Public participation and water use rights

Participation Rights and Mechanism Design

This paper is concerned with the procedural aspects of collective choice and the impact of the parties' participation rights on the optimal mechanism. We ̄nd that the mechanism designer generally bene ̄ts from the selective engagement of the agents | the exclusion of some agenttypes from the choice process. We show that optimization of mechanisms with voluntary participation involves two mutuall...

Public Participation and the European Water Framework Directive

Human rights, public health and medicinal cannabis use

This paper explores the interplay between the human rights and drug control frameworks and critiques case law on medicinal cannabis use to demonstrate that a bona fide human rights perspective allows for a broader conception of 'health'. This broad conception, encompassing both medicalised and social constructionist definitions, can inform public health policies relating to medicinal cannabis u...

Privacy Rights and Public Families

Introduction: The Right to Privacy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 I. The New York State Prenatal Care Assistance Program . . . . 124 R A. Nutritional Risk Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 R B. Psychosocial Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 R C. Additional Required Consultations . . . . . ....

Public Libraries and Human Rights