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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 7 (2000-2001)
Series: - Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume: 7
Editor:
The latest volume includes:
· insightful essays on the Palestinian `right of return,' the Lockerbie trial, the Islamic law principle of `just exchange,' and special issues in Ismaili, Saudi, and UAE law,
· country-by-country surveys, by resident practitioners, of recent legal and related developments in twenty countries,
· the draft Declaration, in full text, of the World Conference Against Racism,
· case summaries and book reviews.
· insightful essays on the Palestinian `right of return,' the Lockerbie trial, the Islamic law principle of `just exchange,' and special issues in Ismaili, Saudi, and UAE law,
· country-by-country surveys, by resident practitioners, of recent legal and related developments in twenty countries,
· the draft Declaration, in full text, of the World Conference Against Racism,
· case summaries and book reviews.
Eugene Cotran, Circuit Judge, Visiting Professor of Law, SOAS, Chairman, CIMEL, London, UK.
Table of Contents to Volume 7
Biographical Notes
Preface
Part I – Articles
Transfers of rights and obligations in the UAE: a comparative analysis in the light of English law, French law and the shari'a – Nicholas H.D. Foster
Dispute resolution in Saudi Arabia – Yahya Al - Samaan
The principle of "just exchange" in the private and public spheres of Islamic law: the consequences of the construction of property and proprietor for the Hanafi woman – Nahed Samour
Principles in the development of Ismaili law – Arif A. Jamal
The PLO, Resolution 194 and the "right of return": evolving Palestinian attitudes towards the refugee question from the 1948 nakba to the Camp David summit of July 2000 – Nur Masalha
So much Scots law: the legal framework of the Lockerbie trial – Iain Scobbie (with an appendix of the report and evaluation of the trial by Hans Köchler)
Part II – Country Surveys
Egypt - Kosheri, Rashed ér Riad
Syria - Jacques el-Hakim
Iraq - Sabah Al Mukhtar
Jordan - Hamzeh Haddad
Palestine - Anis Al-Qasem
Lebanon - Nayla Comair-Obeid
Libya - Mustafa El Alem
Sudan: the law of copyright - John Wuol Makec
Kuwait: human rights under the Constitution - Fadi B. Nader
Saudi Arabia - Hussam Salah Hejailan, Law Firm of Salah al Hejailan, Riyadh
United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Jonathan Brown, Clifford Chance, Dubai
Bahrain - Husain M. Al Baharna
Qatar - Najeeb Bin Muhammed Al-Nauimi
Oman - Roger Clarke, Trowers & Hamlin, Oman
Yemen - Nageeb Shamiri
Iran - M.A. Ansari-Pour
Algeria - Yamina Kebir
Morocco - Michèle Zirari-Devif
Tunisia - Afif Gaïgi
Pakistan - Martin Lau
Part III – Selected Documents
The World Conference Against Racism and Islamophobia - Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi
World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Declaration adopted on 8 September 2001
Part IV – Selected Cases
The Lockerbie trial in the High Court of Justiciary of Scotland sitting at Camp Zeist
Qatar v. Bahrain in the International Court of Justice at the Hague
Part V – Book Reviews
The Rule of Law in the Middle East and Islamic World: Human Rights and the Judicial Process - Lamri Chirouf
Beyond the Code: Muslim Family Law and the Shari Judiciary in the Palestinian West Bank - Dawoud El Alami
Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader - Martin Lau
Intellectual Property Laws of the Arab Countries - Nabil Saleh
The Palestinian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. X (1998-1999) - Anis Al-Qasem
Detainees Denied Justice - Anis Al-Qasem
Index
Biographical Notes
Preface
Part I – Articles
Transfers of rights and obligations in the UAE: a comparative analysis in the light of English law, French law and the shari'a – Nicholas H.D. Foster
Dispute resolution in Saudi Arabia – Yahya Al - Samaan
The principle of "just exchange" in the private and public spheres of Islamic law: the consequences of the construction of property and proprietor for the Hanafi woman – Nahed Samour
Principles in the development of Ismaili law – Arif A. Jamal
The PLO, Resolution 194 and the "right of return": evolving Palestinian attitudes towards the refugee question from the 1948 nakba to the Camp David summit of July 2000 – Nur Masalha
So much Scots law: the legal framework of the Lockerbie trial – Iain Scobbie (with an appendix of the report and evaluation of the trial by Hans Köchler)
Part II – Country Surveys
Egypt - Kosheri, Rashed ér Riad
Syria - Jacques el-Hakim
Iraq - Sabah Al Mukhtar
Jordan - Hamzeh Haddad
Palestine - Anis Al-Qasem
Lebanon - Nayla Comair-Obeid
Libya - Mustafa El Alem
Sudan: the law of copyright - John Wuol Makec
Kuwait: human rights under the Constitution - Fadi B. Nader
Saudi Arabia - Hussam Salah Hejailan, Law Firm of Salah al Hejailan, Riyadh
United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Jonathan Brown, Clifford Chance, Dubai
Bahrain - Husain M. Al Baharna
Qatar - Najeeb Bin Muhammed Al-Nauimi
Oman - Roger Clarke, Trowers & Hamlin, Oman
Yemen - Nageeb Shamiri
Iran - M.A. Ansari-Pour
Algeria - Yamina Kebir
Morocco - Michèle Zirari-Devif
Tunisia - Afif Gaïgi
Pakistan - Martin Lau
Part III – Selected Documents
The World Conference Against Racism and Islamophobia - Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi
World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Declaration adopted on 8 September 2001
Part IV – Selected Cases
The Lockerbie trial in the High Court of Justiciary of Scotland sitting at Camp Zeist
Qatar v. Bahrain in the International Court of Justice at the Hague
Part V – Book Reviews
The Rule of Law in the Middle East and Islamic World: Human Rights and the Judicial Process - Lamri Chirouf
Beyond the Code: Muslim Family Law and the Shari Judiciary in the Palestinian West Bank - Dawoud El Alami
Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader - Martin Lau
Intellectual Property Laws of the Arab Countries - Nabil Saleh
The Palestinian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. X (1998-1999) - Anis Al-Qasem
Detainees Denied Justice - Anis Al-Qasem
Index