scholarly journals The Complaint Resolution Project

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Lois MacLean ◽  
John McNiven
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Hybrid Process ◽  
Statistical Assessment ◽  
Formal Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
New Process ◽  
The Law ◽  
Time Required

The authors describe the new complaint resolution project at the Law Society of Alberta, which handles some of the client/lawyer and lawyer/lawyer complaints. Because the legal profession is self-governing, the Law Society must have a means of protecting the public and regulating the conduct of its members. Under the Legal Profession Act, a process is in place that deals with written complaints in a very formal manner. The shortfalls of this formal process are the high levels of stress for the participants, the time required and the expense involved. The authors recognize, however, that the less formal process discussed is only appropriate in some, and not all, cases. This less formal process was tested during the Trial Project. The complaints officers offered complainants the less formal route when it was felt to be appropriate. The dispute resolution process that has emerged is neither traditional arbitration nor mediation, but rather a hybrid process, in which the complaints officer inserts himself or herself between the parties, and attempts to assist in reaching a settlement. The authors discuss common causes and types of complaints and then present the results of the Trial Project. While it is perhaps too early for a definitive statistical assessment, it seems that the Trial Project has significantly reduced the number of formal complaints being dealt with by the Law Society. Additionally, the project seems to have been well received by the bar. At the same time, the authors want to remain open to criticism and discuss some concerns that have been voiced about the new process and the complaints officers. The authors then canvass informal complaints procedures that have been instituted by other law societies, Canadian and otherwise, and compare the experiences and results of those projects. In conclusion, the authors recount the overall favourable comments they have received as part of the Trial Project, and discuss the challenge for the Law Society in the f

scholarly journals Entre Ville et Montagne: L'Arbitrage Familiale dans le District de Grenoble

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Jerome Ferrand
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Conventional Form ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Revolution

Established by the law of 16-24 August 1790, the regional family tribunal of Grenoble used arbitration as the conventional form of dispute resolution. This article examines the role of the legal profession within family arbitration, while comparing the situation in Grenoble and in the surrounding mountains. This contrast illustrates the difficulties involved in the installation and operation of family tribunals in the first years of the Revolution. Nevertheless, the informal nature of family arbitration permitted the resolution of conflicts that would not otherwise have been resolved.

scholarly journals The Elimination of Constitutional Court's Authority in The Dispute Case of General Election of Regional Head (Analysis of Decision of the Constitutional Court Number 97/PUU-XI/2013)

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jentel Chairnosia
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Vice President ◽  
General Election ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Law ◽  
Settlement Of Disputes

The enactment of Law Number 32 Year 2004 is a manifestation of the development ofadvanced democracy, namely all local chief elected directly by the people except the positionof the Governor of Yogyakarta. However, in its development, the implementation of theGeneral Elections of Regional Head gave rise to dissatisfaction which resulted in the appealof the results of the General Election to the court for various reasons. The presence of theConstitutional Court as an institution that resolved the dispute over the General Election ofRegional Heads has not been able to provide justice to the public, especially the emergenceof many Constitutional Court rulings that cause debate. In its development, the ConstitutionalCourt abolished its authority in the settlement of disputes in the General Election of RegionalHeads as stipulated in Decision Number 97 / PUU-XI / 2013. The Constitutional Court is ofthe opinion that the Constitutional Court only has the authority to resolve election disputes ofDPR, DPD, President/Vice President because the election is done nationally, while theelection is conducted in certain areas only. In addition, the volume of incoming cases relatedto election disputes more than the law review case which is the main authority of theConstitutional Court, so that this can affect the quality of the decisions of the ConstitutionalCourt considering the dispute resolution of the results of the General Election should beterminated within fourteen days. DOI: 10.15408/jch.v5i2.7090

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride?: Legislating in English and Welsh

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-105
Author(s):  
Richard M Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Legal Profession ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
The Public ◽  
Welsh Language ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Official Status ◽  
Made In

