This paper addresses the issue of culture specific references in translating a literary work taking as a case study the novel Cette aveuglante absence de lumière written originally in the French language by Taher Benjelloun and translated into the English language under the title The Blinding Absence of Light by Linda Coverdale . The study offers insight into the distribution of these reference...

This paper addresses the issue of culture specific references in translating a literary work taking as a case study the novel Cette aveuglante absence de lumière written originally in the French language by Taher Benjelloun and translated into the English language under the title The Blinding Absence of Light by Linda Coverdale . The study offers insight into the distribution of these reference...

This thoughtful contribution to American and German legal literature provides valuable insights for a reader interested in comparing the decisionmaking methodology under the West German and American systems of antitrust law. The work also provides a broader discussion of key distinctions between the jurisprudential and systematic foundations of West Germany’s continental legal system and those ...

Death arrives always too soon, and most often unexpectedly, destroying our plans and the plans of the ones who love us. Medically assisted reproduction offers nowadays a technique that makes possible to have children from someone that recently passed away. Post mortem reproduction is not the satisfaction of a mere whim, but the continuity of strong love affections, and frequently provides some ...

novation is originally a roman law institution which has influenced the legal system of western countries. in roman law the obligation was a legal personal relationship that changing one of its element resulted in dissolution of obligation and consequently, the transmission of obligation became impossible; therefore, the novation, seeking to achieve the transmission of debt and credit, was esta...

Shadd Maruna, in his masterpiece, Making Good (Maruna, 2001, 2011) advocates the creation of an institutionalized redemption ritual which would reinforce the offender's own certitude that he or she has indeed desisted successfully, and convince the community and society itself, that he/she has now become a good citizen. Such a ritual , which would preferably be judicial, exists in the French le...

nuclear facilities, though have large advantages for human being, they also creates heavy hazards. thus, the question of civil liability resulted from events of mentioned facilities are so significant. this paper studies the question of the basis and the responsible for compensation resulted from aforementioned events in international instruments, iran and french law. outcome of this study show...

the iranian civil code is mostly influenced by juristic sources and french law. in the article 1234 of french civil code, a legal institution entitled “terminator condition” is included in the causes of discharge of an obligation. the article 264 of iranian civil code, which deals with description of causes of discharge of an obligation, corresponds to the article 1234 of french civil law. howe...