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The Sulpicians And The Sisters Of Charity: Concentric Circles Of Mission, Betty Ann Mcneil D.C.

Vincentian Studies

This article focuses on the Sulpicians’ role in the establishment of the Sisters of Charity and their union with the Daughters of Charity. It also “discuss[es] mission determinants and their implications for contemporary ministry.” The Sulpicians became the superiors of the Sisters of Charity to meet the needs of the Church in the United States, an adaptation of the Sulpician charism of educating the clergy. They introduced the Rules of the Daughters of Charity to the Sisters, which they adapted to suit life in the United States and to suit their community as an independent American foundation. The Sulpicians also …

Counselling Consumer Debtors Under Canada's Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act, Ruth E. Berry, Sue L. T. Mcgregor

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

If no attempts are made to determine the monetary and non-monetary reasons for bankruptcy or its recurrence, debtors may be more likely to choose bankruptcy, or remain in the cycle of bankruptcy. Credit counselling is one mechanism that can assist consumers in paying back debts without resorting to bankruptcy, thereby preventing repeat bankruptcies and heavy debt loads in the future. Canada passed a major milestone in 1992, becoming the first country to make financial counselling mandatory prior to the granting of an unconditional discharge from personal bankruptcy. This article describes the history of the policy analysis involved in making consumer …

The Changing Character Of The American Catholic Church 1810–1850, Kathleen Flanagan S.C.

Vincentian Studies

The Church in the United States faced three main problems between 1810 and 1850: anti-Catholic prejudice, the question of how to educate Catholic children, and the need for care of orphans and the sick. Anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States, which abated somewhat immediately after the Revolution, reached new heights with the massive Irish and German immigration in this period. Conflicts between Catholics and Protestants over which version of the Bible would be used in schools and the bishops’ insistence that interpretation be provided with Bible study contributed to the prejudice. It also led to the formation of a separate …

Immunohistochemical Evaluation Of Small Round Cell Tumors Of Childhood, Sajid H. Shah, Irshad N. Soomro, M. Shahid Siddiqui, Shahid Pervez, Sheema H. Hassan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective:

This study was done to evaluate the pediatric undifferentiated small round cell tumors with immunohistochemical staining.

Setting:

The present study included consecutive cases of small round cell tumors which were diagnosed in children (<15 years) in the section of Histopathology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi during the period of two years.

Methods:

The group of undifferentiated small round cell tumors were evaluated immunohistochemically by using a panel of antibodies on sections from routinely processed, formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue blocks.

Results:

The category of undifferentiated small round cell tumors included rhabdomyosarcoma (23.2%), primitive neuroectodermal tumor (17.9%), non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (16.1%), neuroblastoma (14.2%), Ewing’s sarcoma (10.7%) in order of frequency. Osteosarcoma (Small cell variant), retinoblastoma and medulloblastoma comprised …

Islamic And American Constitutional Law: Borrowing Possibilities Or A History Of Borrowing?, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri

Law Faculty Publications

Islam is commonly viewed in the West as being incompatible with democracy. It is also viewed as an "Oriental" religion that has spawned violence and encouraged human rights violations. Because of the historical interaction between the West and Islam, the United States has recently been supporting efforts to export its democratic principles and human rights values to Muslim countries. In this context, the question of constitutional borrowing gains special significance. To assess the possibilities of constitutional borrowing between Islamic countries and the United States, it is important to first discuss the historical relation between the two, as well as between …

Major Litigation Activities Regarding Major Life Activities: The Failure Of The Disability Definition In The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Lisa Eichhorn

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Eastern Enterprises V. Apfel: Is The Court One Step Closer To Unraveling The Takings And Due Process Clauses, John Decker Bristow

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Individual Bankruptcy: Preliminary Findings Of A Socio-Legal Analysis, Iain D. C. Ramsay

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article presents preliminary findings from an empirical study of individuals who filed for bankruptcy in the Toronto bankruptcy district in 1994. The central findings are that bankrupts are both asset- and income-poor at the time of declaring bankruptcy, and have much higher ratios of debt-to-income than the general population. Bankrupts are not drawn solely from low status occupations, but neither are they drawn significantly from the highest status occupations. The major reasons for declaring bankruptcy are adverse employment changes and business failure. There has been a large rise in the number of women declaring bankruptcy since earlier studies in …

