Legislation

Brady Bill

பிராடின் மசோதா

Gun control legislation signed into law in 1993 that requires a five-day waiting period before certain handguns can be purchased and requires gun sellers to che…

Brown v. Board of Education

கல்வி நிலையங்களில் இனப்பாகுபாட்டை ஒழித்த தீர்ப்பு

The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the“separate but equal”interpretation of the 14th Amendment was unconstitutional and that racial segregation of public s…

DeShaney decision

டி சேனி (DeShaney) வழக்கு

The 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (DeShaney v. Winne-bago County Department of Social Services) that the social workers and their social agency could not be he…

Gideon v. Wainwright

கிடியோன் vs வைன்வ்ரிக்த்ட் தீர்ப்பு, இலவச சட்ட உதவிக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்த தீர்ப்பு

The 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that all indigent defendants in criminal cases have the right to free legal counsel.

Gilbert Act

கில்பர்ட் சட்டம்

The 1782 English welfare reform laws that classified needy people into groups including the elderly, infirm, children, and the “idle.” The legislation repealed …

Jaffee v. Redmond decision

ஜாபி V . ரெட்மாண்ட் வழக்கு

The 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision that federal courts must recognize the absoluteness of social workers' right to privileged commu- nication; social workers …

Jim Crow laws

கருப்பினத்தவருக்கு எதிரான சட்டங்கள், இனவேற்றுமைக்கு ஆதரவான சட்டங்கள்

Statutes requiring or condoning racial segregation in the United States. Such laws have been ruled unconstitutional.

Job Training Partnership Act

வேலைப் பயிற்சிக்கான கூட்டாண்மைச் சட்டம்

The 1982 federal laws (P.L. 97-300, P.L. 97-404) designed to replace some of the functions of the CETA program and to encourage more private-sector, local, and …

Keogh Plan

கியோக் திட்டம்

A retirement pension system for self-employed people. Also known as the HR-10 plan, Keogh permits self-employed people, including social workers in private prac…

Lanham Act

லேன்காம் சட்டம்

The first U.S. federal program (the Lanham Public War Housing Act, ch. 260, 55 Stat. 361) to help provide day care for working mothers, enacted in 1942 primaril…

Lau v. Nichols decision

லாவ் Vs நிகோலஸ் தீர்ப்பு

The 1974 unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that public schools must provide programs for students who speak little or no English. See also Bilingual Education…

law

சட்டம்

A system of rules and legislative pronouncements established and recognized by a state, nation, tribe, society, or community as binding to its members.

Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)

சட்ட அமலாக்க உதவி நிர்வாகம்

The former program created in 1968 (Pi. 90-351) to fund the efforts of states and localities to upgrade correctional facilities and personnel. LEAA was disconti…

Law of Settlement and Removal

குடியிருப்பு நிர்ணயம் மற்றும் அகற்றுதல் சட்டம்

The historically significant English statute, enacted in 1662, that led to the widespread use of residency laws in determining eligibility for public assistance…

legal adoption

சட்டபூர்வத் தாதேடுப்பு

The legal process by which a parent-child relationship is created between people genetically unrelated. Those who are legally adopted become heir to all the pri…

legal aid

சட்ட உதவி

The provision of free or reduced-fee legal counsel to a litigant who cannot afford a private attorney. Legal aid offices exist throughout the United States and …

legal defense fund

சட்டப் பாதுகாப்பு நிதியம்

Moneys collected and held to pay the expenses of individuals or groups who are or who may become involved in litigation. Those for whom such funds are establish…

legal regulation

சட்டபூர்வமான கட்டுப்பாடுகள்

The control of certain activities, such as professional conduct, by government rule and enforcement. In social work, legal regulation occurs through licensing, …

legal separation

சட்டபூர்வமான பிரிவு

An agreement between a husband and wife, enforced by law, that permits them to live apart without being divorced.

Legal Services Corporation (LSC)

சட்ட சேவைகள் ஆணையம்

The quasi-government federal agency, established in 1974, to provide funding for local programs that furnish noncriminal legal services to eligible clients, esp…

legislative advocacy

ஆதரித்து / பரிந்தாதரித்துப் பேசுதல்

The process of influencing the course or content of a bill or other legislative measure. This may be facilitated by individuals, agencies, organizations, or coa…

legislative advocacy tactics

சட்ட ஆதரவிற்கான உத்திகள்

Procedures used to influence lawmakers and the legislative process and to modify, pass, or defeat legislation. Seven specific procedures have been delineated by…

Tarasoff decision

டெராசப் தீர்ப்பு, ஒரு மனநோயாளி ஆபத்தானவர் என்று அவரைச் சுற்றியுள்ளவர்களை எச்சரிக்கும் கடமை மனநல மருத்துவர்களுக்கு உண்டென…

The 1976 ruling by the Supreme Court of California (Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California) stating that, under certain circumstances, psychotherap…

Wyatt v. Stickney

வியாத் Vs சிக்னீ வழக்கு

The 1971 legal ruling in Alabama declaring that patients with mental illness who are committed on civil grounds have the constitutional right to receive such in…