A plan to establish a cooperation model for case management for people with disabilities in local communities and the changing role of welfare centers

Abstract The article examines issues of local water resources using Bela Krajina as an example - a rural, karst landscape in south-eastern Slovenia. In the field, we made an inventory of 261 different water resources, analysing their past and current use along with their role in the life of the local population and assessing their hydrogeological sensitivity and hydroecological threat they face. With the introduction of distributed water systems, water resources lost their traditional importance in terms of water supply, with local population’s reliance on and knowledge about them fading. Nevertheless, certain local communities have recently recognized their natural and cultural value, as well as their importance to ecosystems, which is reflected in initiatives for the preservation, protection and restoration of individual water resources. Most of Bela Krajina’s water resources are very sensitive to pollution due to the karst surface, however the actual hydroecological threat they face from human activities in their catchments is relatively low.

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Implications of Case Management and Active Adjudication for Judicial Disqualification

Alberta Law Review ◽

10.29173/alr780 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jula Hughes ◽

Philip Bryden

Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Case Law ◽

Recent Case ◽

Judicial Intervention ◽

Fairness And Efficiency ◽

Changing Role ◽

Judicial Role

The judicial role of Canadian judges is changing to allow judges to make trials fairer, more accessible, and more efficient. Along with the changing role of judges has come new tools, including pretrial settlement and case management conferences, and even active adjudication during the course of the trial. However, this new role and the use of its associated tools have the potential to raise an apprehension of bias. This article focuses on recent case law and commentary addressing case management and active adjudication by judges, with the aim of clarifying the boundary between permissible judicial intervention that fosters fairness and efficiency, and impermissible interventions that raise an apprehension of bias. Additionally, we discuss the role counsel can play in helping to avoid concerns of bias from arising.

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All Rise for the Interventionist

The Journal of Criminal Law ◽

10.1177/0022018316647870 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 201-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ed Johnston

Keyword(s):

Criminal Justice ◽

Case Management ◽

Criminal Trials ◽

Justice Process ◽

Criminal Justice Process ◽

Defence Counsel ◽

New Form ◽

The Impact ◽

Changing Role

This paper will examine the changing role played by the judiciary in criminal trials. The paper examines the genesis of the adversarial criminal trial that was born out of lifting the prohibition on defence counsel in trials of treason. The paper will chart the rise of judicial passivity as lawyers dominated trials. Finally, the paper examines the rise of the interventionist judiciary in the wake of the Auld Review that launched an attack on the inefficiencies of the modern trial. To tackle the inefficiencies, the Criminal Procedure Rules allowed the judiciary to reassume a role of active case management. The impact an interventionist judiciary has for adversarial criminal justice is examined. The paper finds that a departure from traditional adversarial has occurred; the criminal justice process has shifted to a new form of process, driven by a managerial agenda.

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