Pro Bono - But what about costs?

The decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in King v King demonstrates that in proceedings in Queensland Courts legal practitioners acting pro bono should still consider at the outset whether it is desired to provide for recovery of costs which might be recovered from another party.

Pro Bono partnerships : community lawyering to promote environmental justice

Rural communities across Australia are increasingly being asked to shoulder the environmental and social impacts of intensive mining and gas projects. Escalating demand for coal seam gas (CSG) is raising significant environmental justice issues for rural communities. Chief amongst environmental concerns are risks of contamination or depletion of vital underground aquifers as well as treatment and disposal of high-saline water close to high quality agricultural soils. Associated infrastructure such as pipelines, electricity lines, gas processing and port facilities can also adversely affect communities and ecosystems great distances from where the gas is originally extracted. Whilst community submission (and appeal) rights do exist, accessing expert independent information is challenging, legal terminology is complex and submission periods are short, leading ultimately to a lack of procedural justice for landholders and their communities. Since August 2012, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has worked in partnership with not-for-profit legal centre - Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) - to help better educate communities about mining and CSG assessment processes. The project, now entering its third semester, aims to empower communities to access relevant information and actively engage in legal processes on their own behalf. Students involved in the project so far have helped to research chapters of a comprehensive community guide to mining and CSG law as well as organising multidisciplinary community forums and preparing information on land access and compensation rights for landholders. While environmental justice issues still exist without significant law reform, the project has led to greater awareness amongst the community of the laws relating the CSG. At the same time, it has led to a greater understanding by students and academics of real life environmental justice issues currently faced by rural communities.

Pro bono partnerships in environmental law : enhancing outcomes for universities and CLCs

CLE can be a life-changing event in a law student’s education. It can open their eyes to the day-to-day operation of justice and provide them with examples of possible career paths they may never have thought existed. Yet it can also provide long-term benefits for CLCs and academics. Recent CLE models have moved towards partnerships with external organisations and away from on-site legal clinics. Some examples have exhibited success with a multidisciplinary approach involving students from non-law disciplines to provide a holistic approach to a CLC’s needs. Such a multidisciplinary approach is of particular benefit in community lawyering clinics where students are engaged in social change lawyering. The QUT/EDO partnership presents a new model in the environmental clinic landscape in Australia. Initial feedback suggests that the clinic has assisted students in gaining insight into the access to justice issues arising from mining activities and to raise the level of understanding and awareness among community members of their legal rights to protect the environment. Looking at ways to increase partnerships between universities and CLCs is of vital importance in the future, given recent federal government CLC funding cuts. The legal clinic model has great potential to evolve and contribute in ensuring the continued operation of legal initiatives to protect the environment in the public interest.

Reconsidering pro bono : a comparative analysis of protocols in Australia, the united states, the United Kingdom and Singapore

As of now, there is little evidence on the questions of whether pro bono services are effective, whether lawyer charity is a cheaper way to provide them (because it does cost money to do pro bono), or whether it would in fact be more efficient and effective if firms and attorneys stopped giving their time and instead donated money to the organizations already specializing in these clients and causes. Pro bono may or may not be an efficient way of doing socially important work; at this point, we simply do not know

Memorias para a historia da capitania de S. Vicente, hoje chamada de S. Paulo, do Estado do Brazil / publicada de ordem da Academia R. das Sciencias por Fr. Gaspar da Madre de Deos

Segundo Richard R. Ramer, "Primeira edição. O autor, natural de Santos, SP, escreveu esta obra depois de ter feito um estudo cuidadoso em documentos contemporâneos...".

Plan de marketing para Gaspar Agustín, S.L

Con la elaboración de este Plan de Marketing se busca plantear una serie de objetivos, que conjuntamente impulsen a la pyme española Gaspar Agustín, S.L. (en adelante, “Gaspar Agustín”) y conseguir a largo plazo un aumento de las ventas de la misma, así como una mejora de su posición competitiva. Además, se analizará la situación actual en la que se encuentra la empresa, sus posibilidades de crecimiento y, de acuerdo a las mismas, se recomendarán a la entidad una serie de acciones que Gaspar Agustín pueda llevar a cabo con el fin de lograr sus objetivos de crecimiento y desarrollo. El Plan de Marketing abarcará un periodo de dos años, ya que es el tiempo en el que deben lograrse los objetivos planteados. Para su correcta puesta en marcha y funcionamiento, se requiere de un sistema de control que verifique el cumplimiento de los mismos. Sin embargo, en el caso de que los objetivos no hayan sido cumplidos en el periodo previsto, el Plan de Marketing se podrá prorrogar hasta alcanzar los objetivos propuestos, pudiendo ser necesario, en su caso, la revisión de los mismos.

Notificación de Leopoldo Gaspar a Luis Ruiz de Aguirre sobre el nombramiento de un comisario en el Regimiento de carros de combate

Fecha: 14-8-1937 / Unidad de ínstalación: Carpeta Rectorado - F-2 / Nº de pág.: 1 (mecanografiada y firma manuscrita)

A matemática e o comércio em Portugal através das obras de aritméticos do século XVI: Gaspar Nicolas, Ruy Mendes e Bento Fernandes

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo a divulgação de temas e de algoritmos presentes nos tratados de aritmética prática do século XVI. Pretendemos delinear a atuação dos seus autores face aos desafios do mundo mercantil envolvente. Sendo o nosso «ator principal» Ruy Mendes, esta escolha deve-se a dois motivos: entre os três autores é aquele que tem sido menos mencionado e estudado; os interesses de Mendes parecem-nos mais distantes do mundo mercantil. Assim, no desenrolar deste estudo apresentaremos a Prática do ponto de vista da estrutura e organização, contemplando os seguintes pontos: uma Matemática básica; a Matemática pour elle Même; uma Matemática para o comércio. Neste último ponto incluiremos as regras locais do comércio português: a regra de quarto e vintena e a regra da conta de Flandres. Para cada assunto é realizado um estudo comparativo com os dois tratados da mesma época: o Tratado da Pratica d'Arismetica de Gaspar Nicolas e o Tratado da Arte d'Arismetica de Bento Fernandes. Apesar de se tratar de autores já referidos por alguns historiadores, consideramos que não foram ainda estudados do ponto de vista do interesse intrínseco presente no conhecimento histórico da Matemática, bem como na sua atuação relativamente à divulgação do cálculo aritmético e do seu contributo para o desenvolvimento da Matemática através de problemas práticos.

O tema da "saudade" em Gaspar Frutuoso

Colóquio Internacional "Camões e os seus Contemporâneos", Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 18 a 20 de Abril de 2012.

Les Corte-Real et leurs voyages au Nouveau-Monde d'après des documents nouveaux ou peu connus tirés des archives de Lisbonne et de Modène... ; Récit de la troisième expédition de Gaspar Corte-Real ; Gaspar Corte-Real, la date exacte de sa dernière expédition au Nouveau-Monde, d'après deux documents inédits récemment tirés des archives de La Torre do Tombo à Lisbone, dont un écrit et signé par Gaspar Corte-Real, l'autre par son frère Miguel / [publ.] par Henri Harrisse

Collection : Recueil de voyages et de documents pour servir à l'histoire de la géographie depuis le XIIIe jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle ; 3

Etymologiae : add De summo bono / [Isidorus]

Collection : Italian books before 1601 ; 419.2