In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The ...

Copyright infringement (colloquially referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works. The copyright holder is ...

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides a right to respect for one's "private and family life, his home and his correspondence", subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society". The European ...

During a state of emergency the President has the power to make emergencyregulations "necessary or expedient" to restore peace and order and end theemergency. This power can be delegated to other authorities. Emergencymeasures can violate the Bill of Rights, but only to a limited extent. Should states be permitted to derogate ...

Since the beginning of this new millennium, terms such as terrorist, terrorism, fight against terrorism, etc. are part of everyone’s daily life even if nobody knows exactly what is hidden behind such terms, or whether they are used adequately or ...

Privacy is one of the central issues in the information society. New technologies pose new threats to privacy but they may also facilitate new ways of protecting it. Due to the generally accepted importance of privacy, many countries now have ...

Regional human rights systems, consisting ofregional instruments and mechanisms, play an increasingly important role in the promotion and protection of human rights. ... Regional human rights mechanisms (e.g. commissions, special rapporteurs, courts) then help to implement these instruments on the ground. Both international and regional law ...

Local Authorities (Councils) owe a variety of obligations imposed by law to those who occupy (or who might occupy) accommodation provided by the Council. These duties will be examined with particular reference to four categories of person: The Homeless; Asylum ...

The term mutual exchange describes the ability of two (or more) tenants in the public housing sector to move house by swapping their homes. Mutual exchangeis possible in some countries, such as the UK and Sweden. Other terms used for this are "home swap" or "homeswap". Three tenants want to ...

Interrelatedness - mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; "interrelationships of animal structure and function" interrelation, interrelationship. relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. The concept of interrelatedness, of global citizenship and a shared planet ...