Qualified immunity from civil liability exists for acts of disaster mental health (DMH) practitioners responding to disasters or acts of terrorism. This article reviews current legal regimens dictating civil liability for potentially wrongful acts of DMH professionals and volunteers responding to disasters. Criteria are proposed to inform determinations of civil liability for DMH workers in dis...

the problem of compensating victims of traffic accidents is certainly one of the most important problems of a civil liability system. on the other hand, liability insurance is the main financial safeguard for the payment of the compensation of these victims. the old iranian law in this regard was passed on 1968. it had some merits and some inconveniences. it has been replaced by the new law of ...

In this study we introduce a few examples intended to illustrate the wide variety of objec­tive correlations that have been established between psyche and muscle tone. These exam­ples illustrate how muscle tone may cause the induction of certain effective or emotional be­haviour patterns, and vice versa.

Problem, research strategy, and findings In the 1990s, some cities across United States invested significantly in expanding light rail transit (LRT) systems. As a result, transit-oriented development (TOD) near new stations became desirable planning goal for local governments lucrative to developers. this study we examined evidence of gentrification all LRT station areas before after opening th...

nowadays, in order to apportion the risk and to avoid the vessels' delay, most of the voyage charters include provisions, either explicit or tacit, which binding the charterers to carry out loading and discharging operation in a designated time limit (laytime), urge them,in case of delay,to pay the owners an agreed amount (ie. demurrage).though, liability for demurrage rests with the chart...