The Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Digital Accountability Research and the Utility of International Norm-Setting by Siena Anstis, Jakub Dalek, Ronald J. Deibert

“…Nearly every aspect of our life is impacted by digital technologies manufactured and sold by companies. Legislative frameworks to limit the harms of such technologies have been slow to develop and remain entangled in controversy.1 The expanding role of digital technologies has been accompanied by a disturbing descent into authoritarianism in many countries that is also, in part, fueled by these very same tools.2 The decline of liberal democratic institutions is said to be linked to various properties of the digital ecosystem—from security flaws in popular applications used by states to engage in covert and remote surveillance3 to the development and exploitation of social media algorithms that push violent and divisive content.4 There is no doubt, then, that digital accountability research—which we define as evidence-based research seeking to track and expose risks to civil society in the digital ecosystem—is critical. …”
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No-Fault Compensation and Anti-COVID-19 Compulsory Vaccination: The Italian Context in a Broad View by Paola Frati, Nicola Di Fazio, Raffaele La Russa, Paola Santoro, Giuseppe Delogu, Vittorio Fineschi

“…Law 1992 no. 210 already provided for the indemnity system for persons damaged by irreversible complications due to compulsory vaccinations, transfusions, and the administration of blood products. The legislator intended to attribute the right to an indemnity that is not compensatory in order to repair a wrong connected to some hypothesis of liability, but it rather has a welfare character in the broad sense, being attributable to Constitutional fundamentals. …”
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Used Cooking Oils in the Biogas Chain: A Technical and Economic Assessment by Erika Carnevale, Giovanni Molari, Matteo Vittuari

“…The lack of an appropriate legislative framework limits the utilization of used cooking oils (UCOs) in AD with a consequently missed opportunity for biogas owners that could find an important alternative in UCO.…”
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Moderation effects of multiple directorships on audit committee and firm performance: A middle eastern perspective by Kamilah Kamaludin, Sheela Sundarasen, Izani Ibrahim

“…The results should provide support to regulatory authorities to legislate effective regulations to make internal governance mechanisms work more effectively in the country.…”
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A Multifunctional Solution for Simultaneous Sound Insulation and Acoustic Conditioning—An Example of Application in a Radio Studio by Juan C. Rodríguez, Jesús Alba, Romina del Rey

“…There is a need to comply with established sound insulation parameters, but there are also legislative conditions concerning reverberation time. …”
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The Legal Politics of Outsourcing and Its Implication for the Protection of Workers in Indonesia by Siti Kunarti, Nur Putri Hidayah, Hariyanto Hariyanto, Muhammad Bahrul Ulum

“…The research showed that legal politics concerning outsourcing had experienced dynamic congruence with the political configuration when the legislative product on outsourcing was made. The differences emerge where outsourcing is not restricted to certain occupations in Book III of the Civil Code of Indonesia. …”
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Emerging contaminants in surface waters in China—a short review by Guang Yang, Maohong Fan, Guangming Zhang

“…A majority of EC studies have focused on surface waters of the Haihe River and Pearl River watersheds due to their highly developed industries and intense human activity. Legislative and administrative regulation of ECs is lacking in China. …”
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Fiscal Responsibility Legal Framework—New Paradigm for Fiscal Discipline in the EU by Mihaela Tofan, Mihaela Onofrei, Anca-Florentina Vatamanu

“…The analyzed documents from the area of fiscal responsibility show formal respect for the legislative framework aimed at consolidating public finance sustainability and accentuate the need to use fiscal laws, independent institutions and mechanisms that put constraints on policymakers and determine them to spend more efficiently, invest more wisely, and obtain better results regarding public finance sustainability. …”
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SAHRIS: using the South African Heritage Register to report, track and monitor heritage crime by K. Smuts

“…This paper reviews existing legislative frameworks and crime reporting and monitoring systems relevant to fighting heritage crime, and identifies current gaps in those responses. …”
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Recentele modificări ale O.U.G. nr. 34/2006, un temei pentru reorientarea contractelor administrative spre libertatea contractuală? by Andreea TABACU, Amelia SINGH

