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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
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A Jury of Her Peers: The Impact of the First Female Jurors on Criminal Convictions
The Economic Journal, EarlyView., 2018 This article uses an original data set of more than 3,000 cases from 1918 to 1926 in the Central Criminal Courts of London to study the effect of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919. Implemented in 1921, this Act made women eligible to serve on English juries.
Shamena Anwar +2 more
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Current Issues in Probate Estate Income Tax Allocation [PDF]
, 1958 I. Introduction II. Allocation of Income Tax Burden under Present Law … A. Identity of Competing Interest Groups or Individuals … B. Probate Administration Tax Duties or Choices Affecting Competing Interests III. A Proposal for Revision … A.
Gradwohl, John M.
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF A DECEDENT\u27S ESTATE AS A PROCEEDING IN REM [PDF]
, 1945 For over a century American courts and text writers have referred to the administration of a decedent\u27s estate as a proceeding in rem. Indeed, it has recently been asserted that a probate proceeding is universally recognized as a proceeding in rem.
Simes, Lewis M.
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Pile of Law: Learning Responsible Data Filtering from the Law and a 256GB Open-Source Legal Dataset [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 One concern with the rise of large language models lies with their potential for significant harm, particularly from pretraining on biased, obscene, copyrighted, and private information. Emerging ethical approaches have attempted to filter pretraining material, but such approaches have been ad hoc and failed to take context into account.
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The Role of Mandated Mental Health Treatment in the Criminal Justice System [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Mental health disorders are particularly prevalent among those in the criminal justice system and may be a contributing factor in recidivism. Using North Carolina court cases from 1994 to 2009, this paper evaluates how mandated mental health treatment as a term of probation impacts the likelihood that individuals return to the criminal justice system ...
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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Journal of Nursing Management, Volume 30, Issue 7, Page 2957-2967, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim This study aims to explore the disciplinary processes for nurses, from organizational supervision to final decisions by the Finnish regulatory authority. Background Regulatory authorities are responsible for protecting the public, by ensuring that they receive safe, competent and ethical nursing care, but little is known about the ...
Oili Papinaho +3 more
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Probate of a will : is it still necessary? [PDF]
, 2022 : Probate is a legal process whereby the Court authenticates the Will as being the last true, genuine Will of the testator and confirms the authority of the executor. This process takes a toll on the judiciary system's time and resources.
Bédard, Laurence
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The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.Pessimistic empirical evidence about the reformatory and deterrent effects of punitive treatment poses a challenge for all justificatory theories of punishment. Yet, the dominant progressive view remains that punishment is required for the most serious crimes.
Lewis Ross
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