across the Internet is entirely abstract and intangible. But in 1995, artist Natalie Jeremijenko quite literally tapped into the bit stream coursing through the local network at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), transforming the flow of data into a physically perceptible phenomenon. Her installation, titled Dangling String, consists of a long plastic fiber that is attached to an electric ...

The present information paper illustrates the close link between disaster and disability and the importance of incorporating disability perspectives in all phases of disaster risk reduction. The paper outlines the challenges persons with disabilities face in the wake of disasters and describes the benefits to all members of society using a disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction approach. ...

in the old law, the government had no civil liability and gradually through legal regimes mentioned this responsibility. in iranian law, civil liability of government is proposed apparently in article 11 of the law of civil liability that was adapted from old theory of the 19th century in french. however, the analysis of aforementioned article shows that the government's civil liability si...

Internet use is characterised by externalities, which means that it can be sufficiently profitable for criminal enterprises to flourish. One possible mechanism which could be considered to improve incentives is liability. We conduct a review of the literature relating to liability theory, liability online, and security economics in general and consider the impact that liability on any particula...

4 CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE IT 363,166 11.80% 363,166 11.80% 5 IT University of Copenhagen DK 426,026 13.84% 426,026 13.84% 6 FUNDACIO INSTITUT GUTTMANN ES 109,226 3.55% 109,226 3.55% Total: 3,077,645 3,077,645 Abstract: Our societies are sustained by the interaction of mutually dependent individuals who must balance their own needs with those of the collective. Societies, by virtue o...

Parties who cause harm to others may sometimes turn out to be ‘judgment proof,’ that is, unable to pay fully the amount for which they have been found legally liable.’ This possibility is an important and realistic one. Certainly individuals may readily be imagined to cause personal injury or property damage resulting in judgments that exceed their assets plus any liability insurance coverage; ...

A "wrongful life" suit is based on the purported tortious liability of a genetic counsellor towards an infant with hereditary defects, with the latter asserting that he or she would not have been born at all if not for the counsellor's negligence. This negligence allegedly lies in the failure on the part of the defendant adequately to advice the parents or to conduct properly the relevant testi...