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“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

Class action law suit filed by international workers against Wal-Mart, Dismissed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Workers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland, and Nicaragua filed a suit against Wal-Mart for its failure to monitor factories. The court concluded that Wal-Mart had no legal duty under its ‘Standards for Suppliers’ or common law negligence ...
US District Court, Central District of California
core   +1 more source

Creating a multilingual assessment ecology in the classroom

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Addressing the educational needs of bi/multilingual students in K‐12 classrooms, this study explores teachers' engagement with multilingualism in assessment practice. Drawing on fieldwork conducted with language and mathematics teachers in Ontario, Canada, the study generates empirical insight into teachers' development and use of multilingual
Saskia Van Viegen, Nancy Bell, Noah Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Disgorgement and 'licence fee damages' in contract [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article offers a theoretical basis for the limited availability of claims in respect of the benefit of a breach of contract in the light of recent cases.
Jaffey, P
core  

A cross‐sectional study exploring associations between psychological safety, employee turnover intention and feedback skills in veterinary organisations

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background High employee turnover continues to challenge veterinary organisations globally, with leadership behaviours and interpersonal dynamics playing an important role in influencing staff retention. Emotional intelligence (EI), particularly as expressed through the quality of feedback exchanged between leaders and team members, may be an ...
Olivia Oginska   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should insurance risk avoidance be reformed and would reform be of a right of equitable rescission or a right sui generis? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article explores the distinction between the alternative explanations for the remedy of insurance risk avoidance in the event of breach of the duty of utmost good faith.
Harris, BE
core  

Întoarcerea executării silite: aspecte teoretice și practice [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Institutului Naţional de Justiţie, 2015
Within this scientific paper, the research object refers to the problem regarding the returning of the forced execution as it is expressed in the legis- lation of the Republic of Moldova.
Reniţă Gheorghe
doaj  

Comments on the European Commission’s Draft Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Hamburg Group for Private International Law) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
ROYAL INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY Abstract Laser Physics Group Department of Applied Physics SA104X Degree Project in Engineering Physics, First Cycle Fiber Bragg Gratings in Temperature and Strain Sensors by Ilian Haggmark Supervisor: Michael Fokine A ...
Michaels, Ralf
core   +2 more sources

Addressing Inequality and Creating Educational Opportunity in Feltham: A Systems Approach to Local Change

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how persistent inequality in London can be addressed through a place‐based systems approach, using Feltham in the Borough of Hounslow—one of the capital's most deprived areas—as a case study. It offers a blueprint for community regeneration using a ‘pathways to progression’ education model.
Peter John
wiley   +1 more source

Mothers against the natural order: Gender representations and desertion of identities in the drama of disinheriting a son in eighteenth‐century Barcelona  

open access: yesGender &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
wiley   +1 more source

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