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Environmental protection of springs and groundwater outcrops in Brazil: history and current technical gaps

open access: yesRevista Águas Subterrâneas, 2019
Even though springs and groundwater outcrops are considered to be permanent preservation area (PPA) since 1965, the legislator, through Law 12651 of 2012, removed the environmental protection of intermittent outcrops. That permanent protection status was
Kleber Isaac Silva de Souza   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Mobility of Students and the Financial Sustainability of Higher Education Systems in the EU: A Union of Harmony or Irreconcilable Differences?

open access: yesCroatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 2013
The purpose of this contribution is to explore the apparent conflict between the promotion of student mobility on the one hand and the interests of the Member States in ensuring the (financial) sustainability of their higher education system on the other.
Alexander Hoogenboom
doaj   +1 more source

NGOs environmental legal mobilization and their access to the Spanish Supreme Court

open access: yesOñati Socio-Legal Series, 2019
Environmental NGOs in Spain are well known policy actors. Since the nineties some of them have been invited to participate in governmental committees and/or to provide expertise to Parliamentary committees. They have also an important role in mobilizing public opinion to defend and protect the environment.
Luz Muñoz, David Moya
openaire   +2 more sources

The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital evidence and its use for criminal proceedings

open access: yesАналітично-порівняльне правознавство
This paper examines the role and admissibility of digital evidence, particularly data derived from instant messaging applications like WhatsApp and Telegram, in criminal proceedings within the legal context of the Slovak Republic.
Jakub Matis
doaj   +1 more source

EMOJI IN FOREIGN JUDICIAL PRACTICE [PDF]

open access: yesLegal Bulletin
The article examines cases of using emoticons (emoji) in foreign judicial practice. The relevance of the work is primarily due to the emergence of emoticons (emoji) in law enforcement and judicial activities.
MITRICHEV I.A.
doaj   +1 more source

Formobile - from mobile phones to court - Expert Questionnaire

open access: yes, 2020
Criminal procedure when searching/reading mobile devices, seizing mobile devices and for acquisition of data on mobile devices. 2: Criminal procedure rules on analysis of data from mobile devices. Admissibility of evidence before court. Interpretation and presentation of evidence from mobile forensics before the Court.
openaire   +1 more source

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