Daniel Couzinet: Die Zulässigkeit von Immissionen im anlagenbezogenen Immissionsschutzrecht

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Clinically Significant Trauma Symptoms and Behavioral Problems in a Community-based Sample of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

This study assessed the associations of characteristics of domestic violence incidents with clinically significant levels of traumatic symptoms and behavioral problems in a socio-economically and ethnically mixed sample of 687 children participating in a community-service program for children witnessing violence. Study predictors included child/family demographic characteristics, type and chronicity of exposure, and child’s perceptions of control over the event and threat to personal safety. Outcomes consisted of traumatic symptoms and behavior problems. Results showed that perceived threat and control were associated with greater odds of clinically significant levels of several trauma symptoms (and behavior problems in the case of perceived threat) after adjusting for effects of demographic factors and violence characteristics. Child co-victimization increased odds of reaching clinically significant levels of traumatic symptoms compared to children who witnessed the event but were not victimized. Female sex and White ethnicity increased odds of specific trauma symptoms and behavior problems. Increasing age reduced odds of some trauma symptoms. Associations between predictors and one outcome measure did not generalize across the other outcome measure. Implications of study findings, and directions for future research are discussed.     

Integrative Elemente im Immissionsschutzrecht

Zusammenfassung  Als wichtiges Grundprinzip des Umweltrechts strebt das Integrationsprinzip den Schutz der Umwelt als ungeteiltes Ganzes an, bei dem kein Bereich und keine Handlung isoliert von anderen betrachtet werden dürfen. Wegbereiter dieser gesamthaften Umweltschutzstrategie ist das Gemeinschaftsrecht, das vor allem mit der UVP- und der IVU-Richtlinie das deutsche Umweltrecht ma?gebend beeinflusst hat, so auch das Immissionsschutzrecht, das an verschiedenen Stellen integrative Elemente aufweist. Diese werden durch das im Entstehen begriffene Umweltgesetzbuch st?rker betont werden.     

Negative declarations in patent cases

The Patents Court has ruled that it has discretion to awarda claimant a negative declaration that its own product was obviousat the priority date of certain divisional applications. Thegrant of the declaration sought would assure the claimant thatit was not accruing ongoing liability.