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Admissibility conditions of a constitutional suit in the Islamic judicial system
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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 ...
Investing in Italy: Key legal issues for investors in the Gulf
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
Recent market data and press reports seem to confirm a growing interest, including from the Gulf, for investments in private and listed companies in Italy. In taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Italian ...
التنظيم القانوني للحوالة في القانون المدني القطري: تقييم فكرة المزج بين أحكام الفقه الإسلامي والفقه الغربي
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
انتهج المشرّع القطري أسلوبًا لافتًا لدى تنظيمه أحكام الحوالة في القانون المدني، حيث قسمّها إلى حوالة حق ودين مجاريًا في ذلك الفقه الغربي، ثم قسّم حوالة الدين إلى حوالة مطلقة ومقيدة مقتفيًا بذلك أثر الفقه الإسلامي. وقد تبنى ...
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Investors in search of an identity in the twenty-first century
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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 ...
Maladministration and life beyond legality: The European Ombudsman's paradigm
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
The ambition of this article is to illustrate the attractions of thinking beyond legality and the ability
of the concept of maladministration to modify established administrative dogma when utilised in
a creative and ...
The politics of constitutional amendments in Bangladesh: The case of the non-political caretaker government
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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 ...
Assessing the relevance of multilateral trade law to sovereign investments: Sovereign Wealth Funds as “investors” under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
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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 ...
International legal obligations of armed opposition groups in Syria
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
Starting with peaceful protests of people demanding democratic reforms and fundamental rights from the regime in Damascus, the Syria crisis developed into a full-fledged civil war causing largescale death, injury, and ...
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Problems of international law between possessing and recipient States
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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 ...
Convergence and divergence: the treatment of certain aspects of real property under the Civil Codes of Qatar and California
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
This paper compares and contrasts the treatment of certain aspects of real property under the civil
codes of Qatar and California, two jurisdictions with very different histories and cultures but
somewhat less different ...