We strengthen the link between holomorphic and generatingfunction invariants of Legendrian knots by establishing a formula relating the number of augmentations of a knot’s contact homology to the complete ruling invariant of Chekanov and Pushkar.

may exercise its right to appear in court through its own solicitor and need not be represented by an United States Attorney.'6" Pursuant to section 25, it is provided that orders issued by the Commission may be reviewed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. In the absence of a specific request, hearings on the question of retaining certain reports as confidential are not provided for....

Lower courts supposedly follow Supreme Court precedent—but they often don’t. Instead of adhering to the most persuasive interpretations of the Court’s opinions, lower courts often adopt narrower readings. For example, recent courts of appeals’ decisions have narrowly interpreted the Court’s rulings on police searches, gun control, and campaign finance. This practice—which I call “narrowing from...

Evolutionary game theory is often used to analyze the evolution of moral preferences. A few studies also examine the coevolution of preferences and an institutional aspect of the decision environment. Allowing the adaptation of just one institutional aspect such as litigation or legal insurance to coevolve with morality, however, may be inadequate. If court rulings coevolve with morality the ne...

sīra is of a sublime status in shī‘a jurisprudence and has been used as the most important reason in endorsed rulings of islam. the shī‘a jurists have used it as one of their evidences for inference of rulings to the extent that they have regarded it as superior to consensus (ijmā‘) and viewed the authority of sīra as a cause for endorsement or non-hindrance by the infallibles (a.s.). in the co...

Using the analytical method, purpose of this paper is to emphasize some constitutional and legal principles, whose application implementation will lead UAE judiciary governance. Six major principles can be summarized as a result these (Khalil, 2022). A few serve foundation for judicial governance; others guarantee Further, openness judiciary, confrontation between litigants, appeals against cou...