scholarly journals Childhood in the digital age: a socio-cultural and legal analysis of the UK’s proposed virtual legal duty of care

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Nyamutata
Keyword(s):  
White Paper ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Participation Rights ◽  
Legal Duty ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Legal Contexts ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Legal Interventions

Abstract In 2019, the UK government issued an ambitious White Paper as a precursor to the regulation of ‘online harms’. This article adopts a socio-cultural and legal approach to analysing the proposed law in the context of children. How childhood is conceptualized influences public policy and legal interventions, including on the digital space. This remains a contested terrain with different conclusion on the effects of the cyberspace. The biggest challenge with legal interventions on the digital realm is the need to achieve a balance between protection and participation rights of children. The dominant conception of childhood as a period of vulnerability has meant ‘protection’ often overrides participation rights. However, such focus is the subject of challenge, with some suggesting that regulation is the product of moral panic. A further strand is the potential of disproportionate punitive measures against Internet companies against the backdrop of human rights obligations. The UK proposition is discussed within this socio-cultural and legal contexts with the objective of highlighting challenges and legal pitfalls. This article argues that Internet governance ought to give serious consideration to the new sociology of childhood.

Obliging Platforms to Accept a Duty of Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-109
Author(s):  
Lorna Woods ◽  
Will Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Codes Of Practice ◽  
Statutory Duty ◽  
The Uk

This chapter introduces the statutory duty of care model of regulation proposed by Carnegie UK Trust and which underpinned the approach of the UK Government’s Online Harms White Paper. Based on the approach found in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the proposal is for systems-based regulation which has two aspects. The first that it is the platform that should be regulated not the content, including the design of the platform and the operation of the business. Secondly, the duty of care implies a risk assessment so that reasonably foreseeable harms are avoided where possible or mitigated. Perfection is not required and this regime does not impose liability on the platform for individual items of content. An independent regulator was envisaged, one that had a double role: enforcement and the development of good behaviours through codes of practice.

scholarly journals Service innovations: an Australian approach to community care – the Northern Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 439-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Carroll ◽  
Jane Pickworth ◽  
David Protheroe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Treatment Team ◽  
The Public ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk

The recent White paper, Modernising Mental Health Services, recommended the provision of home treatment teams for acute mental illness (Department of Health, 1998). Such services are not widespread in the UK and have been the subject of recent debate (Smyth et al, 2000). In Australia, multi-disciplinary teams providing 24–hour community assessment and treatment of psychiatric emergencies have been in place now for over a decade, and form the cornerstone of the public mental health service.

scholarly journals The Role of Shariah Law in Islamic Financial Contracts in the UK and the US: A Comparative Analysis

ICR Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-255
Author(s):  
Apnizan Abdullah ◽  
Shahrul Mizan Ismail ◽  
Halila Faiza Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Financial Contracts ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk

The adoption of the doctrine of secularism in the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) is clear. Secularism separates human activities in the public sphere from religion. In Western countries, the development of Islamic finance, which stands on the principles of Shariah, could be impeded due to this doctrine. This is because, in Islam, religion is part and parcel of human life. Unlike the US, the UK has made certain efforts to accommodate Islamic finance needs by amending its regulatory structure. Adequate regulatory set ups for Islamic finance in both countries are very crucial, particularly in the UK, since its government aims to promote London as the hub for Islamic finance in Europe. Therefore, in view of the importance of these two giant financial jurisdictions, this study aims to provide a comparative legal analysis of the position of Shariah in Islamic financial contracts in the UK and the US. In particular, this study highlights the legal and judicial treatments made by the courts in both countries pertaining to the subject matter. This study concludes by highlighting the present position of the subject matter.

The Lived Experience of Financialization at the UK Financial Fringe

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
LINDSEY APPLEYARD ◽  
CARL PACKMAN ◽  
JORDON LAZELL ◽  
HUSSAN ASLAM
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Credit Market ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Dramatic Decline ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The financialization of everyday life has received considerable attention since the 2008 global financial crisis. Financialization is thought to have created active financial subjects through the ability to participate in mainstream financial services. While the lived experience of these mainstream financial subjects has been the subject of close scrutiny, the experiences of financial subjects at the financial fringe have been rarely considered. In the UK, for example, the introduction of High-Cost, Short-Term Credit [HCSTC] or payday loan regulation was designed to protect vulnerable people from accessing unaffordable credit. Exploring the impact of HCSTC regulation is important due to the dramatic decline of the high-cost credit market which helped meet essential needs in an era of austerity. As such, the paper examines the impact of the HCSTC regulation on sixty-four financially marginalized individuals in the UK that are unable to access payday loans. First, we identify the range of socioeconomic strategies that individuals employ to manage their finances to create a typology of financial subjectivity at the financial fringe. Second, we demonstrate how the temporal and precarious nature of financial inclusion at the financial fringe adds nuance to existing debates of the everyday lived experience of financialization.

