Recent developments regarding competition as opposed to the tendency toward centralization in the public utility field, with special reference to conditions in Iowa

1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earle Micajah Winslow
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Recent Developments

The Legal Liability of the Chartmaker

1983 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-174
Author(s):  
Peter M. Troop
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Investigations ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Marine Accidents ◽  
New Procedures ◽  
Take All

Recent developments in the law have imposed increased liability and responsibility on government departments and agencies providing services to the public. The Canadian Hydrographic Service as the Crown Agency providing reliable information to the marine navigator must be aware of the legal responsibilities and duties and the extent to which the Crown may be liable for shipping casualties and other marine accidents. The degree of reliance placed on charts and other nautical publications of the CHS potentially expose the Government of Canada, under the Crown Liability Act to claims by ship owners and cargo owners, for damages ranging up to many millions of dollars based upon misleading or inaccurate charts. Members of the CHS need to be aware of this responsibility and take all necessary measures to protect and to limit this potential exposure of the Government of Canada. The importance of the CHS establishing standards of excellence and providing for mechanisms to ensure that these standards of excellence are met is emphasized. Special reference is made to the legal problems and other scientific investigations and the manner by which the Crown can discharge its responsibility and limit its liability therefor. The heavy reliance by government and the marine public on the hydrographer’s creditability and expertise is also described as well as the use to which the information and results are put. The legal problems associated with changing technology, new procedures and the updating of older charts and publications to meet modern charting standards are reviewed and discussed.

On Theology in the Academy

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Jason Blum
Keyword(s):  
Public University ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Recent Developments

Recently, theology has garnered renewed attention in the academy. For various reasons, both theologians and some religious studies scholars have argued that theology deserves to be brought into greater dialogue with other disciplines, and some have even argued that theology ought to be taught in the public university. There are interesting arguments to be made that theology is more similar to other disciplines than might initially be supposed, and even that it is at the cutting edge of certain recent developments in scholarship more broadly. There are also, however, noteworthy barriers to incorporating theology more fully into the academy, and these may present significant challenges to inter-disciplinary dialogue and the possibility of productive exchange between theology and other areas of research.

Theory and Method and the Stakes of a Fragmented Discipline: Or, What Economics Taught Me About the Study of Religion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Study

Abstract As a discipline, the academic study of religion is strikingly fragmented, with little engagement or shared criteria of excellence across subfields. Although important recent developments have expanded the traditions and peoples studied as well as the methods used, the current extent of fragmentation limits the impact of this diversification and pluralization. At a moment when the global pandemic is catalyzing profound pressures on our universities and disciplines, this fragmentation makes it difficult to articulate to the public, to non-religious studies colleagues, and to students why the study of religion matters. We therefore too often fall back on platitudes. I argue for a revitalized methods and theories conversation that connects us even as it bears our arguments and disagreements about what we do and how. Courses in methods and theories in the study of religion represent the most viable basis we have for bringing the academic study of religion into the common conversation or argument that constitutes a discipline without sacrificing our pluralism.

scholarly journals The War on Sex Offenders: Community Notification in Perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Hinds ◽  
Kathleen Daly
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Notification ◽  
Megan's Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Campaign ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Naming And Shaming

This article explores the contemporary phenomenon of “naming and shaming” sex offenders. Community notification laws, popularly known as Megan's Law, which authorise the public disclosure of the identity of convicted sex offenders to the community in which they live, were enacted throughout the United States in the 1990s. A public campaign to introduce “Sarah's Law” has recently been launched in Britain, following the death of eight-year old Sarah Payne. Why are sex offenders, and certain categories of sex offenders, singled out as targets of community notification laws? What explains historical variability in the form that sex offender laws take? We address these questions by reviewing the sexual psychopath laws enacted in the United States in the 1930s and 40s and the sexual predator and community notification laws of the 1990s, comparing recent developments in the United States with those in Britain, Canada, and Australia. We consider arguments by Garland, O'Malley, Pratt, and others on how community notification, and the control of sex offenders more generally, can be explained; and we speculate on the likelihood that Australia will adopt community notification laws.

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