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State attempts to define religion: the ramifications of applying mandatory prescription contraceptive coverage statutes to religious employers
I. INTRODUCTION There has been much attention given of late to the issue of whether the law should require private employers to cover prescription contraceptives under their health care plans. Although the exclusion of prescription contraceptive coverage by plans that offer coverage for other prescription medication was for many...
Tags: American, Catholic, Catholic Healthcare West Inc., Church, D., F., God, Holy, II, J., John, Jr., L., Paul, Rights, Roman, Smith
Research articles 2005-06-22
Political morality and culture: what difference do differences make?
[Review Essay: Martha Nussbaum, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), xxi + 312 pp.; and Ayelet Shachar, Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women's Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), xiv + 193 pp.] Introduction Can a conception of political morality--specifically, a conception...
Tags: Cambridge University Press, Cultural, Culture, Justice, Philosophy, Political, Press, Rawls, Rights, Susan
Research articles 2002-07-01
The misperception and misapplication of the First Amendment in the American pluralistic system: mergers between Catholic and non-Catholic healthcare systems
I. INTRODUCTION In 1999, the Republican presidential forerunner, Governor George W. Bush stated, "[I]n every instance where my administration sees a responsibility to help people we will look first to faith-based organizations, charities and community groups that have shown their ability to save and change lives. (1) As President...
Tags: American, Americans, Bush, Catholic, Catholic Healthcare West Inc., Church, Court, Faith, Frank, Government, J., John, Justice, L., O'Connor, Rights, Roman, Smith, Taylor
Research articles 2001-03-22
Constitutionalism In East Central Europe? The Case Of Slovakia Under Meciar
In a recent issue of the East European Constitutional Review, Ewa Letowska recounts the following anecdote: A hungry traveler walks into a shady restaurant in Moscow. He sits down and inspects the menu. "I'll have the pork chops," he says. "We don't have any," answers the waiter. "Well then, I'll...
Tags: American, Art, Berkeley, Cambridge University Press, Central, Constitution, Court, David, East, Economy, Hungarian, John, Laws, Part II, Political, Politics, Press, Rights, Robert, Social, Society, Vol, Weber
Research articles 1999-03-22
France's AXA Launches 2 Bln Euros Rights Offer
SYDNEY (Reuters UK) - French insurer AXA SA AXAF launched a rights offer to raise 2 billion euros (1.79 billion pounds) to part fund growth plans, the company said in a statement on Monday. The new shares are being offered at 11.90 euros and the deal will result in the...
Tags: Euro, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Axa, Oukbs, Rights
News items 2009-11-08
Fundamental Rights, Political Justice, and the War on Terrorism
Rights are always at risk in times of perceived national emergency. The security of the state - what should be the interest of all - may trump the rights and freedoms that individual citizens otherwise expect. How seriously individual rights are disregarded or undermined depends, of course, on what they...
Tags: American Bar Association, Terrorism, Rights, Homeland Security, Strategy, Security, Government, Management
White papers 2002-12-27
WTF, California???
Civil rights activists gather in New York City to protest Proposition 8.
Tags: abc, america, arkansas, barack, blog, blogs, california, campbell, capitol hill, citizen journalism, civil, colorado, comedy, court, earth, eight, elections, florida, fox, funny, gay, god, government, homophobic, lindsay, marriage, media, men, moblogic, NBC Universal Inc., new media, news, obama, opinions, politics, pop culture, prejudice, proposition, protest, rights, sexy, supreme, union, united states, video, white house, women, world, wtf
Videos 2008-11-14
Credit Card Bill Of Rights Explained
Maggie Rodriguez speaks to Jill Schlessinger about customer entitlement.
Tags: Credit Card, Entitlement, MoneyWatch, Maggie Rodriguez, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, bill, plante, maggie, rodriguez, harry, smith, chris, dodd, jill, schlessinger, credit, card, of, rights, senate, rules, rates, fees
Videos 2009-05-20

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P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and Responsibilities
P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and ResponsibilitiesRE: P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and ResponsibilitiesIt's a great quote but it's too bad that so many high-level corporate types take the first part "to do as they please" to heart and then fail to take the second part to heart as well, "the duty...
Tags: Self-Interest, Human Rights, O'Rourke, P.J.
Discussion threads 2008-08-15
Cisco Shareholders Asked to Vote on Human Rights Resolution, Again
At the Cisco Systems shareholder meeting to be held in November, a shareholder named John C. Harrington will introduce a proposal to establish a Board Committee on Human Rights at the company. The proposal says: Our company's products are key components of the "Great Firewall of China,"...
