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The rise and fall of international administrative arbitration: An inquiry into the commerciality of international arbitration under Egyptian Law
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference Paper)This article proposes a new expanded take on the definition of commerciality of international arbitration and its ramifications on the applicable law to the merits, the jurisdiction and authority of courts to review and ... -
The Role of Human Rights in Investment Arbitrations: Towards a Closer Integration
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)This article examines the role of human rights in international investment arbitration. A review of the historical origins of human rights and international investment law shows that the two fields are inextricably connected ... -
The role of the Civil and Commercial Court of Qatar Financial Centre under the New Arbitration Law No. 2 of 2017
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference Paper)The Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre (“the QFC Court”) was established by virtue of the Qatar Financial Centre Law No. 7 of 2005 as amended by Law No. 2 of 2009 (“the QFC Law”). The QFC Court has ... -
Scarred for life: The impact of the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act of 2010 on addressing violence against women in Pakistan
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)This article uses the Pakistani Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act of 2010 (Act of 2010) as an example to discuss the use of ad hoc legislation on issues of violence against women in Pakistan. From 2008 to 2011, ... -
Searching for purpose: Critical assessment of teleological interpretation of treaties in investment arbitration
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Article)This article explores the tendency of investment tribunals to resort to teleological interpretation and to the protection and promotion of foreign investments as a standard goal of investment treaties. It further explores ... -
Sovereign wealth fund investments and the need to undertake socially responsible investment
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Article)There is an increasing consensus that, beyond financial returns, investors should also consider the environmental and social impacts of their business activities. Major institutional investors currently are entering the ... -
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Investors in search of an identity in the twenty-first century
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), as they have come to be known, are a hybrid type of foreign investor. They invest beyond their own borders with an aim to maximize returns as a foreign investor is expected to. At the same ... -
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Problems of international law between possessing and recipient States
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)As the influence of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) is increasing in the world economy, the legal problems between the possessing States and recipient States become very important. The famous Santiago Principles are self-pledges ... -
Special and Differential Treatment: A New Factor Explaining LDC Engagement with the WTO Dispute Settlement System?
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)The factors explaining the lack of participation and engagement by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism (DSU) have been the subject of much academic discourse. ... -
Stories Mediators Tell: World Edition, Lela Love & Glen Parker, eds. (ABA 2017)
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Book Review)The book captures the experiences of twenty-five mediators who work in different parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, Russia, South Africa, Australia, Egypt and South America. Each mediator focuses on one mediation. ... -
Survey of unreported cases of domestic violence in two heterogeneous communities in Nigeria
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)Women in Nigeria are reluctant to report cases of domestic violence to the police. This study examines the magnitude of domestic violence in Nigeria. It also examines respondents' levels of education, culture, religion, ... -
Syria's world cultural heritage and individual criminal responsibility
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Recent reports have confirmed damage to five of the six Syrian world heritage sites during the current armed conflict as well as extensive looting of several of its archaeological sites on the Syrian Tentative List of world ... -
Technical and legal framework of Initial coin offerings
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Article)Today, blockchain-based technologies, such as the Initial Coin Offering (ICO), are capable of providing solutions for financing SMEs. ICOs are the issuing of digital tokens that will be sold to investors in return for a ... -
Technology at the end of life: “Medical futility” and the Muslim PVS patient
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)Advanced life-sustaining technologies can now prolong indeterminately the lives of patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). However, where the assistance rendered is not expected to restore consciousness, they are ... -
The CFSP as an aspect of conducting foreign relations by the United Kingdom: With special reference to the Treaty of Amity & Cooperation in Southeast Asia
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Since the Lisbon Treaty’s entry into force in 2009, the Common & Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) retains its intergovernmental character, although its legal status is no longer separate from but part of a single European ... -
The governance of religion and law: Insights from the prohibition of usury
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)Religion and law are often portrayed as belonging to different, isolated spheres and as conflicting with each other, especially with regard to the process of governing today's global economic and political affairs. The ... -
The limits on prosecutorial discretion in Singapore: Past, present, and future
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)The exercise of prosecutorial discretion is a unique executive act that continues to be very well-protected from public scrutiny in many jurisdictions throughout the world. In this article, I attempt to survey virtually ... -
The natural death of the Supreme Judicial Commission of Bangladesh and the consequent patronage appointments to the Bench: Advocating the establishment of an Independent Judicial Commission
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)In order to strengthen the constitutional process of appointment of judges in Superior Courts, Bangladesh established a Supreme Judicial Commission in 2008 by promulgating an Ordinance. This Ordinance was neither promulgated ... -
The politics of constitutional amendments in Bangladesh: The case of the non-political caretaker government
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)The Fifteenth Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution removed the provision for elections under a non-political caretaker government, which allowed for three successful elections in the country. The removal of the ... -
Tortious liability of mass media for the invasion of personal rights: A comparative study between English law and Kuwaiti law
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)The importance of this research is attributed to the significant role of the media in our lives, since it is considered to be one of the most important sources of knowledge in all cultural, educational, political, economic ...