The article describes the application of Byzantine law in region Bessarabia which formed part Russian Empire from early 19th century until 1917. empire allowed local population to apply their laws for regulation civil relations. Due historical reasons, these were identified with had already disappeared 1453. authors provide a general description sources Bessarabian and then turn case study rese...

event in medical and legal circles in India. This well-known volume needs little recommendation. Each successive edition since its first appearance in 1838 has commanded a wide circulation, and the book has now taken the place that once was held by Norman Chever's delightful volume. Each successive edition has been an improvement, but in no edition have the changes and additions been so numerou...

In jurisprudence methodological shifts of practical significance have seldom or never happened overnight. The discussion concerning legal methods and legal reasoning has been a challenge primarily for legal philosophers and many legal movements basically mirror a theoretical development. Nor is it always an easy task to elucidate methodological aspects related to legal reasoning in works of jur...

Mental health courts are one of a variety of special jurisdiction courts that have been created in a number of countries, including the United States (Petrila, 2003). While there is no prototypical mental health court (Steadman, Davidson, & Brown, 2001; Watson, Luchins, & Hanrahan, 2001), most of those in existence today share several common characteristics. These include (a) the creation of a ...

Jurisprudence in India, but were only then able to give a view of the general contents of the volume. A further perusal and study of this, the third, edition enables us to bear strong testimony to the very large number of improvements effected b}T Lieutenant-Colonel Wad dell, the present Editor. Lyon's Medical Jurisprudence has for over fifteen years been the standby of the Civil Surgeon in the...

The article introduces JudO, an OWL2 ontology library of legal knowledge that relies on the metadata contained in judicial documents. JudO represents the interpretations performed by a judge while conducting legal reasoning towards the adjudication of a case. To the aim of this application, judicial interpretation is intended in the restricted sense of the acts of judicial subsumption performed...