“…Currently, after the Emergency Government Ordinance no. 76/2010, modified by the Law no. 278/2010, was adopted, one might say that the legislator has opted, in the common law, for a mixed policy, which distinguishes between the rules applicable in the pre-contractual stage, following for the most part the power of the administrative law, and the rules applicable in the contractual stage, following the commercial law.…”
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Students and Superintendents: From “Family Style” to Moral and Political Supervision (Based on Materials of Pedagogical Institute and St. Petersburg University of 1800s – 1850s)... by Ksenia S. Kazakova, Tatyana N. Zhukovskaya

“…A detailed system of norms and prohibitions was legislated, and supervision of its implementation was entrusted to a superintendent, who was elected from civilian or military officials. …”
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Edible insects: Tendency or necessity (a review) by Konstantina Papastavropoulou, Jianbo Xiao, Charalampos Proestos

“…So that the edible insect food industry can develop on a solid basis, through the expansion of the composition of the insects already used and the future legalization of new species of edible insects as well as the establishment of additional legislative frameworks for the breeding, development, processing, storage, and safety of these innovative new foods.…”
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Fragments of Europeanization of Georgian Property Law and Law of Obligations in the Context of Reception of German Law by Zarandia Tamar, Chitashvili Natia

“…Analysis of the dynamics and often contradictory root of the Europeanization of Georgian private law will enable scholars and legislators conduct legal approximation process on the basis of research-based recommendations.…”
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A GESTÃO ESCOLAR NA EDUCAÇÃO DA REDE PÚBLICA ESTADUAL: o processo de escolha do gestor escolar em um estudo de caso na escola Professora Maria de Fátima Souto by Ranyellen Félix de Souza, Allyne de Almeida Ferreira Ramos

“…Based on authors such as Lück (2009), Paro (2003) and the Brazilian legislations that give us theoretical and methodological framework on the understanding of school management in Brazil. …”
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Towards automated recommendations for drunk driving penalties in Poland - a case study analysis in selected court by Kiejnich-Kruk Karolina, Twardawa Mateusz, Formanowicz Piotr

“…Another aim of this study is to provide an example of a straightforward mathematical recommendation model that tries to reflect both the discovered correlations in the data and the presumed intentions of legislators.…”
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Continuity of Parental Responsibility in Child Abduction Cases: Lesson Learned from the Case of <i>Z. v. Croatia</i> by Mirela Župan, Martina Drventić Barišin

“…The identified difficulties showed the need to clearly elaborate and determine the interrelationship between Article 3 of the Child Abduction Convention and Article 16(3) of the Child Protection Convention, as well as the necessity to evaluate domestic legislative solutions and the practice of the national authorities that have led to the determination of violation in the present case.…”
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RESPONSIBLE SELF-CARE – THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND PLACE IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM by S. N. Tolpygina, S. Yu. Martsevich, A. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…The concept of responsible self-care is to create conditions and prerequisites for forming a responsible attitude to own health, children's and family's health by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, wider and more competent use of over-the-counter medication for the prevention or self-care of the trifling ailment and chronic non-communicable diseases, continuing the therapy prescribed by the doctor. Changes in the legislative framework, coordinated activity of medical workers of various levels and specialties, as well as improvement of medical literacy of the population are necessary for the implementation of the practice of responsible self-care in Russia. …”
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A framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of output-based surveillance systems against zoonotic threats by Samantha Rivers, Maciej Kochanowski, Agnieszka Stolarek, Anna Ziętek-Barszcz, Verity Horigan, Alexander J. Kent, Rob Dewar

“…This allows proportionate legislative surveillance specifications to be imposed over a range of unique geographies. …”
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CAP post 2022 scenarios and income impacts – a case analysis for selected typical farms in Slovenia by Jaka ŽGAJNAR, Luka JUVANČIČ, Stane KAVČIČ, Emil ERJAVEC

“…In line with previous CAP reforms, we can expect income redistribution impacts also with the implementation of the legislative and financial framework of the CAP for the next period. …”
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THE IMPACT OF THE UNIFIED STATE SYSTEM OF PREVENTION AND LIQUIDATION OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AT THE RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE IN FIRES by Fomin A.I., Besperstov D.A., Popov V.B., Saibel S. Yu.

“…The article described legislative and regulatory prerequisites for the activity of the unified state system for preventing and eliminating emergencies in the event of fires. …”
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