Res Judicata as Requisite for Justice

Res Judicata in California

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 ...

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...

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...

Justice as a Virtue

In sub-subunit 1.4.2, it is made clear that for Aristotle a crucial precondition of virtue is that actions must be intentional. For Aristotle, voluntary action—or intention—is required if praise or blame is to be appropriate. Praise and blame are important in that they testify to that which is virtuous in the polis, which substantiates the virtues among the citizenry and subsequent generations ...