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The power of transparency norms in the WTO legal framework: Impacts beyond the trade context
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
Beyond trade facilitation, transparency norms in the WTO legal context are, implicitly and explicitly,
aimed at addressing problems in the domestic administrative laws of its members. Through the
lens of global governance, ...
حریة الإنسان في ظل المتغیرات الدولیة: دراسة على ضوء أحكام القانون الدولي لحقوق الإنسان
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
یعتبر موضوع حریة الإنسان مجالاً للعدید من العلوم الإنسانیة، حیث إن لحریة الإنسان ارتباط بالأخلاق والدین والفلسفة. كما أن ھذا الحق یعتبر أساس منظومة حمایة حقوق الإنسان؛ إذ أن كل حق من حقوق الإنسان تتطلب ممارسته توفر ھامش ...
Frustration through futility: Least developed countries and the WTO’s settlement of disputes
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
The lack of participation and engagement by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the WTO in general and in their use of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) in particular has ...
الإجارة المؤبدة في نطاق التشريع الأردني: دراسة مقارنة
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
نظم القانون المدني الأردني عقد الإجارة وترك فيه أن تكون مدة الإجارة محددة من طرف المتعاقدين اللذين لهما الحرية في تحديد الحد الأدنى لمدة عقد الإجارة، كأن يتفقا على أن تكون يوماً أو شهراً أو سنة أو خمس سنوات، إلاأنه قيدهما ...
Champions of protection? A Text-as-data analysis of the bilateral investment treaties of GCC countries
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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 ...
An elusive safeguard with loopholes: sovereign debt and its “negotiated restructuring” in international investment agreements in the age of global financial crisis
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
Financial crises often compel indebted countries to restructure their external public debt in order to
ease their economic burden. Since this is usually quite disadvantageous to the creditors, they
consequently sometimes ...
Searching for purpose: Critical assessment of teleological interpretation of treaties in investment arbitration
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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 ...
الميراث الرقمي: المفهوم والتحديات القانونية
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
إذا كان لنا أن نصف هذا العصر، فإنَّ أكثرَ الأوصافِ انطباقًا عليه أنه العصر الرقمي، حيث يسبح الإنسان
فيه في عوالم من الأجهزة والتطبيقات الرقمية التي غيّرت مفهوم الزمان والمكان، وفرضت أنماطًا جديدة
من السلوك والثقافة ...
In defense of the codification of the Islamic Law of Hudud into the law of Pakistan
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
Islamic Law has three types of punishments for criminal offences: fixed punishment, which is called Hudud; retaliation, which is called Qisas; and discretionary punishment, which is called Tazir. Hudud, fixed, punishments, ...
The push for practical legal skills education in Qatar: Results from an externship program
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Article)
For decades, educators across the world have been advocating for educational reform that
would increase the number of practical skills courses included in traditional legal
education. In 2011, Qatar University College ...