The legal approach to abortion is evolving from criminal prohibition towards accommodation as a life-preserving and health-preserving option, particularly in light of data on maternal mortality and morbidity. Modern momentum for liberalization comes from international adoption of the concept of reproductive health, and wider recognition that the resort to safe and dignified healthcare is a majo...

The intrinsic factor that drives the human movement remains unclear for decades. While our observations from intra-urban and inter-urban trips both demonstrate a universal law in human mobility. Be specific, the probability from one location to another is inversely proportional to the number of population living in locations which are closer than the destination. A simple rank-based model is th...

This article explores the relevance of international human rights law in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic at national and international levels. Public health advocates can use arguments based on this body of law to promote responses to HIV/AIDS that reflect sound public health principles and documented best practice. Development assistance is increasingly linked to rights-based approaches,...

This paper relates preliminary results towards assessing the possible problems related to the reuse of existing thesauri for the search and retrieval of legal information. In particular, it focuses on the study of the Code of Federal Regulations and its related thesaurus, the Thesaurus of Indexing Terms. The relationship between the content of a thesaurus and the content of the objects which re...

islamic jurisprudence is the root of the islamic laws including economic law and it is the very pillar of islamic economic system. the law and economics are two branches of human sciences that were not separate before the 18th century. by development of scientific methodology and its prevailing over economics, gradually economics became a distinguished science without being concerned about the ...

Various human rights are widely recognized in codified and customary international law. These human rights promise all human beings protection against specific severe harms that might be inflicted on them domestically or by foreigners. Yet, international law also establishes and maintains institutional structures that greatly contribute to violations of these human rights: fundamental component...