Tags: Shareholder, Board, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-09-29
Terminator film rights auction set to test Hollywood's mettle
The rights to the Terminator film franchise will be auctioned this month in a deal that will test Hollywood intellectual property valuations at a time when film industry profits are under pressure from falling DVD sales.The sale, which comes weeks after the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were...
Tags: Hollywood, Auction, Halcyon, Litigation, Cable, Business Operations, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Arts Antiques & Collecting, Company News, Franchises, General News, Marketing, Patents Licensing & Standards, Sales, Financial Times
News items 2009-11-01
Civil Rights Commission Finds DOJ Voting Rights Objections Have Declined Dramatically
WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today approved its watershed new report, "Voting Rights Enforcement and Reauthorization: The Department of Justice's Record of Enforcing the Temporary Voting Rights Act ProvisioWASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today approved its...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2006-05-08
Afghani activist for women's rights will speak at Yale; Women's rights advocate Malalai Joya Women's rights advocate Malalai Joya.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 March 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Afghani activist for women's rights will speak at Yale; Women's rights advocate Malalai Joya Women's rights advocate Malalai JoyaC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032006 New Haven, Conn. - Women's rights advocate Malalai Joya will give a...
Tags: Afghanistan, women, Yale University
Research articles 2006-03-08
Special rapporteur on Human Rights of Indigenous People addresses Commission on human rights; Representatives of Three United Nations Mechanisms on Human Rights of Indigenous People Also Deliver Statements.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 April 2004-UN: Special rapporteur on Human Rights of Indigenous People addresses Commission on human rights; Representatives of Three United Nations Mechanisms on Human Rights of Indigenous People Also Deliver StatementsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04072004 GENEVA- UN Information Service --...
Tags: Addendum, Canada, Chile, commission, Council, Declaration, Government of Canada, Mexico, SALES, U.N.
Research articles 2004-04-09
Hexcel announces the results of Rights Offering; Rights Offering concludes raising $50 million of new equity
PLEASANTON, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 29, 1995--Hexcel Corp. (NYSE/PSE:HXL) announced Wednesday the results of its subscription rights offering Rights Offering.As previously disclosed, the Rights Offering was initiated following the Bankruptcy Court's approval on Jan. 10, 1995 of Hexcel's First Amended Plan of Reorganization Reorganization Plan, and subscription rights Rights were issued covering...
Tags: Business Wire, equity, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 1995-03-29
Covad Presents a Bill of Rights for Broadband Internet Users; Bill of Rights Celebrates Consumers' Rights in FCC Line Sharing Ruling
Covad Communications, the leading national broadband services provider utilizing DSL Digital Subscriber Line, Thursday unveiled a Bill of Rights that supports the rights of broadband Internet consumers' who have been affected by the monopoly practices of the phone companies. The Bill of Rights is in celebration of...
Tags: broadband, Covad Communications Group Inc., DSL, FCC, Internet, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 1999-11-22
SocGen sets rights issue to repay state, make buys
By Caroline Jacobs of Reuters PARIS - French bank Societe Generale has launched a €4.8 billion ($US7.0 billion) rights issue to repay state support and fund takeovers, a week after BNP Paribas made a similar move to tap its investors for €4.3 billion. With market conditions improved SocGen did not...
Tags: SocGen
News items 2009-10-06
Moral Rights
In this information sheet, an overview of the "moral rights" of individual creators under the Copyright Act is given. "Moral rights" are the rights individual creators have in relation to copyright works or films they have created. These are separate from the "economic rights" of the copyright owner, such as...
Tags: Creator, Australian Copyright Council
White papers 2004-04-01
LOGICACMG PLC - Statement re Results of Rights Issue.
7 November 2005 LogicaCMG plc Results of Rights Issue LogicaCMG today announces that by 11 a.m. on 4 November 2005, the latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full for Rights Issue Shares under the terms of...
Tags: acquisition, LogicaCMG
Research articles 2005-11-07
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC - Tenneco Announces Change of Transfer Agent, Rights Agent.
Tenneco Announces Change of Transfer Agent and Rights Agent LONDON, Nov. 14 -- Tenneco Inc. announced that the company has changed the transfer agent of its common stock and the rights agent under the company's Rights Agreement to Well ...
Tags: agent, company, Tenneco Inc.
Research articles 2006-11-14
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