The Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. Report of a Conference on What Should be the Relations of Professional Chemists to each other, to their Clients and to the Public in Legal Cases?

1880 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. B013
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
The Public

England, Ireland, and Rome, 1847-1848

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 259-277
Author(s):  
Donal A. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
British Government ◽  
Catholic Priests ◽  
The Public ◽  
Northern District ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Public Papers ◽  
Made In

In the spring of 1848 a number of respected English vicars-general, William Bernard Ullathorne of the Western District, John Briggs of the Northern District, and Thomas Brown of Wales decided that one of them, together with Fr Luigi Gentili, the Rosminian missioner, should proceed immediately to Rome. Their object would be to support, by personal intervention with Pius IX, a memorial drawn up by Briggs, signed by twenty Irish and three or four bishops in Great Britain, which was solemnly presented to the Pope by Thomas Grant, President of the English College in Rome. This memorial ran: we most... solemnly declare to Your Holiness that British Diplomacy has everywhere been exerted to the injury of our Holy Religion. We read in the public Papers that Lord Minto is friendly received... by Your Holiness At this very time, however,... the first Minister of the British Government, the Son in Law of Lord Minto is publicly manifesting in England, together with his fellow Ministers, his marked opposition to the Catholic Religion and the Catholic Church. Another cause of our serious alarm is the very general hostile and calumnious outcry now made in both houses of our Parliament and throughout Protestant England against the Catholic Priests of Ireland, falsely charging them with being the abettors of the horrible crime of murder whilst as true Pastors they are striving t o . . . console their... perishing people and like good shepherds are in the midst of pestilence giving their lives for their flocks.

XLI. Observations upon some Celtic Remains, lately discovered by the Public Road leading from London to Cambridge, near to the Village of Sawston, distant seven miles from the University, by Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. Communicated by the Rev. Thomas Kerrich, M.A. F.S.A.

Archaeologia ◽  
1817 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 340-343
Author(s):  
Edward Daniel Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Public Road ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The University ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Temple

It is not attaching too high a degree of importance to the study of Celtic antiquities, to maintain, that, owing to the attention now paid to it in this country, a light begins to break in upon that part of ancient history, which, beyond every other, seemed to present a forlorn investigation. All that relates to the aboriginal inhabitants of the north of Europe, would be involved in darkness but for the enquiries now instituted respecting Celtic sepulchres. From the information already received, concerning these sepulchres, it may be assumed, as a fact almost capable of actual demonstration, that the mounds, or barrows, common to all Great Britain, and to the neighbouring continent, together with all the tumuli fabled by Grecian and by Roman historians as the tombs of Giants, are so many several vestiges of that mighty family of Titan-Celts who gradually possessed all the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, and who extended their colonies over all the countries where Cyclopéan structures may be recognized; whether in the walls of Crotona, or the temple at Stonehénge; in the Cromlechs of Wales, or the trilithal monuments of Cimbrica Chersonesus; in Greece, or in Asia-Minor; in Syria, or in Egypt. It is with respect to Egypt alone, that an exception might perhaps be required; but history, while it deduces the origin of the worship of Minerva, at Sais, from the Phrygians, also relates of this people, that they were the oldest of mankind. The Cyclopéan architecture of Egypt may therefore be referred originally to the same source; but, as in making the following Observations brevity must be a principal object, it will be necessary to divest them of every thing that may seem like a Dissertation; and confine the statement, here offered, to the simple narrative of those facts, which have led to its introduction.

The Peace Ballot and the Public

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Armed Force ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Winston Churchill ◽  
British People

In 1934-35 more than 11 ½ million adults in Great Britain completed the famous “Peace Ballot” (the official title was A National Declaration on the League of Nations and Armaments) designed to test, and indeed to demonstrate, popular support for the League and “the collective peace system.” The massive response exceeded all expectations and greatly impressed observers. It was, said the New Statesman, “the most remarkable popular referendum ever initiated and carried through by private enterprise.”But what did the Ballot demonstrate? Did it return a “plain and decisive” answer as Lord Cecil of Chelwood, President of the League of Nations Union and Chairman of the National Referendum Committee, claimed?Supporters of the Ballot had no doubt about the national verdict. Britons, said Cecil, had shown “overwhelming approval” of the collective system. They were, according to Winston Churchill, “willing, and indeed resolved, to go to war in a righteous cause,” provided that all action was taken under the auspices of the League. The British people were ready to fulfill their obligations under the Covenant, Philip Noel-Baker later wrote. The country was prepared to stop Mussolini by armed force if that should be required.

The Public Schools in Great Britain

Nature ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 150 (3806) ◽  
pp. 433-434
Author(s):  
N. K. ADAM
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Public

On the Importance of the Americans With Disabilities Act at 30

2021 ◽  
pp. 104420732110369
Author(s):  
Peter Blanck
Keyword(s):  
Title I ◽  
Individual Difference ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Employment Discrimination ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Title Iii ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Definition Of

This article offers a glimpse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), at its 30th anniversary. It considers current issues before the courts, primarily legal cases from 2020 and 2021, and new questions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, such the latitude of the ADA’s antidiscrimination protections and its definition of disability. It provides a quick primer on the basics of the ADA: employment discrimination under Title I, antidiscrimination mandates for state and local governments under Title II, and commands to places of accommodation offering services to the public under Title III. The ADA at 30 remains a beacon for a future in which all people, regardless of individual difference, will be welcomed as full and equal members of society.

The Civil Service

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon Bogdanor
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Revolution

This chapter examines the history of the civil service in Great Britain. It suggests that the revolution in Whitehall during the last two decades of the twentieth century transformed the civil service, and that many of the public utilities nationalised by the post-war Attlee government were privatised. Other major changes include the reduction in the size of the civil service and the application of market disciplines to it.

