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Absence of the Dissenting Arbitrator’s Signature and its Effect on the Validity of the Arbitration Award
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference)Refusal to sign the arbitration award is considered as one of the procedural controversies engendered by dissenting minority arbitrators. This happens when the arbitral tribunal is made up of more than one arbitrator. ... -
Access to justice for women victims of domestic violence in the Republic of Macedonia
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)In the recent decades as a result of feminist efforts, significant progress in addressing the issue of domestic violence on the international scene, as well as, on the national level have been made. However, there are still ... -
Accession of Lebanon to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): Lessons Learned, Analysis, and Legal Aspects of Accession
( Qatar University Press , 2018 , Article)This policy paper recommends that Lebanon should join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI can benefit Lebanon by providing transparency in Lebanon’s industrial sector, which serves the public ... -
Admissibility conditions of a constitutional suit in the Islamic judicial system
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)A constitutional Suit, like any other Suit, must satisfy certain conditions, and while there are common and general conditions applicable to all types of Suits, there are special conditions that are only relevant to a ... -
Alternative Means to Resolve Administrative Contractual Disputes in the State of Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference)Administrative agreements, namely public procurement agreements, are considered as the most important types of agreements in the countries adopting the Latin legal tradition. Indeed, under these agreements, the public ... -
An Analysis of Export Restriction Rules and Proposals Under the WTO
( Qatar University Press , 2018 , Article)This memorandum is a redacted version of a confidential research paper on export restriction negotiations in relation to food security under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The complete version of this ... -
Analytical Study on The Legality of Use of Sonic Boom as a “Psywar” Tool Under International and Humanitarian Law
( Qatar University Press , 2025 , Article)The topic of sonic warfare and its legality under international and humanitarian law is critically relevant in modern conflicts and their evolving nature. Sonic weapons comprise a growing type of non-lethal weaponry that ... -
Arbitrating natural resource disputes: Current and future trends
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference)Owing to the precipitous slump in world commodity prices, particularly fossil fuel, investors and other stakeholders have been trying to re-arrange, re-organize and re-position their investments and interests. The question ... -
Assessing the relevance of multilateral trade law to sovereign investments: Sovereign Wealth Funds as “investors” under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)The variety of investments made by powerful Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) is often directed to the globally booming service sector which is regulated by the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This paper ... -
The Blockade Imposed Against Qatar: An Analytical Study of WTO Principles
( Qatar University Press , 2018 , Report)This analytical study sheds light on the consequences of the blockade imposed against Qatar and the violation of the blockading countries – the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and ... -
The Blockade of Qatar: Where Coercive Diplomacy Fails, Principles of Law Should Prevail
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)Contemporary international law has developed a cautious attitude toward the use of coercive diplomacy, specifically in the deployment of economic sanctions in the form of boycotting or blockading one sovereign state by ... -
Book review “Environmental Law in Arab States” by Damilola Olawuyi*
( دار نشر جامعة قطر , 2023 , Book Review)Book Review “Environmental Law in Arab States” by Damilola Olawuyi* Reviewed by: Mohammed Rashid Al-Hassan Al-Sulaiti -
Bridge over troubled water: An emerging right to access to the internet
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Article)This article is about the internet and its place in the current international legal order. The more precise inquiry concerns identifying the probable emergence of a legal entitlement, as opposed to the predominant focus ... -
Bring the vessel to court: The unique feature of the action in rem in the admiralty law proceedings
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)Admiralty law, one of the oldest fields of law, has developed distinctive and unique features that distinguish it from other fields. One of these characteristics originates from the commencement of litigation, where a claim ... -
CFIUS post-Ralls: Ramifications for Sovereign Wealth Funds
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Global capital is on the move and sovereign wealth funds, with significant assets, are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the increase in mergers and acquisitions activity, especially in the United States. At the ... -
Champions of protection? A Text-as-data analysis of the bilateral investment treaties of GCC countries
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Article)Through the lens of state-of-the-art text-as-data techniques, this article examines the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) practice of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The analysis unveils two critical ... -
A Code of Conduct for Tourists Visiting Qatar for the World Cup 2022
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Article)This Code of Conduct for Tourist who are visiting Qatar for the World Cup 2022 covers the fundamental rights and duties that must be observed and implemented such as the right to movement, travel and safety and obtaining ... -
Codifying the corporate opportunity doctrine: The (UK) Companies Act 2006
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2012 , Article)Part 10 of the UK Companies Act 2006 codifies the fiduciary and common law duties of directors as a means of addressing the key policy considerations which underpinned the company law reform project launched by the Labour ... -
Colonial cleansing: Laws for a summer resort in China
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2012 , Article)In the leased territory of Weihaiwei, China (1898–1930), public health and related laws played an important part in the local British government’s effort to create and maintain a summer resort for European visitors. These ... -
A comparative examination of the Qatar Financial Center (QFC) consumer dispute resolution scheme
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Conference)In 2016, the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) introduced a Customer Dispute Resolution Scheme (CDRS) in Chapter 8 of the Conduct of Business Rules 2007. The CDRS is an alternative to litigation for QFC participants (retail ...
