*Bureau of Public Assistance, Standards and Program Development Division. The Social Security Act has always required as one of the conditions for Federal participation in State public assistance programs that the State laws provide an opportunity for a fair hearing to any person whose claim for assistance is denied. When the act was passed, the right to a fair hearing was a new concept in publ...

Abstract The Scottish Children’s Hearings System makes life-changing decisions regarding the care and protection of children up to 18 years age referred due a need for support – because offending behaviour or risk their physical emotional safety. In March 2020, covid -19 crisis, underwent one most significant changes since inception: proceedings shifted an online conferencing platform (“virtual...

In response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Changes to Require Identification of the Attributable Owner dated January 24, 2014 (“Notice”), Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) submits the following comments expressing its support for the proposal. In particular, HP submits these comments to reiterate a number of points made at the public hearings held on March 13, 2014, and March 26, 2014, an...

Little is known about the extent to which maltreated children understand what is happening during their participation in court proceedings, despite large numbers of children coming into contact with the legal system as victims of maltreatment. In the present study, maltreated 4- to 15-year-olds were interviewed about their understanding of dependency court on the day of their scheduled court vi...

The failure of civil commitment procedures to meet statutory requirements is one of the more reliable findings in the applied social sciences. Most states now require specific legal procedures and behavioral standards for involuntary hospitalization. Nonetheless, empirical studies have demonstrated that commitment hearings are rarely adversarial and clinical concerns continue to take precedence...

EARLY I N 1940, when the appeals system i n old-age and survivors i n surance was established, i t was estimated that f rom 5,000 to 20,000 claimants a year would ask for hearings on their disallowed claims. Actually, however, the number of requests for hearings has averaged slightly less than 1,000 a year, the highest number being 1,307 i n the fiscal year 1944-45. Compared w i t h benefit app...

Abstract This article offers the first scholarly account of International Sakharov Hearings, which were prompted by so-called Moscow Appeal (1974) and took place in Copenhagen (1975), Rome (1977), Washington, DC (1979), Lisbon (1983), London (1985). The provides a detailed examination each hearing, from amateurish politically murky origins to more mainstream quite successful event London. also ...