Scriptores Iuris Romani1): Zu Schiavones Edition der römischen Rechtsschriftsteller und ihrem ersten Band Quintus Mucius Scaevola2)

Scriptores Iuris Romani. On Schiavone’s Project of Roman Legal Writers and their first volume on Quintus Mucius Scaevola. Scriptores Iuris Romani is a new edition of the works of the Roman jurists, comparable to that of any other author of Antiquity. Under the stewardship of A. Schiavone, this new edition undertakes to replace Mommsen’s edition of the Digest and Lenel’s ‘Palingenesia Iuris Civilis’. Due to its basis in the ‘approccio biografico’, and also due to a naive attitude towards the problems of the textual tradition – which becomes obvious in the editorial choices made by E. Stolfi, who is in charge of this volume on Mucius –, the edition of Mucius’ Opera is not as reliable as it should be. The whole enterprise must be considered an important achievement of scholarship on Mucius, but will neither replace Mommsen nor Lenel.

A Discourse Analysis of the Language Use in Courts During Trials

It is a common phenomenon that every case that is pursued by the advocate is due to the use of powerful language and explains, proves, give statements, and enlighten the matter in the most appropriate way to get the attention of the whole body. Therefore, in present, the era it has become the hot topic of discussion among legal writers to focus on the effects of variations in the presentational style of the witnesses during court-trails. Thus, keeping in view the above-mentioned facts, this study was planned to examine the pros and cons of the language used in courts during trials in various suburbs of the Punjab, Pakistan. Focusing on the paradigm of research, this study was quantitative. A total of 150 participants belonging to the law fraternity took part in the study to find out whether language plays a significant role during court-trails, of which almost half of them gave their response in the affirmative. Therefore, it can be concluded that this study will also help take suitable measures for enhancing the quality of the effective language of presentation during court trials.

Conceptualising the home in law and gender

The "home" forms a central part of life and it finds relevance in various other legal spheres. However, for such a central point of reference in law and everyday life, it still remains a somewhat vague notion without any discernible meaning in law. Due to the centrality of the home in law and everyday life, it seems necessary to have a coherent understanding of it. Various legal writers and judgments have acknowledged the underdeveloped nature of home in law and have broadly attempted to give home a space in law. Unfortunately, these interpretations of the home fall short and do not encompass all the positive values of home. This article, therefore, considers how gender factors affect the understanding of home and how the law holds some power to structure and restructure gendered relations which stand in the way of achieving a positive interpretation of the home.

Part V The Functions of International Organizations, Ch.30 Dispute Settlement

This chapter considers two broad categories of dispute settlement: roles and procedures that seek to resolve disputes on non-legal grounds, and those involving application of legal principles and procedures. While legal writers tend to equate ‘dispute settlement’ with settlement through legal procedures, other non-legal procedures such as diplomatic negotiations, mediation, and good offices are more often used. Indeed, it is generally recognized that negotiation is the simplest and most frequently used mode of international dispute settlement. However, the line between these two categories can be far from clear, and settlement of a dispute can involve both legal and non-legal processes.

Constitutional Court and Constitutional Review in Albania

This article tends to give an insight on the historical and institutional develop­ment of the Constitutional Court of Albania, on the need of the society and the historical changes that led to its creation.It focuses especially on the role and competences of this Court on the protection of the rule of law, of the constitutional principles, on the balancing and division of powers, on the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. Its aim is to provide overall information on the functioning and standards it follows.It is based on the jurisprudence of this Court during the years and is enriched by its deci­sions on particular subjects and compares this Court to other similar ones in Eastern Euro­pean countries.The article is mainly directed to scholars and legal writers whose aim is to compare the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court of Albania to other similar courts.