International Review of Law: المرسلات الحديثة
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Maladministration and life beyond legality: The European Ombudsman's paradigm
( 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
( 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 ... -
التنظيم القانوني للحوالة في القانون المدني القطري: تقييم فكرة المزج بين أحكام الفقه الإسلامي والفقه الغربي
( 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 ... -
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 ... -
Convergence and divergence: the treatment of certain aspects of real property under the Civil Codes of Qatar and California
( 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 ... -
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 ... -
Incipient activism of Sovereign Wealth Funds and the need to update United States securities laws
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) lie at the cutting edge of a tectonic transformation in global business and international law embodying the sweeping changes in the global order. Illustrating the new financial and legal ... -
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 ... -
الإخلال المبتسر للعقد: تحليل مقارن بين الوثائق الدولية الموحدة للبيوع والقانونين المدني والتجاري القطريين
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)عرض هذا البحث للإخلال المبتسر لعقد البيع العادي، وعقد التسليم على دفعات، في كل من اتفاقية فيينا لعقد البيع الدولي للبضائع 1980، ومبادئ اليونيدروا للعقود التجارية الدولية المعدلة لسنة 2010 من جهة، والقانونين المدني والتجاري ... -
تحديات تطبيق القانون الدولي الإنساني أثناء النزاعات غير المتماثلة
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)صمم القانون الدولي الإنساني ليتعامل مع الكيانات التقليدية (ونقصد بها الدول)، التي تنخرط في نزاعات تقليدية فيما بينها (الحروب)، مستخدمة وسائل وأساليب قتال تقليدية أيضا. ولكن نشهد اليوم صعود كيانات جديدة فاعلة على المستوى ... -
International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) as instruments to combat corruption and enhance fiscal discipline in Developing States
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Article)Especially since the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century, once more we have seen more focused interest in the use of SWFs by home states—less as a means of projecting sovereign financial power outwards ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
International legal obligations of armed opposition groups in Syria
( 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 ... -
Investing in Italy: Key legal issues for investors in the Gulf
( 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Regulating payments for M-Content: The positive impact of the deregulation
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)This paper analyses the regulatory regime potentially applicable to the prepaid m-payments for m-content before and after the introduction of the Electronic Money Directive (2009) and the Payment Services Directive (2009). ... -
Dissecting the claims of legitimization for the ritual of female circumcision or female genital mutilation (FGM)
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)This work analyses the various arguments put forward by the supporters of female genital mutilation (FGM) under Islamic law to determine whether this practice has its roots in Islam, whether it is a customary or cultural ...