Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

The series of special issues of Researcher  Journal for Legal Sciences continues into its third year with the release of the first issue of Volume Three. This issue adheres to the scientific and technical standards required for publication, featuring academic research and intellectual contributions in the field of law that have been measured by the necessary standards of scholarly evaluation and assessed according to strict academic rigor. As a result, these works were accepted and granted the scientific designation qualifying them to be published and made available to readers, including researchers, writers, and thinkers.

Conversely, there were papers submitted to the journal that the editorial board decided not to accept after they were rejected by academic reviewers. This serves as further evidence of the journal’s consistent policy—since the release of its very first issue in Volume One—that rigorous scientific production is its central goal, guiding everything it publishes. This policy is transparent, public, and clearly stated on the journal’s official website, and it is faithfully adopted by the journal’s editorial management.

As noted previously, this issue includes a number of research papers that met the required standards, covering various branches of both public and private law. We begin by highlighting some of the legal and intellectual contributions that researchers and readers will find in this edition.

In the field of public law, the issue opens with the article titled Criminal Protection of a Person’s Reputation from False News and Perjury, where the authors address the legal challenges of false information as a criminal act. Another paper, Balancing International Obligations and Domestic Legislation to Combat Human Trafficking, explores how to align international and domestic legal frameworks to reduce and combat human trafficking.

In the context of international environmental protection, the issue includes Reducing Mercury Emissions into the Atmosphere under the Minamata Convention on Mercury of 2013. On contemporary constitutional matters, the paper The Nature of the Federal Supreme Court Law and Its Substantive Rules delves into doctrinal legal treatments. Returning to criminal law, particularly criminal procedural law, the paper The Legal Value of Evidence Based on Flawed Procedures in Iraqi Legislation investigates the validity of flawed criminal evidence.

Turning to private law, one of the most notable studies in this issue, which tackles pressing or recurring legal challenges, is The Problem of Diverging Legal Terminology in Arab Commercial Legislation. Another is The Role of Investment Companies and Financial Funds in Building a Securities Portfolio – A Comparative Study. Additionally, the paper The E-Consumer’s Right to Access Information in Information Contracts explores emerging consumer rights, and finally, The Obligation to Ensure the Safety of Persons Vaccinated Against COVID-19 examines liability in the context of public health.

We hope that these scholarly contributions will offer meaningful insights and open up avenues of thought and reflection on related legal issues. We also aim for them to enrich legal practitioners, enforcers, and researchers in their efforts to address and resolve the real-world legal problems that arise in various domains.

Professor Dr. Raed Naji Ahmed
Editor-in-Chief
June – 2022