Abstract Welsh has official status in Wales, where it is spoken by approximately 20 % of the population. All adult speakers of Welsh are also able to speak English. The National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Ministers legislate in both Welsh and English. The Government of Wales Act 2006 provides that the English and Welsh texts of any Act of the Assembly or any subordinate legislation enacted or made in both English and Welsh are to be treated, for all purposes, as being of equal standing. This paper examines the role legislating bilingually plays in confirming the official status of the Welsh language; how the bilingual texts are produced by a process of collaborative translation within an administration where English is the dominant working language; how they are scrutinised by a legislature where legislators are free to use either or both languages, but where, in practice, English dominates; and how they are promulgated in both languages in the form in which they are enacted or made, but only routinely updated in English. It further considers what the principle of ‘equal standing’ may mean and how effect may be given to it; how these bilingual texts may be interpreted by the public and the legal profession, domains in which English dominates; and what implications the production, scrutiny, promulgation and interpretation of bilingual legislation have for the accessibility of the law in Wales.

scholarly journals The Role of Regional Monitoring Assembly (MPD) Taking Control of The Check / Honorarium Services in The District of Cirebon

Jurnal Akta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 517
Author(s):  
Arif Rakhman ◽  
Jawade Hafidz
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Public Official ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Regional Monitoring ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
The Law

Notary as a public official, as well as a profession, position is very important in helping to provide legal certainty for the public. Notaries must prevent legal problems later in life through authentic agreement he made as a perfect proof in court. Notaries have a role in activities run the legal profession that can not disconnect from the fundamental issues relating to the functions and roles of law where the law itself, which is defined as the legal rules that govern all public life. This authority can not be applied because it has not yet issued the implementing regulations for the expansion of the notary's authority.Keywords: Notary Official; The Function of Notaries; Notary Competition.

scholarly journals Conditions for copyright protection in the law of the United States of America

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Milica Petrović
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
Bern Convention ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Law ◽  
American Society

This paper analyzes various conditions that one spiritual creation must provide in order to be considered an author's work, according to the law of the United States of America. Apart from the peculiarities that are the result of the Anglo-Saxon concept of copyright, there are other specifics such as the special, constitutionally provided, purpose of copyright in promoting learning, preserving the public domain and protecting copyright. Based on the provisions of the Federal Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.) and examples from the case law, the author explains how the originality of a work is interpreted, how the condition that the work must embody in a materialized medium is regulated and what are the typical types of copyrighted works. In addition, the author explains the main differences when it comes to American Copyright system and how the concept of registration is viewed, after the ratification of the Bern Convention, which is one of the most common causes of the problem of protection of works whose right holders are unknown, which is extremely notable when speaking of the protection of cultural heritage of marginalized groups in American society. The paper aims to point out the similarities and differences between the copyright of the USA and the law of the continental legal system in terms of the conditions for the protection of copyright works.

Female Professionals and (Neo-)Victorianism: The Case ofThe Good Wife

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-24
Author(s):  
Isabel Santaularia i Capdevila
Keyword(s):  
Television Series ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bleak House ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
The Law ◽  
Good Wife ◽  
Woman In White ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Female Professionals ◽  
Nineteenth Century Novels

The article examines The Good Wife (CBS 2009–), as well as other recent television series with female professionals as protagonists, alongside nineteenth-century novels such as Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and The Law and the Lady, Charles Dickens's Bleak House, or Bram Stoker's Dracula, which, like The Good Wife, place ‘the law’ and ‘the lady’ in direct confrontation. This comparative analysis reveals that current television series, even those that showcase women's professional success, articulate a discourse that valorises domestic stability and motherhood above professional achievements and, therefore, resonate with Victorian ideologies about the conflicted relation between women and the public sphere. Contemporary television series are not so different from Victorian texts that grant their heroines freedom to move outside home-boundaries, while treating women's public ascendancy as a transgression of normative femininity and using a number of strategies devised to guarantee women's return home and/or an appreciation of what they have to sacrifice in order to advance in their careers.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COURT AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A JUDGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Skoromnyy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern System ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The article reveals the conceptual foundations of the social responsibility of the court as an important prerequisite for the legal responsibility of a judge. It has been established that the problem of court and judge liability is regulated by the following international and Ukrainian documents, such as: 1) European Charter on the Law «On the Status of Judges» adopted by the Council of Europe; 2) The Law of Ukraine «On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges»; 3) the Constitution of Ukraine; 4) The Code of Judicial Ethics, approved by the Decision of the XI (regular) Congress of Judges of Ukraine; 5) Recommendation CM/Rec (2010) 12 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states regarding judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities; 6) Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct. The results of a survey conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center, the Council of Judges of Ukraine and the Center for Judicial Studios with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation based on the «Monitoring of the State of Independence of Judges in Ukraine – 2012» as part of the study of the level of trust in the modern system were considered and analyzed, justice, judges and courts. It is determined that a judge has both a legal and a moral duty to impartially, independently, in a timely manner and comprehensively consider court cases and make fair judicial decisions, administering justice on the basis of legislative norms. Based on the study of the practice of litigation, it has been proven that judges must skillfully operate with various instruments of protection from public influence. It has been established that in order to ensure the protection of judges from the public, it is necessary to create special units that will function as part of judicial self-government bodies. It was proposed that the Council of Judges of Ukraine, which acts as the highest body of judicial self- government in our state (in Ukraine), legislate the provision on ensuring the protection of the procedural independence of judges.

