During the past decade, the growing popularity of Peer-toPeer (P2P) applications has led to their significant impact on the Internet. The popularity of major P2P applications is primarily due to the availability of copyright-infringing content that is published by a small number of users (often for financial gain) and attracts a large number of consumers. This in turn has resulted in legal acti...

Unlike other jurisdictions in the United States where the basis of the law can be traced more exclusively to the common law of England, the legal system in Louisiana also has origins in the laws of France and Spain. In this article, the authors describe the laws and procedures that developed early in Louisiana's history for the involuntary care and civil commitment of the mentally ill, focusing...

naturalization is one of the ways for attracting eligible and qualified persons in the way of economic and social development. legal provisions or laws related to naturalization can play a significant role in this process. conditions for naturalization in those laws shall led to attraction of eligible and interested persons. furthermore, those who have acquired such nationality shall have such ...

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a commonly used and an important technique for analyzing internal and external environments in order to provide a systematic approach and support for a decision making. SWOT is criticized mostly for considering only qualitative examination of environmental factors, no priority for various factors and strategies, and no vaguenes...

This note clarifies two important issues related to ocean observations of sea-surface height (SSH) by SWOT. The analysis presented here is intended to supplement the discussion in the SWOT science requirements document, the onboard processing document, and the mission performance and error budget document. The first issue is the question of how the raw SWOT data will be filtered by the onboard ...

"Medical" cannabis, in some shape or form, is here to stay. Currently legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia, the paradoxical federal illegality of cannabis remains relevant, particularly in the eyes of many healthcare providers. The discrepancy between federal and state laws has created uncertainty about whether medical cannabis is legal and should be legal, and whether its use is in ...

ABSTRACT Sexist laws are more prevalent in regions where poverty is endemic. The corollary is true as well: the places where women tend to experience better treatment are typically more highly developed. The legal academy has drawn several inferences from this observation, including the observations that poverty and the development process appear to be detrimental to women’s rights. But despite...

The central role of legal reforms in sustaining economic growth and financial development is widely recognized in India. Exactly what elements of the legal system affect the financial system and how, are less clear. We review the recent literature on law and finance and assess the state of India’s legal and judicial system as well as that of its financial system, particularly relative to the re...