Comparative Constitutional Epics

EPICS FOR PDAs

With the advent of readily available wireless communications and small hand-held computers, commonly known as personal digital assistants (PDAs), it is interesting to consider using these portable devices to access a control system. We have successfully ported the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) to Windows CE 3.0 (WCE) for the Pocket PC (PPC), and this paper describes...

Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Culture

Constitutional theorists and other constitutional commentators make heavy use of a paradigm that mistakes certain aspects of our current constitutional decisionmaking process for inherent parts of our constitutional structure and ignores other important aspects of that process entirely. These distortions and elisions raise concerns about the accuracy of much descriptive constitutional commentar...

The constitutional validity of abortion legislation: a comparative note.

A series of recent decisions, of the highest constitutional tribunals of Canada," the Federal Republic of Germany,2 France3 and the *Jnited States of America,4 casts interesting light on (I) the nature of prenatal existence, (II) the duty of the state to act affirmatively for the protection of constitutionally guaranteed rights, and (III) the relation of judicial to legislative authority. Since...

Sasang Constitutional Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Comparative Overview

Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) is a holistic typological constitution medicine which balances psychological, social, and physical aspects of an individual to achieve wellness and increase longevity. SCM has the qualities of preventative medicine, as it emphasizes daily health management based on constitutionally differentiated regimens and self-cultivation of the mind and body. This revie...

Children's Intellectual Rights in Canada: A Comparative Constitutional Approach