Sealy2 in a note in the Cambridge Law Journal dealing with the Clemens case3 in referring to a seemingly wide choice of remedies .... available to a minority through the courts ... remarks that many of them have a …
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Virtual suturing for training in vascular surgery
… patients are growing ever more critical and litigious. VR simulators may be able to provide a solution, but whilst hardware costs have fallen in recent years, they are still expensive when compared to conventional methods and few have been adopted. The challenge for researchers has been to …
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The determinants and consequences of auditor choice in Indonesia
… lower interest rates even in a less-litigious environment like Indonesia. This finding is consistent with the idea that creditors perceive the choice of a reputable high quality auditor as a signal of credible financial information. The second study investigates whether the potential …
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Improving the tax dispute resolution process in Nigeria with special attention to the tax appeal tribunal: insights from South Africa with an emphasis on tax courts
… (e) Lagos was the most tax-compliant and litigious state in Nigeria; (f) conflicting decisions by courts of commensurate rank did not change the pre-existing practices of the tax authority as the authority will continue with the practice until it is vacated by a higher court; and (g) …
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Building or stumbling, blocks anyhow: a comparative approach of regional labour mobility frameworks towards global solutions
… settlement and legal systems for regional litigious matters. On the other hand, this exercise also points to various problems such as the poor implementation of the labour mobility provisions, to overly strict restrictions based on skill and to difficulty securing documents to benefit from …
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The Value of ‘Technology-Enhanced Learning’ (TEL) in Evidencing Compliance with the ‘Student Contract to Educate’ (SCTE) in a New Era of Accountability in Higher Education
… students choose to learn. In an increasingly litigious sector this thesis also aims to demonstrate the extent to which the TEL Tools and the digital evidence they generate can be used to help avoid, manage and swiftly resolve potentially costly and time-consuming complaints and disputes with …