Jurisdiction of the Subject Matter and Res Judicata

Res Judicata in California

An Exploratory Analysis of Judicial Elections in Texas: Does Subject Matter Jurisdiction Matter?

The existence of both the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals makes it possible to test several important hypotheses of elections held between 1988 and 2008 using a variety of statistical tools related to the impact that subject matter jurisdiction (civil versus criminal) has on the outcomes of an election. In this comparative analysis, this article shows that the factors th...

the principle of res judicata in international law

the legal system of any given society, whether national or international, requires that legal disputes between the parties must be finally concluded and settled. abiding by judgments made by international courts and prevention of contradictory judgments are related to international public order. variety of international courts, arbitration tribunals and commissions increases the possibility of ...

the conditions of the enforcement of the foreign judgment based on the res judicata

according to the articles 169 to 179 of the civil judgment enforcement law, the enforcement of the foreign judgment in the iranian law is based on the reciprocal act. but extension of international relations in the world today, above all in the commercial domain, requires that enforcement of foreign judgment be accepted after obtaining its correctness conditions based on res judicata. therefore...

Res Judicata: the Shield Becomes a Sword. Prior Adjudication of Negligence Bars

A NUMBER of suits arising out of an airplane crash were instituted against the air line in diverse jurisdictions and in one such California action the defendant was adjudged negligent.' Thereafter, in United States v. United Air Lines, Inc.,2 the Nevada District Court held that the California adjudication estopped the air line from relitigating the negligence issue.3 In so holding, the court re...