the idea of separation of powers has been recognized as a model which was first developed and favored by thomas hobbes, john locke, montesquieu and rousseau and was progressively adopted by political systems and constitutional law of various countries. few other countries can be found today that their structure – although seemingly – are not organized on the basis of separation of powers. this ...

A complex relationship between Taliban and ISIS is often assumed, but it has not been yet systematically investigated. In this paper we will attempt to compare the two groups in areas of their social origins, how each appeared Islamic arena, organizational characteristics, influence other ideological movements or tribal mechanisms on system, political agenda, faith, theology, jurisprudence, eth...

Abstract It is argued that understanding the norm of political discourse, and it shown why assertions can be epistemically problematic within a liberal democracy even when asserted knowledgeably.

This chapter reviews measurement technologies that have rapidly invigorated the study of judicial behavior, examining the standard approach to measuring judicial “ideal points” and discussing how such measures have facilitated broad new lines of inquiry in understanding judicial decision-making. But the measures, as this chapter explains, are no panacea. Proper use and interpretation depend cri...

younos bin abdorrahmān, is one of the prominent companions of imams. in addition to many validating (ta'adil) narratoins, the invalidating (jarh) ones were also reported in the sources about him. regarding the conflicts between these two groups of narrations, various solutions were proposed by rijāli scholars; such as: - some of the invalidating narrations about him are fabricated;- many o...

This article analyses the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on the issue of domestic violence, with a particular focus on Valiuliene v Lithuania. It seems that to date the Court’s jurisprudence on this issue is somewhat inconsistent, and with Valiuliene v Lithuania the Court was given an opportunity to clarify its approach in this area. There are certainly a number of p...

the religion of islam is a proclaimer of peace. in this religion, war has been legalized to defend individual, national and human rights. in accordance with the political islamic jurisprudence, the contracts of obligation (thimmah), security (amān) case fire (hodneh), peace (solh) and arbitration (tahkīm) are considered as the ways of putting an end to a war. a contract of obligation (thimmah) ...

Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence / Volume 28 / Issue 01 / January 2015, pp 97 127 DOI: 10.1017/cjlj.2015.19, Published online: 20 February 2015 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0841820915000193 How to cite this article: Amit Pundik (2015). Coercion and Deception in Sexual Relations. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 28, pp 97-127 doi:10.1017/cjlj.2015....