Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Agency Performance Plan and Action Plan, FY 2009/2010

Annual Report, Agency Performance plan

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Performance Report, FY 2008-2009

Agency Performance Plan, Iowa Civil Rights Commission

A reflection about the social and technological aspects in flood risk management - the case of the Italian Civil Protection

The right of a person to be protected from natural hazards is a characteristic of the social and economical development of the society. This paper is a contribution to the reflection about the role of Civil Protection organizations in a modern society. The paper is based in the inaugural conference made by the authors on the 9th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms. Two major issues are considered. The first one is sociological; the Civil Protection organizations and the responsible administration of the land use planning should be perceived as reliable as possible, in order to get consensus on the restrictions they pose, temporary or definitely, on the individual free use of the territory as well as in the entire warning system. The second one is technological: in order to be reliable they have to issue timely alert and warning to the population at large, but such alarms should be as "true" as possible. With this aim, the paper summarizes the historical evolution of the risk assessment, starting from the original concept of "hazard", introducing the concepts of "scenario of event" and "scenario of risk" and ending with a discussion about the uncertainties and limits of the most advanced and efficient tools to predict, to forecast and to observe the ground effects affecting people and their properties. The discussion is centred in the case of heavy rains and flood events in the North-West of Mediterranean Region.

The League of Iowa Human Rights Agencies, February 2008, Vol. 1, no. 1

The League of Iowa Human Rights Agencies is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of human and civil rights. Founded in the late 1970’s, the League comprises of the local human and civil rights commissions in Iowa, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and the Iowa Department of Human Rights. While its members are public agencies, the League is a private, non-governmental organization.

Traité de « ce qui concerne les honneurs et rengz des princes, pairs, prelatz, grandz vassaulx et officiers » du royaume, dédié par l'auteur, JEAN DU TILLET, Sr de La Bussière, greffier civil au parlement de Paris, au roi Charles IX. Exemplaire original.

Contient : Préface ; Traité

Iowa Agricultural Organization Directory, 2009

The directory of all the Agriculture organizations on Iowa. Taken from online directory on June 1, 2010.

Principio de unidad familiar y cambio de vecindad civil por residencia. Comentario a la STS, 1ª, 14.9.2009

En la línea apuntada por la mayoría de la doctrina, la STS de 14.9.2009 considera que desde la entrada en vigor de la Constitución española (1978) debía entenderse derogada la regla de propagación a la esposa de la vecindad civil del marido prevista en el art. 14.4 CCe [redacción de 1974]; ello supone que desde entonces la mujer casada pudo cambiar autónomamente de vecindad civil. Partiendo de ello, en el caso enjuiciado, la mujer cambió de vecindad civil por residencia continuada en Cataluña durante más de diez años sin declaración en contrario (art. 14.3.2.o CCe [1974] y 14.5.2.o CCe [1990]), vecindad civil catalana que mantenía en el momento de su fallecimiento, pese a haber realizado distintas manifestaciones ¿que resultan ineficaces? en el sentido de ostentar o de querer conservar la vecindad civil navarra.

Fums desiguals. Comentari a la STSJC, Sala Civil i Penal, 31.3.2008 (MP: Ma. Eugènia Alegret Burgués)

L'objecte del plet són els requisits necessaris per a la instal·lació d¿una xemeneia per a l'evacuació dels fums del local situat en els baixos d'un edifici en règim de propietat horitzontal. La matèria no és nova, però la STSJC de 31 de març de 2008 suposa un canvi de criteri jurisprudencial en relació amb la STSJC de 15 de gener de 2005, que la Sala ha de justificar per evitar la infracció del principi d¿igualtat en l¿aplicació de la llei.