One of the most striking characteristics of contemporary canonical historical research is that it is being carried on almost entirely by historians, not by canonists. Discounting some civilians such as Senior Circuit Court Judge John Noonan (who is, by the way, self-trained in canon law), the number of lawyers, specifically canon lawyers, engaged in serious historical canonical research is quit...

with the advent of the distinctive characterization of academic languagein the past thirty years, there has been atremendous move in the esl/efl world towardsformulatinginstructional techniques compatible with the very nature of these skills. as a part of this effort, this studyinvestigated the role of content and language integrated learning (clil) approach in achieving these ends. the study e...

BACKGROUND Enabled by globalizing processes such as trade liberalization, medical tourism is a practice that involves patients' intentional travel to privately obtain medical care in another country. Empirical legal research on this issue is limited and seldom based on the perspectives of destination countries receiving medical tourists. We consulted with diverse lawyers from across Barbados to...

The World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action is an open letter from and to the global legal community, calling for mainstreaming of climate concerns throughout law profession. It seeks rethink redefine role responsibilities lawyers in crisis, invites all kinds —including practitioners, judges, scholars, civil servants, students, lawmakers—to integrate into their respective areas expertise work. ...

Information-seeking is important for lawyers, who have access to many dedicated electronic resources. However there is considerable scope for improving the design of these resources to better support information-seeking. One way of informing design is to use information-seeking models as theoretical lenses to analyse users’ behaviour with existing systems. However many models, including those i...

The application of artificial intelligence in justice is an irreversible trend, and it going through a process development from shallow to deep narrow wide. It this context that the discussion on whether can replace lawyers future there need for existence begins. impact challenge lawyer system still ethical, effectiveness fairness three aspects controversy, also have unique advantages not repla...