Greatness Thrust Upon Them: Class Biases in American Law

SeismologyGreatness thrust upon them : Article : Nature

The latest research seems to imply that all earthquakes are born equal. But combining that insight with earlier, seemingly contradictory, work could help us to tell which tremors grow to become more equal than others. In an analysis on page 358 (/nature/journal/v444/n7117/full/nature05275.html) of this issue1 (/nature/journal/v444/n7117/full/444276a.html#B1) , Steven Wesnousky provides strong e...

Basis of Physician’s Civil Liability in Necessary and Unnecessary Treatments in Iranian and American Law

Medical treatments are divided to essential and unnecessary treatments. Treatments and cosmetic surgery in the category of unnecessary treatments and reconstructive surgery and other treatments for example heart, liver and kidney transplant surgery placed in the category of essential treatments. Compensation basis in essential treatments in Iranian law, among basics of the negligence, strict li...

Railroads and American Law

Simple method for predicting American presidential greatness from victory margin in popular vote (1824-1996).

The author tested the simple method (SM) for predicting presidential greatness from the winner's victory margin in the popular vote and A. M. Schlesinger Jr.'s (1986) cycles of American political history with the expert sample presidential rankings of W. J. Ridings Jr. and S. B. McIver (1997). The SM, which involves only simple calculations on minimal data available shortly after an election, p...

Compensation for Moral Damages arising from Medical Treatments in Iranian and American Law

Medical errors included diagnostic error, medication error, surgical error and also infections associated healthcare can causes creation economic and moral damages to the patient. In the meantime, uncertainties about how to evaluate and compensate moral damage as a result of these mistakes, has forced different legal system to adopt different approaches. This article will try to examine, Irania...