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Showing 1 to 20 of 185 for “"K Law (General)"”.
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THE IMPACT OF MULTILINGUALISM ON THE DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: IS CREATING A SOLIDLY DEFINED EUROPEAN DEMOS THE ANSWER TO THE EU’S LANGUAGE PROBLEM?
Examining the case law of the ECJ reveals that the multilingual nature of the EU presents numerous problems, such as the relative rather than absolute equality of languages, and translation errors that lead to non-uniform law due to the impossibility of perfect translation. This directly limits the …
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Making women magistrates: feminism, citizenship and justice in England and Wales 1918-1950
This thesis addresses the subject of women magistrates in England and Wales from their introduction in 1919 and the work subsequently performed by the early women JPs until the late 1940s. Surprisingly, despite the great volume of work on women’s history during the last few decades, historians have …
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The three faces of international antitrust, and the paradox for international merger control
The term ‘international antitrust’ is a convenient yet inaccurate means of describing the national rules, bilateral agreements, and multilateral initiatives that attempt to fill the vacuum created by the failure to agree upon international antitrust rules. The ‘stillborn’ International Trade …
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Choice of law in respect of agency relationships in the European Union and the United Arab Emirates
… and the contractor. Differences between various laws exist both in the substantive rules and the choice of law rules applicable to these relationships. This thesis addresses these choice of law problems, with reference to English law, the Rome I Regulation, the Hague Convention 1978, and the UAE …
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The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body and its impact on Developing Countries: problems and possible solutions.
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the limitation of participation of developing countries in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). Under the DSB, there are many cases that present the limiting of developing countries on some significant ways. This thesis …
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Choice of Law in respect of contracts in the United Arab Emirates and the European Union; and related aspects of Private International Law in relation to the Dubai International Financial Centre
Private international law applies to cases governed by private law which involve factual connections with several countries. A major issue governed by private international law is the question of which country’s law should be applied to determine the merits of a dispute. This thesis focuses on …
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The modern law of mortgages in Tanzania: the role of the Land Act 1999
The thesis examines the law of mortgages in Tanzania following the enactment of new land laws, in particular the Land Act 1999. In the study, we examine the statutory regime introduced by the Land Act. We focus on, among others, what the Act sought to address by conducting an analysis of the state …
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The value of using education research to enhance the curriculum in legal education
… curriculum and overall academic experience of law students. The impact of these innovations was analysed with qualitative and quantitative education research methods, which are rarely used in legal education. The development of this research is traced from 2001 and details how it grew from a …
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Prohibiting the niqab?: A critical examination of Western attitudes towards the Islamic veil and its relationship with law in the United Kingdom and France
… by Muslim women, with reference to recent case law, academic debate, published anecdotes and blogs. Additionally, it will offer detailed examinations of recent legal developments and the present socio-legal position in both the UK and France. The author identified these neighbouring …
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Maritime security cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea: a role for cooperative sovereignty
Maritime security is a serious and ongoing concern to the Gulf of Guinea region. Interregional maritime security cooperation is of relatively recent origin and legislation, agreements and organisational infrastructure are still being developed. Previous research has identified a number of …
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Responsible resettlement: implementing the corporate responsibility to respect human rights in the context of mining induced displacement and resettlement
Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is a high-risk activity that has an inherent potential to impact the human rights of those affected. However, current models of international best practice in resettlement, based on guidelines developed by International Financial Institutions, do not …
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The G.C.C. security convention: a legal and practical analysis
Summary available: p. i-ii.
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The crime of international maritime fraud: a comparartive study between Iraqi and English law
… comparative study between the Iraqi and English law. The scheme of the thesis is as follows. Introduction and four parts, part one is an overview of Maritime Fraud and outlines the definition, reasons and features and classification of Maritime Fraud. Part two deals with the types of frauds and …
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Efficiency of protection of human rights in non unitary entities by means of uniformly applied sets of norms
This thesis attempts to deal with the question of whether the protection of the fundamental rights of the citizens of the Member States of the European Community should be entrusted to a uniformly applied set of norms. In other words, it discusses whether the legal area of human rights should be …
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The marriage contract in the Sharīʻah and in the Aḥwāl Shakhṣīyyah laws of Egypt and Morocco
Abstract available p.11
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The role of the court in arbitration: a comparative study of the Chinese law and the laws of the UK
This thesis compares Chinese law with sophisticated modern models in the form of the Arbitration Act 1996 in England, and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, which has been adopted in Scotland. Comparison of the role of the court under these three systems shows that …
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The influence of sovereignty and non-intervention on the development of humanitarian law applicable in internal conflicts.
… of mankind, their regulation by international law has been very slow. The usual explanation of this state of affairs is that such events touch directly on the survival of established Governments or even the existence of the State itself. States view with suspicion, fear and even hostility any …
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