Comparative Empiricism, Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Demonizing Debtors: A Response To The Honsberger-Ziegel Debate, Karen Gross

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Secured Creditors And Consumer Bankruptcy In The United States, William C. Whitford

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article first summarizes the many restrictions that the American consumer bankruptcy system imposes on the enforcement of the contractual rights of secured creditors. The restrictions include the ability, in Chapter 13 proceedings particularly, of the debtor to "strip the lien" of the undersecured creditor, releasing the collateral from the lien upon payment, over time, of only the value of the collateral when it is less than the full amount owing. The article then summarizes many changes in the rights of secured creditors currently being proposed and debated in Congress. The author concludes with his own proposals that would enhance …

Insolvency Counselling--Innovation Based On The Fourteenth Century, Carol Ann Curnock

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

In the fourteenth century, poverty (previously viewed as a virtue) was redefined by both church and state as illegal and immoral. This view persists in Canada today. The 1992 amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) included a provision that makes two counselling sessions mandatory for all persons going through bankruptcy. The author reviews The BIA Insolvency Counsellor's Qualification Course that was developed in support of this amendment, and concludes that it is not up to the task. The mandatory counselling presumes a bankrupt person's irresponsibility, addiction, and need for referral to community service agencies. However, these presumptions are …

The Role Of Consumer Counselling As Part Of The Bankruptcy Process In Europe, Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Overseas Dimension: What Can Canada And The United States Learn From The United Kingdom, Michael Adler

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The United States and, to a slightly lesser extent, Canada have come to regard personal bankruptcy as a routine method of discharging debts, enabling the debtor to make a fresh start. By contrast, in the United Kingdom, bankruptcy is still seen as a remedy of last resort, and creditors may retain the right to enforce debts. The difference in approach is due to the fact that the United States and Canada have traditionally given priority to risk taking over security, while the United Kingdom has continued to give priority to security over risk taking. However, the British government's enthusiasm for …

Consumer Bankruptcies: A New Zealand Perspective, Paul Heath

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

In this article, the author considers the need for reform of New Zealand bankruptcy law to reflect recent socioeconomic developments in New Zealand. The author addresses several consumer bankruptcy issues, and considers them in the context of a number of competing public interest factors, such as the purpose of insolvency law, the role of the state in insolvency law, and the necessary balance to be struck between competing macroeconomic and microeconomic factors. The author suggests varying solutions-some educational, and some legal.

Consumer Bankruptcies: An Australian Perspective, Rosalind Mason

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Over the past three decades, Australia has experienced a significant increase in the number of consumer bankruptcies. Until the early 1970s, the number of business and consumer bankruptcies was approximately equal, whereas in 1997 to 1998, for every business-related bankruptcy, there were approximately four consumer bankruptcies. This article gives a concise overview of insolvency laws in Australia, in particular the administrations applicable to individual debtors. Next, it briefly describes current Australian scholarship on consumer bankruptcy, before outlining pertinent bankruptcy and consumer credit regulation. Suggestions to decrease consumer bankruptcy numbers include extension of the "cooling-off period" for those intending to petition …

Consumer Bankruptcy In Comparison: Do We Cure A Market Failure Or A Social Problem, Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The Continental European and Scandinavian bankruptcy laws did not have provisions enabling the discharge of debt until quite recently. While bankruptcy law did not specifically exclude consumer debtors, in the absence of discharge, consumer bankruptcy was meaningless and rare. After the deregulation of credit markets in the 1980s, many west European countries faced a huge increase in consumer debt problems. Several countries passed consumer debt adjustment laws during the late 1980s and 1990s. Unlike the North American consumer bankruptcy laws, the European laws attach moral attributes to the access to adjustment procedures, which require a mandatory payment plan, and offer …

Montana Kaimin, April 1, 1999, Associated Students Of The University Of Montana

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Dynamics And Determinants Of The Decision To Grant En Banc Review, Tracey E. George

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The ability of U.S. Courts of Appeals to control the development of law within their respective circuits has been strained by the practice of divisional sittings, the growing caseload at the circuit court level, the increasing number of judges sitting within each circuit, and the decreasing probability of Supreme Court intervention. The primary method of maintaining coherence and consistency in doctrinal development within a federal circuit is en banc review. Yet, many critics contend that en bane rehearing is a time-consuming, inefficient procedure that fails to serve its intended purpose and too often is abused for political ends. This Article …

