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This article forages the fruits of Radbruch’s Legal Philosophy of 1932, taking into account his writings after the horrors of National Socialism in Germany. This contribution builds on the findings of my chapter concerning Radbruch’s inquiry into the origins of the criminal law, in Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law. In that chapter I present the rise of the sovereign state as a precondi...

the principal of conformity with the law (sehat) is recognized in iranian legal system. in this article, at first we analyze this principle in respect with the iranian jurisprudence in order to demonstrate the legal evaluation. subsequently, we analyses the realistical approach of the jurist in lex mercatori in such regards with due respect to the doctrine and arbitration awards in internationa...

According to some recent research, Americans hold a great deal of misinformation about important political issues. However, such investigations treat incorrect answers to quiz questions measuring knowledge as evidence of misinformation. This study instead defines misperceptions as incorrect answers that respondents are confident are correct. Two surveys of representative samples of American adu...