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“What kind of skills do we want our graduates to have?” was the main topic of discussion during a recent staff meeting, which got me thinking.
… it hard to lie) and are very good at single-tasking. Treatment is not possible for intellectual disabilities: our genes define whether we are born with it or not. Research shows that adaptations in cognitive-behavioural therapy works for this client group. Other trends in mental health care show that a multidisciplinary plan works the best. Elements of this plan are: Reinforce the social network, If the social network is not able to take care of the disabled person, then find a safe living place …
… effectiveness and profitability while satisfying their customers expectations. In the light of this, for companies it has become difficult and expensive to produce their needs on their own (Gunasekaran, Patel and Tirtiroglu, 2001); therefore they started looking for suppliers to work co-operatively in providing improved service, technological innovation and product design (Gunasekaran, Patel and McGaughey, 2004). In addition to the above-mentioned internal motives, the development of SCM is also … that could be used for assessing the performance of a supply chain. This framework is useful because on the one hand it presents the metrics that are mostly considered by literature and practitioners; on the other hand, the metrics/measures are grouped according to the level of management to which they refer (i.e. Strategic; Tactical; and Operational) and the four major supply chain activities/processes (i.e. Plan; Source; Make/Assemble; and Deliver). The framework is provided below: …
… Rights and Democratisation . The fantastic venue of this programme is only one of its assets. One other great asset is that our colleague Ria Wolleswinkel chairs the executive committee of the Master’s programme. Representatives of the participating faculties handed over the diplomas in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Open bijschrift Scuola Grande di San Rocco There are worse places – surrounded by paintings of Tintoretto – to receive a diploma. At night over dinner I was sitting next to a Czech …
Last week we welcomed a large number of first year students at our Faculty. At the beginning of this new academic year, we were also very happy to host our alumni at the annual alumni day.
… of Besmir Fidahic. I hope to see you all at the Faculty Christmas gathering on Wednesday – with a surprise – and at the inaugural lecture of our colleague Marjon Weerepas this Friday. I wish everyone very happy and well-deserved holidays and a good start of 2019. More blogs on Law Blogs Maastricht Labels: public law J.M. Smits … A lot happened in the last two weeks. Not only was there an important message by Saint Nick and Pete, also the Sector Plan Law was finalised. We also look ahead at …
… own country (Nigeria) and was the first legal luminary of exceptional quality in the African world: Judge Taslim Olawale Elias. Elias was born in 1914 in Lagos, Nigeria, at the time that Nigeria was a British colony. His long and distinguished career started with a job at the Government Audit Department in Lagos and thereafter at the Chief Accountant’s Office of Nigeria Railways. While working with Nigerian Railways Elias became an external student of London University and passed the intermediate examinations for the B.A. and LL.B. degrees. It was only in 1944 that he started his academic studies at London University and soon obtained a B.A. degree followed by a LL.B. degree in 1947. Two years later he received as the first African student ever a PhD degree in law from the University of London. This became the basis … of his country after Nigeria became independent in 1960, was Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lagos, and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1972. This position he held until 1975 when he was ousted by a military regime that took power that year. But only a few months later he was elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council as a judge in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that he served until his death in 1991; from 1982-1985 he was the …
… pre-trial nature. Third, since this case falls outside the realm of the Directive – and thus EU law – the Charter is not applicable (Article 51). Articles 6 and 47 of the Charter cannot be invoked ad hoc, as there is no application of EU law. Commentary The Court in DK confirms the European Union legislator’s view on the presumption of innocence being a thin, limited concept. The Directive on the presumption of innocence had little ambition, putting forward a minimalistic presumption. To this … manner. The Court draws the strength of its arguments from the grammatical reading of the Directive as provided by AG Pitruzzella. According to the latter, while some provisions of the Directive cover trial and pre-trial measures alike, others target exclusively trial measures. This is extracted from references made in Article 4 (public references to guilt) to all ‘judicial decisions’ other the one on guilt. An all-encompassing notion is surely not repeated by Article 6 (burden of proof) and … could not easily provide new circumstances to challenge his detention. Having said that, an (additional) argument including the presumption of innocence (Article 48 Charter) would have been stronger. This is confirmed by the Opinion, as AG Pitruzzella groups Articles 47 and 48 together although no reference to Article 48 was made by the referring court. In spite of these inconsistencies, the Court’s way of dealing with the interpretation of the Charter is bizarrely introvert. With a few laconic …
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