LEGAL ESSENCE OF ANCIENT PROVERBS AND SAYS AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Dranishnikova ◽  
Ivan Semenov
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Status Position

The national legal system is determined by traditional elements characterizing the culture and customs that exist in the social environment in the form of moral standards and the law. However, the attitude of the population to the letter of the law, as a rule, initially contains negative properties in order to preserve personal freedom, status, position. Therefore, to solve pressing problems of rooting in the minds of society of the elementary foundations of the initial order, and then the rule of law in the public sphere, proverbs and sayings were developed that in essence contained legal educational criteria.

ANALISA YURIDIS HAK KEBEBASAN BERPENDAPAT BERDASARKAN KETENTUAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 19 TAHUN 2016 TENTANG PERUBAHAN ATAS UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 11 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG INFORMASI DAN TRANSAKSI ELEKTRONIK

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 001
Author(s):  
Eddy Suwito
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Harm To Others ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

The development of technology that continues to grow, the public increasingly facilitates socialization through technology. Opinion on free and uncontrolled social media causes harm to others. The law sees this phenomenon subsequently changing. Legal Information Known as Information and Electronic Transaction Law or ITE Law. However, the ITE Law cannot protect the entire general public. Because it is an Article in the ITE Law that is contrary to Article in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.

FEATURES OF RISK MANAGEMENT AFTER REALIZING PPP PROJECTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Mariya Zinovievivna Masik
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Contract Negotiations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Investment Agreement ◽  
The Law ◽  
Partnership Agreement

The article is devoted to the clarification of the peculiarities of risk management during the implementation of PPP projects. The author identifies a set of risks for a private partner, business risks of PPP projects and the main risks associated with the protests of the public, as well as public and international organizations. The typical risks of PPP projects are presented, including force majeure, political risks, profitability risks, operational, construction, financial risks, and the risk of default. The world experience of sharing risks between the partners is presented. Also named are the main methods for assessing the risks of PPP projects. It has been determined that the conditions on which the parties should reach agreement in order for the contract to be concluded are essential. Risk management can be implemented within the framework of the essential conditions for the allocation of risks. However, the provisions of the law provide for the allocation of only those risks identified by the results of an analysis of the effectiveness of the PPP project. Legislation does not directly determine how risks can be allocated to the risks identified during the pre-contract negotiations (or even at a later stage), but not taken into account in the analysis of efficiency. For example, suggestions on the terms of the partnership agreement as part of the bidding proposal may include suggestions on risk management mechanisms. There are no definite and can not be fully defined possible ways of managing risks in view of their specificity for a particular project. For this purpose, it is advisable to provide for a period of familiarization with the draft tender documentation and the possibility of making changes to it based on the findings received from potential contestants. It is also advisable to foresee cases in which it is possible to review certain terms of the contract without a competition. It is substantiated that the law does not restrict the possibility of foreseeing specific terms of an agreement on the implementation of the PPP project or to conclude additional (auxiliary) contractual instruments (for example, an investment agreement). At the same time, when laying down conditions not provided for by law, it is necessary to take into account the scope of competence of the state partner. Also, in order to ensure the principle of equality of conditions, the state partner should provide such additional conditions in the tender documentation.

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