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Paternity between Law and Biology: the Reconstruction of the Islamic Law of Paternity in the Wake of DNA Testing
(Wiley, 2012)
The discovery of DNA paternity tests has stirred a debate concerning the definition of paternity and whether the grounds for such a definition are legal or biological. According to the classical rules of Islamic law, ...
Political Economy of the Persian Gulf
(Hurst & Co., Columbia University Press, 2012)
Change occurs rapidly in the Persian Gulf. While some states have capitalised on the fast-paced nature of globalised fiscal transactions and have become important markets for foreign investment, others have fallen victim ...
Catholic Perspectives on Religious Liberty
(2012-09-13)
On September 13, 2012, the Religious Freedom Project convened distinguished Catholic legal theorists, philosophers, political scientists, and theologians to discuss the meaning and value of religious liberty from different ...
Saudi Arabia: Family, Religion, Army and Oil
(Routledge, 2012)
One of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogeneous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across ...
Transnational Media, Regional Politics and State Security
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2012)
Saudi Arabia is a crucially important media player in the Middle East, commanding modern, sophisticated and far-reaching media systems. Driving the Saudi media hegemony is what may be loosely termed "a security imperative" ...
Utraque Unum 5:2 (2012)
(Georgetown University. Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American DemocracyGeorgetown University. Toqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy, 2012)
Utraque Unum 6:1 (2012)
(Georgetown University. Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American DemocracyGeorgetown University. Toqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy, 2012)
Cascades in Cairo: The Role of Facebook and Twitter in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
(2012)
The role of social media in the Egyptian revolution is increasingly discussed in the popular media and the world of academia, but all too frequently anecdotal evidence is used to understand it. This thesis develops a new ...