This article is based on the Mexican case study undertaken as part of the comparative study of the implementation and impact of National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF). Even though Mexico does not have a comprehensive NQF, the country has considerable experience in the development of labour competence technical standards; these share some aims…

Examination of a dispute between two specialists in wine reveals a fundamental difference in the professional perspectives of an economist and a legal expert. (MSE)

Describes court-imposed contact statutes that provide for enforceable post adoption contact between birth parents or relatives and the adoptee or adoptive parents. Compares statutes permitting courts to enforce post adoption contact agreements among the parties and court imposed post adoption contact agreements without regard to parties'…

This paper provides a comparative snapshot of the current state of the law in the US and UK with respect to potential liability of university and college students for use (and misuse) of social networking sites. It reviews the limited case law on this topic, highlights the differences in the two nations' laws of defamation and the various possible…

Describes and compares federal guidelines and state statutes establishing rules for voluntary agreements between birth parents/other relatives and adoptive parents for enforceable post-adoption contact. Concludes that adoption with contact is a measured response to strengths and limitations of 20th-century adoption law, balancing children's needs…

Researchers have used many statistical models to determine whether an institution's faculty pay structure is equitable, with varying degrees of success. Little attention, however, has been given to court interpretations of statistical significance or to what variables courts have acknowledged should be used in an equity model. This article…

Salaries of head coaches in college sports are rising, but a large salary gap remains between coaches of men's and women's teams. In a national ranking of institutions by salary averages, men's coaches at the median institution made 43% more than women's coaches. Some institutions provide more salary equity than others. The Justice Department is…

This set of papers presented to the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations at its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "Planning Interlending Systems in Developing Countries," by Maurice B. Line; "Problems of Centralisation of Inter-Library Lending in a De-Centralized Library…