The article aims to shed light on some particular aspects of the activity and the scientific thought of Baccio Baldini, Director of the Laurentian Library and Court physician of the Medici family in Florence. The analysis of his work as a humanist and the recovery of some unpublished documents enable to define the figure of Baldini as a paradigmatic example of the court physicians of modern age...

In Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp.' the United States Supreme Court held a Wisconsin statute2 authorizing garnishment of wages without notice and prior hearing to be a denial of due process under the fourteenth amendment. In 1966 Family Finance instituted statutory garnishment proceedings; against Mrs. Sniadach and against her employer as garnishee. Upon presentation of a promissory note, the ...

Patricia McKinsey Crittenden is a Director at Family Relations Institute, Miami, Florida, USA and Adjunct Associate Professor at Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Dr Steve Farnfield is based at Roehampton University, London, UK. Andrea Landini is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Private Practice, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Ben Grey is a Consultant Family and Risk...

A. Outline of the Facts A 19-year old juvenile delinquent drank alcohol in large quantities during his part-time job at a club where male companions entertain women. He finished work and left his job in a drunken state, with memory loss, and went to an apartment complex after that. He defecated by squatting down in the parking lot, went up the stairs of the apartment, and took off the clothing ...

Factors that predict custody and visitation decisions are an important area of research, especially in the context of high-conflict divorce. In these cases, youths are at significantly higher risk for exposure to ongoing conflict, violence, and triangulation in their parents' disputes. What variables courts and evaluation clinics use to make custody decisions and whether they are the most salie...

The paper discusses one of the most interesting institutions Israeli family law, namely, institution judicial dissolution marriage. specificity this lies in fact that divorce proceedings are carried out by religious courts have been operating for more than century. In State Israel, along with system courts, a special, non-denominational court general jurisdiction, called Family Court, has estab...