Vol. 4 No. 1 ب (2023)

Amid the release of Volume 4, Issue 1 of Researcher  Journal for Legal Sciences, we reaffirm the journal’s academic policy of publishing research that addresses real-world legal issues. Researchers tackle these issues through rigorous academic methodology to provide appropriate solutions, with innovative ideas that contribute meaningfully to scientific inquiry—worthy of being placed in the hands of students and scholars.

This issue was published as a result of the submission of scientific papers that met the required academic criteria and adhered to sound research principles, making them clear evidence of the journal’s transparent, neutral, and objective editorial approach—immune to any criticism or doubt.

Notably, a significant portion of this issue is devoted to specialized research in intellectual property, which is due to the journal’s editorial policy to publish selected papers presented at the First International Scientific Conference organized by the college on March 15–16, 2023, under the title “Intellectual Property: Contemporary Issues and Legal Solutions.” These papers underwent the journal’s established review mechanisms and plagiarism detection procedures to ensure compliance with its publishing standards.

Accordingly, the research papers included in this issue can be divided into two categories:

1. Papers not related to intellectual property, including:

   • Legal obstacles to investment in Iraqi law

   • Analogy in inheritance matters: Necessity and method—A comparative study under the current Iraqi Personal Status Law

   • Constitutional principles governing the parliamentary electoral system in the 2005 Constitution of the Republic of Iraq

   • The legal nature of intelligent robots: An analytical comparative study

2. Papers focused on intellectual property rights, including:

   • Expedited commercial arbitration under WIPO rules

   • Unregistered inventions: Rights and protection

   • The objective approach to civil liability for artificial intelligence activities

   • Intellectual property and the government’s role in its protection

   • The role of artificial intelligence in tax transactions

   • Financial penalties for violating intellectual property rights

In conclusion, we pray that the research in this issue offers a meaningful contribution that enriches legal scholars and students in the fields explored.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Raed Naji Ahmed
June 2023