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At the level of Romanian legislation, the accountability of deliberative authorities – the Government, local councils, or county councils – is regulated within a complex framework that includes both specific legal provisions and general principles of the rule of law. The observance of these regulations highlights both positive aspects and areas where institutional efficiency often encounters obstacles. This paper aims to analyze, at the level of local public administration, the manner in which the accountability of deliberative authorities is regulated and, more importantly, how the regulation manages to cover difficult situations arising in the functioning of the institution without affecting the basic architecture of the state. The study also presents a specific case where the accountability of a local council intervenes and follows the entire process of applying the regulation with all its consequences. The conclusion, reflected in the title of the paper, states that the institution is not fully protected in extreme situations; moreover, the intervention of a form of accountability–specifically, the dissolution of the local council – results in affecting the constitutional principle of local autonomy, allowing the functioning of an administrative-territorial unit without a deliberative authority for the entire duration of a mandate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Self-knowledge is usually regarded as a self-evident knowledge, naturally given, an intuition that we have about ourselves. It is through a perspective of this kind that the Other is always ‘reduced' to the Self and that every reference to alterity becomes possible starting exclusively from the data of the Ego. From Cartesian certainty of the self that thinks to Husserl's transcendental reduction - a perspective anchored on such a vision of self-knowledge, endorses the Self as an absolute around which the entire world and the human or divine alterity gravitate. This article attempts to call into question the alleged facticity of self-knowledge. The very term ‘self-knowledge’ implies a process by which the Self exists as such in so far as it interprets itself, while self-knowledge forces it to operate a split within itself, a division between the self-subject and the self-object, between a selfcognoscente and a self which is acknowledged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Main character of Plato's dialogues and having a key role in the evolution towards a modern European thinking, Socrates is one of the first thinkers to express his unlimited and rational respect towards the law, as a product of state. According to this vision, justice manifests itself firstly in the human soul and becomes an integrating principle of both human soul and life. Justice is amongst the divine gifts given to man and the obligations to respect it is one of the main human duties. The dramatic scene of Socrate's suicide is described in Plato's dialogue 'Phaedo'and it constitutes the most significant example of assuming one's responsibility in the name of a rational principle and in accordance with ethics. The above-mentioned rational principle is, in fact, the result of permanent discussions and of self-knowledge brought to the level of motto as was also written on the pronaos of the Oracle from Delfi- 'Know thyself. The main directions of our paper shall concern the connection between moral principles and juridical principles, the socratic view regarding the state and law, the concept of responsability and, finally, the heritage left by Socrates to his followers amongst which legal practioners and academics should be found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Manager accountability leading medical psychiatric unit on process management commitment, customer focus, and performance monitoring of the quality policy in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2008 standards, of its development strategy, coordinated with the objectives and priority actions to meet the needs of patients / end users is a priority for development and continuous improvement of its effectiveness. It is possible to achieve the performance indicators only by providing good management at the highest level and all responsibilities and authorities should be defined, established and communicated properly. Monitoring and achievement of objectives aims mainly to facilitate communication of clinical data and other data regarding the characteristics of quality, continuity of care, in cooperation and interaction with various processes, functions and specialties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The recent "revolutionary" explosions in the Middle East and North Africa prove once again that sovereignty cannot be absolute and the leader's impunity tends to become a fiction. In early 2011, the outbreak of popular unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to chase dictatorial leaders from power will certainly produce major legal consequences. This Paper addresses the most important ones concerning the international community's intervention for humanitarian purposes, but also the related scenario of the use of force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to theological statements, the human being is the only form of existence that combines in it two different realities: body and soul. The soul enables the human person to establish a relationship with God and thereby to have the duty and the posibility to save the entire creation. The man's value as a priest and king of the entire creation becomes a major one through the incarnation of Jesus Christ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]