Prohibited Behaviour in UK Law
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Information behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in information behaviour research and, if so, how? Design/methodology/ap...... ... in information behaviour.Research limitations/implications – The meta-synthesis is a top-level synthesis, as the numberof studies prohibited a more detailed approach. Further meta-synthesis of a few high quality researchstudies would help to confirm the findings.Practical implications ... ...
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Queer(ed) Risks: Life Insurance, HIV/AIDS, and the ‘Gay Question’
In 2004 the Association of British Insurers (ABI) issued its second Statement of Best Practice on HIV and Insurance. This prohibited use of the ‘gay question’ (employed by some underwriters in appl...... ... This prohibited use of the ` gay question' (employed by some underwriters in application ... men, and unnecessary, given the availability of alternative ` behaviour-based' risk criteria. While the overhaul of this controversial practice is ... ...
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The social construction of violence in old age
Varying definitions and conceptualisations of violence in old age exist within and between the scientific community, medical and social work professionals, family carers and the elderly persons the...... ... that any criticism of sub-standardequipment or inappropriate behaviour iswelcome and necessaryto improve the caresituation of older people, the ... Unpleasant,or even prohibited behaviour like scolding,neglect, isolation, financial exploitation, ... ...
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Incivility as Dissent
State attempts to legislate for civility, such as the UK’s Injunctions to Prevent Nuisance and Annoyance, are usually challenged on libertarian grounds. This article develops a novel democratic cha...... ... a conceptual analysis, linking the forms of annoying behaviour targeted by legislation with the practice of incivility. It then ... In the original draft of the Bill, IPNAs broadened the range of prohibited behaviour to include ‘conduct capable of causing nuisance and ... ...
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De-Criminalising Adolescent to Parent Violence Under s 76 Serious Crime Act 2015 (c.9)
This article questions the appropriateness of including adolescent to parent violence (APV) within the elements of a criminal offence designed to criminalise domestic violence and abuse. The offenc...... ... offences differ is in respect of who the coercive orcontrolling behaviour can be directed towards. In England and Wales, the offence occurs when ... Khan and his son AbbasKhan were convicted of engaging in the prohibited behaviour towards two of their relatives (Salmat’sadult daughters and ... ...
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A Review of Civil Protection Orders in Six Jurisdictions
... ... orders has been due to recognition that, although much of the behaviour encompassed by the term ‘domestic violence’ may be criminal in nature, ... The range of prohibited conduct has also been extended to non-physical ones, including ... ...
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Italian Court Confirms High Standard of Protection of Image Rights in Audrey Hepburn Case
... ... The former protects image rights by solely describing the behaviour prohibited by law, yet without positively defining the concept of image or ... ...
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The Expected Impact of the Dma on the Antitrust Enforcement of Unilateral Practices
... ... several jurisdictions that certain characteristics and types of behaviour of these large internet platforms are problematic. 1 At the same time, ... the same time, the DMA clearly also covers practices that were prohibited by existing antitrust rules, in particular by Article 102 TFEU. Several ... ...
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Public Order Act 1986, S. 5: Religiously Aggravated Behaviour
... ... The recent case lawrelating to s. 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 would tend to suggest thatthe scope of words and behaviour which is prohibited has been inter-preted to cover a wide variety of situations by the courts. In this case, thecourt found that the magistrates made several errors of ... ...
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Victoria’s banning notice provisions: parliamentary, procedural and individual vulnerabilities
Purpose: Alcohol-related disorder in Australia’s night-time economy has precipitated an expanding regulatory and legislative framework. A key feature is the growth of police-imposed discretionary j...... ... Although this demonstrates an attempt to quantify disorderly behaviour in theNTE (which was abse nt from the Stateme nt), analysis of the ... , offensive and obscene behaviour, assault,possession of prohibited weapons and failure to leave licensed premises (LCRA Act 2007, s7).5. For ... ...
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