(Not) Proving the Public Good: Scientific Evidence and the Margin of Appreciation

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-262
Author(s):  
Ciarán Burke ◽  
Alexandra Molitorisová
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Court ◽  
Margin Of Appreciation ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
National Governments

Abstract The article offers a critical look at the complex relationship between the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and policy-supportive (scientific) evidence. In particular, due to now commonplace, evidence-based policy-making of national governments, the Court is effectively supplemented with various statistics and studies and tasked with reviewing policy measures aiming to improve the public good. This article investigates the ECtHR’s use and interpretation of policy-supportive evidence in the proportionality analysis, and how this affects the margin of appreciation. The recent case of Dubská and Krejzová concerning the ban on home births, which the article explores in detail, is illustrative in this regard. Although the Court appears to review scientific evidence substantively, an increased proliferation of statistics and studies may bring about controversy in relation to legal cases, without having a conclusive impact upon the outcome of a dispute.

scholarly journals AKIBAT HUKUM TERHADAP PUTUSAN BEBAS (VRIJSPRAAK) BAGI WARGA NEGARA ASING (Studi Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Denpasar Nomor 748/Pid.Sus/2016/PN DPS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Nyoman Sri Candra Purnami
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
District Court ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Legal Immigration ◽  
Legal Consequences

The high flow of globalization and the easiness of obtaining visas for foreign citizens can increase the income of a country engaged in tourism. This phenomenon does not always have a positive impact for the country of Indonesia because many foreigners were found residing in the territory of Indonesia without having a valid and legal immigration stay permit. Many of these foreign citizens were convicted legal cases in Indonesia, it is therefore necessary to study the legal consequences of the free judgment for the foreign citizens. This study was conducted to examine the legal basis for the imposition of free judgment against foreign citizens and the implementation of the Denpasar District Court Decision Number 748/Pid.Sus/2016/PN DPS on the free judgment against a foreign citizen. This study is an empirical juridical study that examines the legal consequences caused after the abolition of free judgment on foreigner (Case study of Denpasar District Court No. 748/ Pid.Sus / 2016 / PN DPS). Based on the result of this study, was found that according to Law Number 8 Year 1981 regarding Criminal Procedure Law and law of the republic of Indonesia Number 6 Year 2011 on Immigration, foreigners who live in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia who do not have a valid and legal immigration stay permit can be given immigration administrative action in the form of detention. Whereas foreign citizens who are secured and still hold immigration stay permit until the completion of the judicial process and  given free judgment, the foreigners may remain in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia until the validity period of their stay permit expires. Meanwhile, for foreign citizens who have been subjected to free judgment and still hold immigration permit, the Public Prosecutor may request the Immigration Civil Service Investigator to perform the act of detention to those foreign citizens. Tingginya arus globalisasi dan kemudahan memperoleh visa bagi warga negara asing dapat meningkatkan pendapatan suatu negara yang bergerak dalam bidang kepariwisataan. Fenomena ini tidak selalu berdampak positif bagi negara Indonesia karena banyak ditemukan orang asing yang berada di wilayah Indonesia tidak memiliki izin tinggal keimigrasian yang sah dan masih berlaku. Banyak  diantara warga negara asing tersebut tersandung kasus hukum di Negara Indonesia, sehingga perlu dikaji akibat hukum yang ditimbulkan atas Putusan Bebas bagi warga negara asing tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji dasar hukum penjatuhan putusan bebas terhadap warga negara asing dan pelaksanaan Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Denpasar Nomor 748/Pid.Sus/2016/PN DPS atas putusan bebas terhadap seorang warganegara asing. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yuridis empiris yang mengkaji akibat hukum yang ditimbulkan setelah dijatuhkannya Putusan Bebas terhadap orang asing (Studi kasus terhadap Pengadilan Negeri Denpasar Nomor 748/Pid.Sus/2016/PN DPS). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 8 Tahun 1981 Tentang Hukum Acara Pidana dan Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 6 Tahun 2011 Tentang Keimigrasian, orang asing yang tinggal di wilayah Negara Republik Indonesia yang tidak memiliki izin tinggal keimigrasian yang sah dan berlaku dapat dilakukan Tindakan Administratif Keimigrasian berupa pendetensian.  Sedangkan warga negara asing yang saat diamankan dan hingga proses peradilan selesai masih memiliki izin tinggal keimigrasian dan dijatuhi putusan bebas, maka orang asing tersebut dapat tetap tinggal di wilayah Negara Republik Indonesia hingga masa berlaku izin tinggalnya habis. Sementara bagi orang warga negara asing yang telah dijatuhi putusan bebas dan masih memiliki izin tinggal keimigrasian namun oleh Penuntut Umum dilakukan upaya hukum kasasi, Penuntut Umum dapat meminta kepada Penyidik Pegawai Negeri Sipil Keimigrasian untuk melakukan tindakan pendetensian atas warga negara asing tersebut.

Cutting Prison Overcrowding in Great Britain

1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Martin Wright
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Financial Structure ◽  
National Association ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Punitive Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prison Overcrowding ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Correctional System

There is a wide range of projects for dealing with offenders in the com munity, but strongly punitive attitudes receive wide publicity. These at titudes are shared by many working-class people, although the most alienated are often anti-authority. Pressure for change has sometimes come from within the system; voluntary organizations such as the Howard League and the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders have also worked for reform, as have individual volunteers. Forces impeding correctional reform include the public, although most people generally can be persuaded to give a new project a try; and the workings and financial structure of the correctional system itself.

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