A Prevention Model Of Juvenile Justice: The Promise Of Kansas V. Hendricks For Children, Christopher Slobogin, Mark R. Fondacaro, Jennifer L. Woolard

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The traditional juvenile court, focused on rehabilitation and "childsaving," was premised primarily on a parens patriae notion of State power. " Because of juveniles' immaturity and greater treatability, this theory posited, the State could forego the substantive and procedural requirements associated with the adult system of criminal punishment. As an historical and conceptual matter, however, the parens patriae power justifies intervention only for the good of the subject, not for society as a whole. " From the outset, then, the image of the juvenile delinquency system as a manifestation of the State acting as "parent" was an implausible one. This …

United States V. Smithfield: A Paradigmatic Example Of Lax Enforcement Of The Clean Water Act By The Commonwealth Of Virginia, Derek A. Yeo, Roy A. Hoagland

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Adventures Of A Church Historian: Leonard J. Arrington Leonard J. Arrington, Richard E. Bennett

BYU Studies

Leonard J. Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian: Leonard J. Arrington. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. 249 pp. Index. $29.95.

A Comparison Of Active And Passive Recovery On Lactate Concentration And Subsequent Performance Of Repeated Work Bouts In University Ice Hockey Players, Michelle L. Lau

Student Work

This study examined the effect of active and passive recovery on lactate concentration and subsequent performance of repeated work bouts in IS male college ice hockey players. Using a repeated measure design, subjects performed a series of skating tests before and after a 15-minute recovery. The skating test consisted of skating a course for 7 shifts lasting 40 sec per shift with 90 sec rest between shifts. The recovery active (low intensity cycling) or passive (sitting) recovery lasted for 15 minutes followed by an identical seven shift skating test. Lactate was measured at rest, 3-5 min following the first skating …

The Impact Of Mentoring On The Academic Achievement Of At-Risk Youth, Lynn A. Thompson

Student Work

Since the late 1980's, planned mentoring programs have flourished as one possible solution to the problems affecting youth. Little research has been conducted evaluating mentoring programs in spite of the generally accepted belief that only positive effects can result from planned mentoring. This study examined the impact of mentoring on the academic achievement of at risk youth involved in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Midlands’ program. Individual academic achievement tests were administered to 12 boys in the treatment group (i.e., had a mentor) and 13 boys in the control group (i.e., on a waiting list to receive a mentor) …

Conflicts Of Interest In Scientific Expert Testimony, Mark R. Patterson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Duty To Warn And Intervention With Hiv-Positive Clients, Timothy Melchert, Michele M. Patterson

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

Complex ethical and legal issues are involved when an HIV-positive client presents a danger to others as a result of engaging in unprotected sex or needle sharing. This article presents a detailed assessment-and-intervention model that is based on the integration of ethical and legal principles with information about the level of risk associated with a client's behavior, the HIV status of the client, and the sexual or needle-sharing partner's awareness of the client's HIV status. Appropriate interventions, including the duty to warn, are identified for each of the risk levels.

The Parthenon, April 1, 1999, Marshall University

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Promising Practice For K-16 - Project Connect: School-University Collaboration For Service-Learning, Education Commission Of The States

Partnerships/Community

Partnership is a recurring theme in education these days: partnerships between schools and communities, between colleges and nonprofit organizations, between high schools and elementary schools, and between K-12 and higher education systems. Whether one refers to the latter partnerships as K-16, Pre-K-H or K-PhD, what truly defines them is the level and type of interactions among the school, university and community.

Inside A Swiss Army Knife: An Assessment Of Americorps, James L. Perry, Ann Marie Thomson, Mary Tschirhart, Debra Mesh, Geunjoo Lee

Service Learning, General

This study reviews the goals and achievements of AmeriCorps, the national service program championed by President Clinton and approved by Congress in 1993. We identify five AmeriCorps goals: satisfying unmet social needs, developing corps members, enhancing the civic ethic, reinvigorating lethargic bureaucracies, and bridging race and class. The evidence of AmeriCorps' effectiveness is not definitive. Self-reports from recipient programs, selective cost-benefit analyses, and some survey evidence indicate some positive results. More fine-grained survey and field research raise questions about AmeriCorps' overall effects. Much more research is needed before policy makers and citizens can determine AmeriCorps' productivity.

The Amicus (Vol. 9, Issue 7)

Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...)

No abstract provided.