Discovery and Disclosure and it's Scope in Civil Procedure of Iran and America

Articles in Press

Document Type : Scientific Research

Author

PHD in Private Law, Shiraz University,Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The issue of providing evidence in civil proceedings has always been of great importance, and in this regard, according to an ancient and comprehensive rule, the burden of proof is on the claimant, however, sometimes a person invokes an evidence that is in the possession of the other party or a third party. In this hypothesis, the mechanism of discovery and diclosure can be used in order to obtain an evidence, in fact, disclosure of evidence is a process whereby at the request of one of the parties to the lawsuit, the other party or a third party is obliged to provide evidence and information related to the lawsuit that it owns, controls, or possesses, in favor of the applicant. Now, the issue is whether a person is obliged to provide and disclose any evidence he has, or whether there is a restriction and limitation in this regard. In American law, although the scope of disclosure of evidence is widely accepted and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a wide range of information, the disclosure of evidence will not be without exceptions and limitations,Because some information and evidence have been excluded from the scope of disclosure. for example, information exchanged between the lawyer and the client has been excluded from the discovery of evidence. In Iranian law, as in American law, there are some of these restrictions, for example, Article 30 of the Law on Advocacy, which prohibits a lawyer from disclosing client information.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Civil Law Knowledge

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 October 2025

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics