We examine the role of gender in legal decision making by applying critical mass theory to the U.S. federal district courts. We analyze whether behavioral differences manifest themselves in the decision-making proclivities of male and female judges, contingent on the existence of a critical mass of female judges at a court point (i.e., each city in which a district court is located). Our result...

An amendment in 2002 to the Spanish Code of Criminal Procedure converted into documentary evidence the expert reports prepared by official laboratories aimed at determining the nature, weight, and purity of seized drugs. In most cases, experts are spared from appearance before the courts. This is likely to be extended to other forensic fields. After an overview of criminalistic identification i...

In this research, a well-known Shafi’i jurist is shed light on, namely, Judge Abu Ali Al-Farqi, who died in the year 528 AH. I found them many, so my study was limited to what he mentioned chapters on marriage only, and methodology writing comparative approach, where opinions of jurists from different Islamic schools, open opinion judge Al-Fariqi, with evidence for each saying, discussion evide...

Smart Tawarruq is an application concept that uses two related instruments, namely the use of a smart contract system based on Bay' Al-Tawarruq guidelines, type sale and purchase used as one instruments in Islamic finance. This study discusses examines concepts Contract both combination making it new concept, Tawarruq. also touched views past contemporary jurists ruling applying with to realize...

Il contributo intende mettere in primo piano il ruolo svolto dall'analogia nel modus operandi, oltre che arguendi, dei giuristi medievali. Se ne propone inoltre una lettura "a più livelli" nell'ottica de paradigma filosofico agostiniano (Parodi 2006). This essay means to put the spotlight on role that analogy played medieval jurists' operandi and suggesting a multi-level reading of it as well, ...

Over the past few years, sharia insurance has become one of most discussed products among public. This is here to fulfill interests and desires many people who expect an product that halal in accordance with provisions. Islamic jurists are fully aware legal status never been established. The thought emerged when there was cultural acculturation between Islam Europe. Based on this, encourage com...

Business and trade is one of the basic necessities human life; without it, life unfinished. It difficult to imagine a civilized humane society where there no or business existed .One can also envisage how essential important from Quranic verses hadiths related business. The Islamic jurists have worked hard deduce solutions trade; their work only be recognized by understanding books on economics...

despite the challenges noticed in the meaning and concept of pederasty (lawāṭ), different viewpoints have always existed among the jurists concerning the punishment of the pederast, to the extent that some jurists have decreed death penalty equally for both the married and unmarried pederast. in contrast, some others have reconciled among the related traditions in this respect and considered th...