Current Issues in Public School Law

Mapping the Issues: Public Health, Law and Ethics

Teaching health law. Personal reflections on teaching health law in a school of public health.

Peter D. Jacobson Introduction For the past 20 years, I have been teaching various law courses, mostly to public health students. At the RAND Graduate School, I taught two courses to Ph.D. candidates: one on law and social science, and then a course on law and epidemiology (co-listed with the UCLA School of Public Health). Each year since 1996 at the University of Michigan School of Public Heal...

History, Current Status, and Emerging Issues in Public Outlook Program

Current Issues in Research Access to Public Register Databases

Research thrives – indeed can hardly do without – data. It is the raw information upon which better understanding, and better knowledge is based. Indeed one whole assumption underpinning some visions of Electronic Government – such as Wiki-Gov – is the idea that data which has been collected for a specific government task can be re-used in ways which further public service goals through citizen...

A Survey on Current Issues Prevailing in Public Transport System

Public Transport system (PTS) is an important and an essential part of urban and rural dwellers. PTS enables a smooth mobility of people and goods. Without PTS no city can improve the standard of living of the people and can make progress. As the population continues to increase, many problems arise which make the PTS an unreliable and inefficient service provider. So, providing a good PTS is r...