Browsing Law Research by Publisher "Brill Academic Publishers"
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Assessment of the Protection of Shareholders in Egypt
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2016 , Article)Egypt has opened the gate for international investment, especially after the 25 January Revolution in 2011, to compensate investments lost both during and after the revolution. Expanding shareholder protection laws may ... -
Compensability of moral damage in Islamic contract law: A comparative analysis of the Palestinian, Jordanian and Qatari civil codes
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2020 , Article)© 2019 Brill Academic Publishers. All rights reserved. This study explores Islamic law's position towards the compensation of natural and juridical persons for moral damage within the scope of contractual liability in view ... -
Constitutionalisation of International Human Rights Law in the Jurisprudence of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2018 , Article Review)This article examines the status of international human rights law in the Egyptian legal system and investigates how Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) uses international and foreign law in its constitutional ... -
A decade of development: The civil and commercial court of the Qatar financial centre
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2020 , Article)© 2020 Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. The Qatar International Court is a new breed of judicial tribunal inspired by the English Commercial Court based in London. It provides a dispute ... -
Delay Damages: The Application of Qatari National to Article 8(8) of the 2017 Red Book
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2020 , Article)This article addresses a common conundrum when a government is a party to a Red Book contract, that is governed by Qatari national law: the inter-relationship between national law and the voluntarily agreed-upon contractual ... -
The impact of islamic criminal law on the Qatari penal code
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2018 , Article)© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, 2017. The Qatari legislator has adopted a penal code that encompasses rules derived from a divine source and also deals with several other crimes common in positive penal laws. Whoever reads ... -
Physical and legal inability under Article 17(3) of the Rome Statute
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2015 , Article)While the complementary regime of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been the subject of extensive examination in the literature, this article offers a new reading of the inability scenario that establishes a clear ... -
Public–Private Partnership: A Legislative Model from the State of Qatar
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2022 , Article)The State of Qatar has recently witnessed a massive legislative movement designed to encourage foreign investment and enhance private sector participation in the economy, especially in trade and investment. This article ... -
Self-referral of Situations to the International Criminal Court: Complementarity in Practice-Complementarity in Crisis
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2017 , Article)Self-referral practice has been the main source of cases before the International Criminal Court (icc) to date. This practice provokes significant questions as to its roots, legality and implications on the jurisdiction ... -
Standard Terms Contracts: The Approaches of Qatari Civil Law and UNIDROIT Principles 2016. A Comparative Study
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2018 , Article)This study compares the approach that Qatari Civil Law No. 22/2004 (QCL) takes to standard terms with that taken by the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2016. The main difference between QCL and ... -
The impact of islamic criminal law on the Qatari penal code
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2018 , Article)The Qatari legislator has adopted a penal code that encompasses rules derived from a divine source and also deals with several other crimes common in positive penal laws. Whoever reads the Qatari Penal Code will notice the ... -
Towards International Mechanisms for Resolving Investment Disputes in Qatar
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2021 , Article)In addition to possessing one of the largest proven gas reserves worldwide, Qatar benefits from a strategic location between the East and West, forming an attractive destination for foreign direct investments. Law No. ... -
VW's 'Defeat Devices' and Liability for Claims for Lost Emissions Tax Revenue
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2017 , Article)Volkswagen Group's utilisation of a 'defeat device' to produce inaccurate results for vehicle emissions tests in multiple consumer states, leads it to face potentially crippling fines, possible criminal liability, civil ...