European Union Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Horspool ◽  
Matthew Humphreys ◽  
Michael Wells-Greco
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Free Movement Of Goods ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Substantive Law ◽  
The Eu

Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise and reliable guides for students at all levels. The eleventh edition of European Union Law provides a systematic overview of the European institutions and offers thorough, wide-ranging coverage of the key substantive law topics, including separate chapters on competition, discrimination, environmental law and services. It also features a new chapter on the EU and its relationship with third countries, including the UK. Incisive analysis of the governing themes and principles of EU law is consistently delivered, while chapter summaries, critical questions, further reading suggestions and the new ‘Brexit checklist’ feature help to guide the reader through the subject and support further research. Topics covered also include supremacy and direct effect, the European Courts, general principles, free movement of goods and persons and citizenship.

scholarly journals Macroeconomic Modelling at the Institute: Hopes, Challenges and a Lasting Contribution

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. R3-R14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Barrell ◽  
Andy Blake ◽  
Garry Young
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Macroeconomic Models ◽  
Macroeconomic Modelling ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Economic Forecasts ◽  
Modelling And Forecasting

The Institute is a world leader in macroeconomic modelling and forecasting. It has produced quarterly economic forecasts for around sixty years, supported by macroeconomic models. The aim of the original builders of macroeconomic models was to transform understanding of how economies worked and use that knowledge to improve economic policy. In the early years, when computers were rare, macroeconomic modelling was a new frontier and Institute economists were among the first to produce a working model of the UK economy. It is remarkable how quickly models were being used to produce forecasts, assess policy and influence the international macroeconomic research agenda. The models built at the Institute were mainstream in the sense that they followed the contents of standard macroeconomic textbooks, developed with the subject, and fitted the facts as they were known at the time. There were continual improvements in understanding as the subject developed in response to new ideas and developments in the global economy. This article celebrates the development of macroeconomic modelling at the Institute and the contribution it has made to public life.

scholarly journals ICD, Mental Disorder and British Nosologists: An assessment of the uniquely British contribution to psychiatric classification

1994 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Historical Survey ◽  
Psychiatric Classification ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Systems ◽  
The Way

During several recent international meetings on classification, there have been frequent references to national systems of classification developed and used in Europe, North America and many other countries. The UK has been notably absent from this list. As Professor Kendell, in his brief historical survey of the subject, points out: “British psychiatry does not have, and indeed never has had, any important diagnostic concepts of its own in the way that French, American, and Scandinavian psychiatry still do” (Kendell, 1985).

The State of the Art in Management Education Applicable to Aerospace Activities

1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (677) ◽  
pp. 344-348
Author(s):  
J. V. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Management Education ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Aerospace Industry ◽  
List Type ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Necessity ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

During the past two years, there has been a sharp acceleration to the interest which industry has displayed in the subject of management education. This can be attributed to these factors: —(a) A more widespread realisation of the gap developing between the UK and a number of foreign economies, as manifested by diverging rates of the major economic indicators.(b) The attainment of top-management responsibilities by a younger generation of managers, many of whom had been given some earlier training and who were more conscious of its value than the incumbents of the job from earlier generations.(c) The publication of the Franks, Robbins and (in the aerospace industry) the Plowden reports.(d) The impact of the Industrial Training Boards making it manifest, in terms of serious levies, that training was an economic necessity and therefore must be investigated thoroughly.Notwithstanding the widespread awakening of interest, it is very belated and sets numerous problems. The problems are in two areas—scale and quality.

Psychiatric illness and driving: Irish psychiatrists' documentation practices

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Langan
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Medication Compliance ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Driving Ability ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Clinical Notes ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Legal Duty ◽  
The Uk

AbstractObjective: Psychiatric illness and the use of psychotropic medication are recognised as factors that may impair driving ability. Clinicians in the UK have a legal duty to advise patients on the effects of illness and prescribed medication on driving ability. Although clinicians in Ireland have no equivalent legal obligations, good medical practice suggests that doctors should be aware of whether patients are active drivers, and issue appropriate advice, supported by adequate documentation in clinical notes.Method: The initial phase of the study analysed 44 outpatient records and 48 discharge records to ascertain the level of documentation regarding driving status, and advice given to patients regarding the effect of illness or medication on driving ability. The second phase involved distribution of an anonymous questionnaire to 18 psychiatrists employed in the acute psychiatric unit setting.Results: Although there was minimal documentation regarding the potential effect of illness on driving ability, more than 50% of case notes revealed documented advice to patients regarding side-effects of medication and driving ability. Over 50% of case notes contained advice about medication compliance, but none contained cautionary advice about operating machinery. All psychiatrists admitted not being aware of the driving status of every patient they reviewed. Over 50% admitted to advising patients of the effect of illness or medication on driving ability, but fewer reported documenting this advice on every occasion. All psychiatrists reported that they would benefit from training in this area.Conclusion: This study suggests that there is underdocumentation of advice given to patients regarding the effect of their symptoms or medication on driving ability. Clinicians need to improve their awareness of patients' driving status, in addition to receiving training on what their responsibilities are in this regard.

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