The paternalistic view that decisions on whether to treat defective newborns are best made by physicians is rejected. It is contended that society should serve as the infant's protector by providing legal standards to govern treatment decisions.

Background: In order to protect the environment, humans are required to comply with environmental ethics, as set forth in environmental laws. Unfortunately, oil pollution has had many negative impacts on the Earth's environment in recent years, so various countries have been examining and deciding on new environmental laws over many years. Many decisions overlap with international law and have ...

1. Legal Documentation and its Sources Legal documentation seems to be particularly suitable for hypertext applications because it deals with texts which by their very nature are highly correlated, both explicitly and implicitly: legislation refer to other legislation, court decisions interpret legislation or refer to other decisions, legal authority comments both case law and legislation. Ther...

investment and transfer of technology has no boarders. globalization is a process which affected all economic, social and legal aspects.a destiny which needs adequate decision. in this regard, economic globalization was more important than the other subjects. studying this process and its mechanism is the firs step to making vital decisions. free commercial transaction and international transfe...

This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotive-cognitive process formed and through social interaction. Current theoretical perspectives have shown how emotion thought are intertwined the workings of human brain but seldom elaborated on contextual structural features rational-emotional decision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processes management demands to ...

To what extent does the formal institutional environment influence Islamic bank capital decisions? We answer this question by assessing effect of legal rule index on a sample 100 banks in 28 countries from 1999 to 2013. Our econometric analyses show that positively and significantly influences ratios. The results can be explained idea effective rules incentivize hold higher ratios signal better...

This article argues that US studies of ‘legal consciousness’ have much to o¡er UK socio-legal studies. It is, perhaps, surprising that so little attention has been paid to this set of understandings. I seek to rectify that imbalance in the transatlantic relationship by outlining legal consciousness and its critiques. I then draw on homelessness applicant interview data to discuss their ‘legal c...

OBJECTIVE To analyze decisions from the legal system concerning the population's access to medicines within the Brazilian Public Health System through judicial channels, with regard to decision-making criteria and possible political and economic pressure. METHODS This was a descriptive retrospective study on documents with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Data were gathered from the S...