developing country. Int’l law. A country that is not as economically or politically advanced as the main industrial powers. • Developing countries are located mostly in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin and South America. — Also termed developing state; underdeveloped country; less-developed country; Third World country. “Pertinent terminology has undergone extensive […]
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Brussels Act. Copyright. A 1948 revision of the Berne Convention mandating the life-plus-50-years copyright term as a minimum standard, extending the moral rights of attribution and integrity in most member countries to the full copyright term, extending the broadcast right to television, strengthening protection of several forms of copyright protection, and extending some protection to
collective bargaining. Negotiations between an employer and the representatives of organized employees to determine the conditions of employment, such as wages, hours, discipline, and fringe benefits. See CONCESSION BARGAINING. [Cases: Labor Relations 171. C.J.S. Labor Relations § 148.] “Collective bargaining means the joint determination by employees and employers of the problems of the em-ployment relationship.
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A method of zoning in which any use permitted in a higher-use, less intensive zone is per-missible in a lower-use, more intensive zone. • For example, under this method, a house could be built in an industrial zone but a factory could not be built in a residential zone.
brownfield site. An abandoned, idled, or underused industrial or commercial site that is difficult to expand or redevelop because of environmental contamination. Cf. GREENFIELD SITE(1).
depository institution. 1. An organization formed under state or federal law, authorized by law to receive deposits, and supervised and examined by a government agency for the protection of depositors. [Cases: Banks and Banking 1–62. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 2–126, 480–481, 663–664, 697, 732–739, 746–748, 755, 758–783.] 2. A trust company or other institution
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Spielberg doctrine. Labor law. The policy of the National Labor Relations Board to defer to an arbitrator’s decision regarding a contract dispute if (1) the decision is not repugnant to the National Labor Relations Board, (2) the arbitration proceedings provided a hearing as fair as would have been provided before the NLRB, and (3) the
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A disease that is contracted as a result of exposure to debilitating conditions or substances in the course of employment. • Employees who suffer from occupational diseases are eligible for workers’ compensation. Courts have construed the term to include a variety of ailments, including lung conditions (such as asbestosis or black lung), hearing loss, and
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