to exaggerate the interest of the subject now under consideration? I propose to submit to your critical judgment a sketch of our high and responsible vocation as medico-legal witnesses?to suggest for adoption certain general principles of evidence, which may serve as our guide when called upon to give testimony in difficult, doubtful, and disputed cases of insanity. The position of the medical ...

in sale of goods, the delivered goods must conform both to what is the subject of contract and to what the parties intend. conformity of goods has two aspects: legal and material. the legal aspect, with which this article concerns, consist of such topics as right of sale, ownership of seller, lack of third party’s claim and so on .since domestic and international transactions are increasing, th...

In this paper we build on two recent attempts to formalise reasoning with dimensions. Both of these approaches effectively map dimensions into factors, which enables propositional reasoning, but we show that sometimes a balance between dimensions needs to be struck. To permit trade offs we need to keep the magnitudes and reason more geometrically. We also revisit the link between dimensions and...

I purposely decline entering at any length into the consideration of the law of lunacy relating to dispositions of property, and the performance of the marriage contract. In the former case the proof of insanity invalidates all testamentary documents; but the courts are extremely jealous in interfering with the apparent wishes of the testator, unless clear and positive lunacy be established. Th...

INTRODUCTION More than any other area of emergency medicine, legal issues are paramount when caring for an agitated patient. It is imperative to have a clear understanding of these issues to avoid exposure to liability. These medico-legal issues can arise at the onset, during, and at discharge of care and create several duties. At the initiation of care, the doctor has a duty to evaluate for co...

Knowledge in the legal domain assumes two distinct forms: case law and legislation. Case law complements legislation, and refers to the use of cases decided in court to provide interpretations to subjective aspects of the legislation. These cases are used as guidance in future similar cases. This paper presents a Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) system that establishes legal case-bases, allowing the ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of the medical documentation and biological trace evidence in rape cases on the legal process. DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING AND SAMPLE Police-reported cases of rape of women ≥16 years old in the Norwegian county of Sør-Trøndelag from January 1997 to June 2003. METHODS Police data were merged with data from the Sexual Assault Center at St O...

Legal case solving is a central activity of legal practitioners. This may account for the fact that legal case solving has a place within legal education. However, students experience difficulties learning to solve legal cases and teachers find it difficult to teach it. To offer students support with the learning of legal case solving the computer program PROSA1 has been constructed. PROSA is a...