Administration of Justice Act, 1960

Learning to act on behalf of justice.

In July, I had the oppor tuni ty to a t tend the Social Action Summer In s t i t u t e , a weeklong program cosponsored by The Roundtab le (Association of Diocesan Social Action Directors), the Department of Social Development and World Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Charities USA, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and Catholic Relief Services. The...

Studies on Sabin Vaccine Administration in Nagaoka City in 1960.

Nagaoka City, a city with a population of about 150,000 in Niigata prefecture, experienced an epidemic of poliovirus type 2 infections in 1958 in which 21 paralytic cases were observed, showing a case incidence of approximately 40 per 100,000 population (Saito et al., 1960, Kitaoka, 1960). The Health Authorities of the city had been interested in introducing protective measures against polio in...

Youth justice and health: An argument against proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The Canadian Paediatric Society is deeply concerned about the negative effects on the developmental, psychological and emotional health of young offenders if the Youth Criminal Justice Act is amended as proposed. Changing Canada's youth crime law to achieve stiffer sentences for youth 14 years of age and older who are convicted of serious violent offences is contrary to the United Nations Conve...

Should Montana Adopt a Civil Justice Reform Act?

Quantifying Changes in Economic and Social Justice: The U.S. 1960-2000

The notion of Equality of Opportunity (EO) has pervaded much of economic and social justice policy and research over the last half century. The sense that differences in agent outcomes that are the consequence of their individual choice and effort are acceptable, whereas variation in agent outcomes that are the consequence of circumstances beyond their control are not has underpinned much gende...