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Scarred for life: The impact of the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act of 2010 on addressing violence against women in Pakistan
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)This article uses the Pakistani Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act of 2010 (Act of 2010) as an example to discuss the use of ad hoc legislation on issues of violence against women in Pakistan. From 2008 to 2011, ... -
Intra-family violence or domestic violence, a domestic relationship or merely a case of sibling rivalry: Where to draw the line?
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)In a recent judgment by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal, Daffy v. Daffy, (659/2011) [2012] ZASCA 149; [28 September 2012] 4 All SA 607 (SCA); 2013 (1) SACR 42 (SCA) the question of what exactly constitutes a ... -
استحداث محاكم تجارية متخصصة في دولة قطر: دراسة مقارنة
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)إن التطور الاقتصادي والاجتماعي الذي تشهده دولة قطر كغيرها من دول العالم قد أدى إلى ظهور معاملات تجارية لم تكن معروفة من قبل، مما يقتضي معها استحداث محاكم تجارية متخصصة في القضايا ذات الطابع التجاري، وتتسم بالسرعة والفعالية. ... -
The natural death of the Supreme Judicial Commission of Bangladesh and the consequent patronage appointments to the Bench: Advocating the establishment of an Independent Judicial Commission
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)In order to strengthen the constitutional process of appointment of judges in Superior Courts, Bangladesh established a Supreme Judicial Commission in 2008 by promulgating an Ordinance. This Ordinance was neither promulgated ... -
الاستنساخ الرقمي للمصنفات المحمية في القانون القطري رقم 7 لسنة 2002 بشأن حماية حق المؤلف والحقوق المجاورة: دراسة مقارنة مع القانونين الفرنسي والأمريكي
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)عرّف المشرع القطري الاستنساخ في المادة1 من القانون 7 لسنة 2002 بشأن حماية حق المؤلف والحقوق المجاورة بأنه إعداد نسخة واحدة أو أكثر من المصنف وعدد طرق الاستنساخ التقليدية كالطباعة أو الرسم أو الحفر أو التصوير الفوتوغرافي ... -
مفهوم "الاستثمار" في المادة 25 من معاهدة واشنطن 1965
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)يهدف هذا البحث إلى دارسة مفهوم "الاستثمار" الذى ورد في نص المادة 25 من معاهدة واشنطن 1965، وأهمية هذا البحث تأتي بأن المادة 25 هي التي تنظم حدود الاختصاص الموضوعي لمركز الأكسيد. وفى ظل غياب تعريف "الاستثمار" تباينت أحكام ... -
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 ... -
اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في ضوء القانون الدولي للاجئين (من غياب الحماية والرعاية إلى ضياع حق العودة(
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)قضية اللاجئين الفلسطينيين واحدة من أهم القضايا المعاصرة في نطاق القانون الدولي للاجئين. ومع ذلك شهدت هذه القضية ضعفًا وهشاشة من حيث الرعاية والحماية القانونية نتيجة التفسير الضيق لقواعد القانون الدولي للاجئين من قِبل الأطراف ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...