Quarantine and isolation: lessons learned from SARS : a report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Quarantine and isolation -- Governmental roles in SARS -- Law of quarantine and isolation -- International case studies -- Related legal issues -- Applications of lessons learned."Funded through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement U90/CU422056 with the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences."--P. 5.Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-160).U90/CU42205

IT Policy and Law (KSU)

This Grants Collection for IT Policy and Law was created under a Round Eleven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process. Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials: Linked Syllabus Initial Proposal Final Reporthttps://oer.galileo.usg.edu/compsci-collections/1030/thumbnail.jp

Aligning policy and law? The creation of a domestic abuse offence incorporating coercive control

Since 2000, the Scottish Government has adopted a gendered definition of domestic abuse which explicitly positions it as both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality. Following the launch of a new strategy to prevent and eradicate violence against women and girls, the Scottish Government announced proposals to create, for the first time, a bespoke offence of domestic abuse, designed to encompass the spectrum of abusive acts that constitute domestic abuse, including emotional and psychological abuse. The new offence is intended to better reflect the experience of victims subject to coercive control, improve the criminal justice response and facilitate access to justice. It represents one of the most radical attempts yet to align the criminal justice response with contemporary policy and feminist conceptual understanding of domestic abuse as a form of coercive control. Drawing on feminist scholarship which has interrogated the value of law reform, we critically assess the scope of the legislation, the likely challenges associated with its use in the Scottish context, and the potential for unintended consequences

Consumer Protection: Policy and Law in India

Consumer Protection Policy creates an environment where consumers receive satisfaction from the goods or services availed by them. One of the disquieting features of consumerism is that an average consumer continues to suffer due to poverty, illiteracy, ignorance or general apathy. Adulterated food, spurious medicines and substandard domestic appliances etc., are pushed over the counter with ease. Glossy and unethical advertisements are published in the print and electronic media with intent to allure and dupe gullible consumers. So, it becomes imperative for the State to initiate steps for safeguarding the interest of consumers by enacting suitable legislations. The present study is a modest attempt at ascertaining the need for consumer protection, identification of factors responsible for exploitation of consumers, and the role law can play in protecting consumer rights visa-a-vis the vendors and in striking a balance between the interests of the two

DIPL 6031 International Environmental Policy and Law

This course will address the nature, content and structure of international environmental policy, law and institutions. The course will first familiarize students with the basic sources and principles of international environmental law in treaties, customary law, general principles, soft law and policy documents on international human rights and sustainable development. New topics on the current agenda of the UN such as oceans and biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction will be discussed in depth. Students will see the difficulties in the multicultural environment of the United Nations of negotiation of policies and new international law, the binding or voluntary effect of policies and laws, and the challenge of their implementation, monitoring and compliance. International environmental dispute resolution through arbitration and litigation in international tribunals like the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Law of the Sea Tribunal (ITLOS) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) will be examined, with monitoring and reporting through UN organizations, specialized agencies,treaty bodies and other institutions. In each of the class sessions, concepts and principles will be analyzed and compared in various treaties, legal cases, and UN documents. Specific topics such as the law of the sea, stratospheric ozone depletion, biodiversity and biosafety, climate change, and transboundary shared rivers and groundwater will be examined in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs); customary law and policy; declarations and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly; draft laws from the International Law Commission, ECOSOC and its working groups and expert committees; and outcome documents from UN conferences on sustainable development, including UNCED and Rio +20. The role of state and non-state actors will be examined in addressing the challenges of balancing the three pillars of sustainable development -- economic, social and environmental- and defining international environmental law, policy and institutions