rt Legal Research Reports: Points-Based and Family Immigration By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:00:32 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Points-Based and Family Immigration. This report explains the points-based immigration systems adopted by Australia, Austria, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Each of these countries determines a noncitizen’s eligibility to obtain a particular visa or residence status partly by whether that noncitizen is able to score above a threshold number of points in accordance with the country’s points scoring system. All of the countries have points-based immigration system for skilled workers. Other categories for which a points-based immigration system is used include investor, entrepreneur/business start-up, persons with exceptional capabilities, temporary worker, and job seeker. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Plea Barganing By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:55:47 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Plea Bargaining. This report examines laws and practices related to plea bargaining in six countries: Georgia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, and Singapore. Of these countries, three (Georgia, Malaysia, and Nigeria) have formalized both charge and sentence bargaining procedures in legislation. Russian legislation provides for a "special trial procedure" for defendants who plead guilty, and "special path" provisions based on Russia's approach are currently being considered as part of criminal procedure reforms in Indonesia. Russia has also implemented provisions on "pretrial cooperation agreements" aimed at providing incentives for individuals involved in organized crime to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. Georgia also provides for "agreements on special cooperation". In Singapore, there are no current or proposed plea bargaining provisions in legislation. However, two programs have implemented that enable alternative case resolution processes to be applied. (March 2020) This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Continuity of Legislative Activities during an Emergency By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:21:55 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations. This reports the law of 36 foreign jurisdictions on the functioning of legislatures under emergency measures, arrangements in legislatures for a designated sub-group to constitute a kind of "emergency parliament" with devolved powers from the whole legislature, and arrangements made by national legislative bodies to ensure their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the vast majority of countries surveyed, legislatures have adopted preventative measures in response to the public emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, no country surveyed has explicitly invoked the powers of an "emergency parliament" with the devolved power from the whole legislature. However, several countries surveyed give various other emergency powers to the legislature in times of emergencies. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: CORRECTION: Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:08:15 -0500 Previous version of this notice was sent with incorrect links. The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations. This reports the law of 36 foreign jurisdictions on the functioning of legislatures under emergency measures, arrangements in legislatures for a designated sub-group to constitute a kind of "emergency parliament" with devolved powers from the whole legislature, and arrangements made by national legislative bodies to ensure their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the vast majority of countries surveyed, legislatures have adopted preventative measures in response to the public emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, no country surveyed has explicitly invoked the powers of an "emergency parliament" with the devolved power from the whole legislature. However, several countries surveyed give various other emergency powers to the legislature in times of emergencies. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Protection of Environmental Defenders in Latin America By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:00:38 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Protection of Environmental Defenders in Latin America. This report includes surveys of laws guaranteeing the safety of environmental defenders in Latin America, especially in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. A United Nations Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was adopted for the specific purpose of promoting, protecting, and defending human rights in environmental matters was signed by Brazil, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. However, Colombia and Honduras are the only countries that have enacted specific legislation for the protection of environmental defenders. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Government Responses to Disinformation By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:34 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Government Responses to Disinformation. Concerns regarding the impact of viral dissemination of disinformation on democratic systems of government, on political discourse, on public trust in state institutions, and on social harmony have been expressed by many around the world. This report addresses reported instances of alleged disinformation and highlights governmental responses to challenges posed by the spread of disinformation on social media platforms in 16 jurisdictions This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Child Protection Law and Policy By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:41 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Child Protection Law and Policy. This report includes surveys of 16 foreign jurisdictions on laws and policies on protecting children from abuse and neglect. The introductory summary briefly describes domestic U.S. federal law before turning to a comparative analysis of foreign law. The individual country surveys in this report describe the law of each jurisdiction on protecting children from abuse and neglect. They also describe practices respecting data gathering and the publication of statistics, as applicable in each country. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
rt Legal Research Reports: Virtual Civil Trials By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:00:45 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Virtual Civil Trials. This report surveys the law of 25 foreign jurisdictions on the availability and functioning of virtual civil hearings and/or trials, including the structure of civil court systems and arrangements made to ensure the continuation of hearings and proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report describes foreign court systems that have adopted a range of options and procedural conditions for virtual hearings and/or trials in noncriminal cases in each jurisdiction surveyed. This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
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rt Sensation & perception / Bennett L. Schwartz, Florida International University, John H. Krantz, Hanover College By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 06:32:27 EDT Hayden Library - QP430.S334 2019 Full Article
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rt Champions of illusion: the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles / Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 07:36:13 EDT Hayden Library - QP495.M37 2017 Full Article
rt Neuropsychodynamic psychiatry / Heinz Boeker, Peter Hartwich, Georg Northoff, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
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rt How the vertebrate brain regulates behavior: direct from the lab / Donald Pfaff By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:18:54 EST Hayden Library - QP376.P447 2017 Full Article
rt Hippocampal microcircuits: a computational modeler's resource book / Vassilis Cutsuridis, Bruce P. Graham, Stuart Cobb, Imre Vida, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:35:12 EDT Online Resource Full Article
rt The spontaneous brain: from the mind-body to the world-brain problem / Georg Northoff By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 07:31:59 EDT Hayden Library - QP376.N679 2018 Full Article
rt Multisensory processes: the auditory perspective / Adrian K. C. Lee, Mark T. Wallace, Allison B. Coffin, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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