E-governance in Slovenia--Part III: the Slovenian government has made progress in opening up e-portals to its citizens and businesses, but how much has it made, and can it continue?
This third article in our four-part series focuses on the Slovenian government's efforts to provide effective e-portals for citizens, businesses, tax applications, and urban planning. These four areas are the highest priority e-governance applications in Slovenia, and this article evaluates their success from the citizens', or users', point of...

Drunks claim double jeopardy.
When John Denver ran his Porsche into a tree while driving drunk one night last spring, who would have thought that it would affect drank driving cases all over the country? Denver's blood alcohol level was above the legal level of intoxication in Colorado, so his driver's license was...

An introduction to American law.
1594601097 An introduction to American law. McAlinn, Gerald Paul et al. Carolina Academic Press 2005 444 pages $70.00 Hardcover Carolina Academic Press law casebook series KF385 The authors (of...

How Sandigan?s special court came to be.
THE matter repeatedly discussed in the media and elsewhere by the pro-Erap partisans as one of the causes of Erap?s disillusion at our judiciary today was publicly reiterated by former Erap?s PNP Chief, now opposition senator, Panfilo Lacson. He charged that the special court, created in Sandigan to try...

The long arm of administrative law: applying administrative law principles to research ethics boards.
I. Introduction Commentators have described the primary responsibility of research ethics boards (REBs) as that of ensuring that research projects involving human participants commence, or continue, only if the participants "are adequately informed, freely consent to participate, and ... are not exposed to unreasonable risks of physical,...

Race for perfection: children's rights and enhancement drugs.
I. INTRODUCTION Today's society places a strong emphasis on perfection. Everyone strives to be the best, and often we want to become the best in the quickest way possible. Parents are no different in demanding the best from and for their children. Every parent is happy with...

FirstEnergy Issues Statement on PUCO Order.
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. today released the following statement in response to an order issued by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) regarding the company's Market Rate Offer (MRO): It is clear from today's order that the Commission is not interested in...

Making laws free: man, to state: copyright this!
IN CALIFORNIA the law is copyrighted. That means it's illegal for citizens to copy or distribute the law of the land among themselves. An official digital copy of the California Code costs $1,556; a printed copy is $2,315. According to the California Office of Administrative Law, the state generates...

Arpida to Restructure and Focus on Key Projects.
REINACH, Switzerland, November 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arpida announced today that it is refocusing all projects and priorities around the key strategic asset Iclaprim. The company says this is to be seen as a consequence of the negative recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory board on...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.
Concepcion v. Morton. 125 F.Supp.2d 111 (D.N.J. 2000). Prisoners brought an action against corrections officers and officials under [sections] 1983 asserting violation of their civil rights through the use of excessive force on two separate occasions. The district court held that an informal inmate complaint procedure that was established...