“good faith” as one of the ethical rules has found an important position in contract law. in many countries, good faith is regarded as a mandatory rule to be respected in formation, performance and interpretation of contracts. good faith is a fundamental principle in almost all civil law countries. this article deals only with good faith in formation of contract. the duty to observe good faith ...

arbitrator is a private judge. he accepts a judicial function by a contract. all legal systems (common and civil law) have been recognized this contract and the arbitrator’s judicial function. leave or violation of duties by the arbitrator can be followed by the different sanctions including civil, criminal and disciplinary, but the common law and civil law start from the opposite directions to...

the mental disabled are not regarded responsible for their harmful behavior as they are unable to realize the harmful effect of their conduct. thus their behavior cannot be considered as culpable and they are not at fault in a moral sense. however french law (art. 489- 2 code civil) and iranian law (art. 1216 iranian civil code), impose legal liability to such persons for their tortiuos behavio...

The purpose of this paper is to review the historical basis for the substantial differences which exist between the two main systems of law (common law and civil law) in the reception of forensic medical and scientific evidence by courts of law, and in the medico-legal investigation of sudden deaths in the community. The historical reasons for these differences are explained, and the relevant m...

civil liability in electronic communications is one the most important issues of information and communications technology (ict) law. civil liability may be arisen from different causes such as copyright and trade mark infringement invasion of privacy and defamation. when discussing civil liability, two different civil liability systems may be considered: direct and indirect civil liability. in...