Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century
History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 66-89, January 2026.Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
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The Journey to Comprehensibility: Court Forms as the First Barrier to Accessing Justice. [PDF]
Int J Semiot Law, 2022 Grieshofer Née Tkacukova T +2 more
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Tearing Down the Wall: How Transfer-on-Death Real-Estate Deeds Challenge the Inter Vivos/Testamentary Divide [PDF]
, 2019 This Article will examine one of the most recent will substitutes, the transfer-on-death (“TOD”) real-estate deed. Nearly half of the states have recognized, through common-law forms or legislation, a mechanism to allow for the transfer of real property
Emrick, Stephanie L., Wright, Danaya C.
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 1, Page 413-426, January 2026.Abstract Accurate and reliable decision‐making in the criminal justice system depends on accurate expert reporting and on the correct interpretation of evidence by the judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers. The present study aims to gain insight into the judiciary's capability to assess the accuracy and reliability of forensic expert reports by ...
Rosanne H. D. de Roo +2 more
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Implementing a Financial Decision-Making Scale in APS Financial Exploitation Investigations: Use of the PARIHS Conceptual Framework. [PDF]
Gerontologist, 2023 Lichtenberg PA +5 more
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This article expands social psychiatrist Mindy Fullilove's characterisation of US postwar urban community root shock in time and space. We explore the impacts of land dispossession and population displacement on Black farming communities and their health from colonial origins on.
Robert G. Wallace +5 more
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Unauthorized Practice of Law: Bank Prohibited From Providing Estate Analysis Service [PDF]
, 1966 The Ohio Supreme Court enjoined a national bank from providing estate analysis reports to prospective customers on the ground that this program involved the giving of legal advice by a lay institution.
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 194-213, January 2026.Abstract In December 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement to revise the Solvency II Directive, aiming to unlock €100 billion in private investment through a series of deregulatory measures. This marks a significant departure from the stringent insurance supervision framework that has shaped European policy since the ...
Cyril Benoît
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The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons: Do Quasi-Community Property and Mandatory Survivorship Laws Need Protection? [PDF]
, 1993 Succession laws for those who have important connections with more than one country are clarified by the Hague Convention of Oct 20, 1988 on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons.
Bruch, Carol S.
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‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ Electus per Deus and Quasi‐Occult Crime in South Africa
Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT This study interrogates the phenomenon of ‘occult crime’ in South Africa, focusing on the perspectives of crime such as Electus per Deus, the murder of Kirsty Theologo, Hansie Cronjé, and the context behind the assumed connection between criminal culpability, mens daemonica, and the occult.
Tristán Kapp
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