Comparative lawyers often argue that, upon close examination, technical differences between legal systems from a particular, e.g. Western, tradition are not as important as they might seem. From a functional viewpoint, these legal systems might in fact be converging. However, various degrees of convergence exist, depending upon the area of the law under examination. In tort law, sometimes a str...

The context for infrastructure decisions in France has been changing since the early 1980's. Historically based on a centralized administration that provided all the necessary resources, the evaluation processes now face widening concerns on three important points: (1) institutionally, the Decentralization and European Integration processes no longer guarantee the quasi monopoly of the central ...

the civil sanction is one of the most important sanctions for protecting copyright. in french law a special action named counterfeit action is predicted, which not only compensate the damages but also it has a preventive effect. this action doesn't require the proving of the fault and the lawsuit can be done by the author and the person who is awareded the exclusive licence. in this legal ...

in the french law, the properties of public entities and at the head of them, the properties of state are divided into public domain of public entities and private domain of public entities. the criterion of distinguishing of public properties of public entities is a procedural matter that has been taken from french doctrine, however the recent law of public entities ownership passed in 2006 ha...

speedy trail is one of the important subjects of civil procedure. the concept of consequences of speedy trail, because of their direct and speedy effects on claimants and defendants and even some times on third parties, is very important. the judge’s unsuitable treatment can also have some consequences in respect of his responsibility. in this paper it has been tried to analyze the consequences...

      The French law, contrary to the Iranian law, has given the mother a kind of representation for guardianship and training of the child. This is a development that was established in France in 1970, and in Article 6 of the Iranian Family Protection Act of 2012, the granting of representation to the mother over the legal procedure for demand of the child or the incompetent has been entrusted...

legal persons can also be responsible for compensation. they can also be reponsable for others acts. these legal persons are responsible for their own actions and responsibilities of employees and workers in the article 1384 of french law and iran's article 12 of civil liability (the responsibility of employee acts).this responsibility is not a new discussion. but in the books it can be se...

This study examines the impact of nation’s legal system on corporate disclosures. However, this study breaks with prior research in two significant ways. First, this study extends prior research by analyzing differences in disclosure practices in Roman-Germanic Law nations of different origins within this legal family. Second, this study focuses on a single disclosure issue rather than general ...