Table of Contents
Articles
Scottish Charity Law: Proposals for Reform
By Dr. Christine R. Barker
Volunteering-- The Long Arm of the Law
By Debra Morris
Do Czechs Need a New Law on Associations?
By Dr. Petr Pajas
The Freedom to Join an Association: A Principle in Question
By Barbara Rigaud
Structural and Systematic Issues Surrounding the Establishment and Management of Endowments in the Czech and Slovak Republics
By Robert N. Thomas
Report on the Violations Committed in the Course of Registration and Re-Registration of Public Associations in the Russian Federation in 1999
Prepared by the Information Center of the Human Rights Movement and the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights
Reviews
An Introduction to the Not-for-Profit Sector in China
By Nick Young and Anthony Woo
Reviewed by Georgina McCaughan
Las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil en el Ordenamiento Legal Argentino
By GADIS and Foro del Sector Social
Reviewed by Fernando Latorre
Hacia un Desarrollo con Ciudadania
By La Sociedad Internacional de Investigación del Tercer Sector
Reviewed by Antonio Itriago
Entidades Sin Ánimo De Lucro - Regimen Tributario Especial
By Juan Carlos Jaramillio Diaz, Vargas Ballen, Jenny & Fabio Andres Duran Acosta
Reviewed by Antonio Itriago
Case Notes
North America:
the United States
South Asia:
India
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
Australia
Central and Eastern Europe:
Regional | Bulgaria | Croatia | Czech Republic | Estonia | Kosovo | Macedonia | Montenegro | Romania | Slovak Republic | Yugoslavia
Latin America:
Belize | Chile | Colombia | Nicaragua | Venezuela
Middle East and North Africa:
Egypt
Newly Independent States:
Armenia | Moldova | Russia
North America:
Canada | Mexico | the United States
South Asia:
India
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Ghana | South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda
Western Europe:
France | Germany | the United Kingdom
International:
CIVICUS Diamond Project | G4+1 Accounting Standards
International Grantmaking
Determining Whether to Make an Equivalency Determination or to Excercise Expenditure Responsibility
By Derek J. Aitken
Supporting Microfinance Abroad: Introductory Legal Issues for U.S. Grantmakers
By Timothy R. Lyman
United States International Grantmaking (USIG) Project Unveils New Web Site
By Derek J. Aitken
Community and Corporate Philanthropy
The Enabling Environment for Community Philanthropy
Changemakers.net
German Publication
Partnerships
Survey of the Current Legislative Framework for NPOs to Perform Social Services in Bulgaria
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Country Reports: South Asia
India
The procedure for obtaining approval as a scientific research association, contributions to which qualify for a 125% deduction for income tax purposes, has been simplified by the Finance Ministry. For the year 2000/2001 onwards, applications for approval should be directed to the central government, instead of the Director General Income Tax Exemptions and the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
(Tax Notes International, 4 October 1999)