public interest group
1Public Interest Watch — (PIW) was established in September 2003 by Mike Hardiman. The PIW website states that the group was created in response to the growing misuse of charitable funds by nonprofit organizations and the lack of effort by government agencies to deal… …
2Public Interest Immunity — (PII) is a principle of English common law under which the English courts can grant a court order allowing one litigant to refrain from disclosing evidence to the other litigants where disclosure would be damaging to the public interest. This is… …
3Public Interest Litigation — Public Interest Litigation, in Indian law, means litigation for the protection of public interest. It is litigation introduced in a court of law, not by the aggrieved party but by the court itself or by any other private party. It is not… …
4Interest group liberalism — was Theodore Lowi s term for the pluralistic competition resulting from the broad expansion of public programs in the United States, including those which were part of the Great Society. See Lowi s book, The End of Liberalism (1969) …
5interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation. [1905 10] * * * ▪ political science Introduction also called special interest group …
6Public Interest Research Group — The US Public Interest Research Group (also known as PIRG) is a political lobby non profit organization in the United States and Canada, composed of self governing affiliates at the state and province level. Its fundraising arm is the Fund for… …
7Interest group — An interest group (also advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group or special interest group) is an organized collection of people who seek to influence political decisions.Types of groupsectionalSectional groups represent the interests of their …
8Public Interest Environmental Law Conference — The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) is held annually in early March at the University of Oregon Law School in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The conference is a gathering of environmental activists, advocates, and students… …
9Ethnic interest group — An ethnic interest group or ethnic lobby, according to Thomas AmbrosioAmbrosio, Thomas. 2002. Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275975339 ] , is an interest group (often a foreign policy interest group)… …
10public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc. [1965 70] * * * …
