We present an unified methodology for representation and development of dialectical proof procedures in abstract argumentation based on the notions of legal environments and dispute derivations. A legal environment specifies the legal moves of the dispute parties while a dispute derivation describes the procedure structure. A key insight of this paper is that the opponent moves determine the so...

The United States has committed to promote Health Information Technology through Electronic Health Records that will be exchanged among participants in the healthcare enterprise. In anticipation of problems, legal remedies have been established to protect the rights of all participants, especially their rights to protect the privacy of their own information. However, there are certain to be sit...

The Canada-U.S. dispute over softwood lumber imports provides an important case in understanding issues of international bargaining and treaty compliance. Recent events in the dispute suggest that one of the leading theoretical accounts of treaty compliance does not offer an adequate explanation of state behavior. Policy makers should recognize the importance of cross-border ownership and indus...

dispute resolution procedures in contract construction: from iran’s legal and imamiyeh fiqh perspectives solmaz hadi [1] morteza haji pour [2] abstract in iranian civil law, in spite of the long tradition of using alternative dispute resolution (adr) methods, and existence of rules and regulation regarding conciliation and compromise, the use of adr methods were not welcomed by the conflicting ...

relations between the third world countries in different parts of asia and africa during the 19th and 20th centuries, to a great extent, were influenced by the presence and policies of colonial powers. thus, for a better understanding of roots of disputes and issues existing between these countries concerning frontiers, disputed islands, political and prejudicial tensions, we need to study past...

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Efficient and equitable dispute resolution is key to avoiding systemic disturbance in the use and valorization of top level domain names (TLDs). Such dispute resolution is also important given the increasing number of clashes between TLD providers and managers and between trademark owners and generic (gTLD)-related registrants. ICANN policies/rules form the basis of gTLD-related second level do...

Contract dispute resolution has become an important aspect in the negotiating process. Objective and effective contract dispute resolution can reduce the high transaction cost and time in the negotiation process. This paper proposes a principle-based contract dispute negotiation system based on expert system and knowledge resource space model (KRSM). The system provides an accurate and objectiv...

trips agreement (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) is one of the binding agreements of world trade organization, upon the cases originate from that agreement also heared at dispute settlement understanding. one different character of trips agreement is expressing minimum standards. the diverse explanation of its articles may lead to some controversy between members of world...

one of important subjects in the civil procedure is the dispute in competence of judicial authorities. the title of chapter 2 of part1 of the civil procedure code, enacted by 1379 (articles 26-30) is the dispute in competence and method of settlement of it. there is no different between inherent and local competence in this chapter. moreover, there are not regulations about relative competence ...