Family-owned companies in Saudi Arabia often fail in the third generation due to lack of succession planning, family conflicts, and communication gaps among family members. In addition to the distress and economic ...

UAE embarked on a process of implementing two different legal systems - its traditional Islamic legal system of Sharia and a modernized secular legal system based most significant on four legal principles: the legality ...

This research explores the institutional and procedural architecture that enables or limits access to formal and informal dispute settlement mechanisms to resolve simple disputes among individuals in developing countries. The ...

Many low- and middle-income countries experience difficulty in using compulsory licensing as a measure to balance patent protection and access to medicines. These difficulties persist despite relevant efforts made by some ...

The focus of this thesis is Islamic insurance, which has generated significant debate within Saudi society. Insurance is a new phenomenon for Muslims in general, and for the Saudi society, in particular, because most Islamic ...

The purpose of this paper is to assess how laws that impose legal liability for exposing others to HIV affect public health in the United States and to provide guidance for future research efforts. As criminal law and tort ...

Islamic finance is a new, promising, and growing industry that serves Muslims and non-Muslims around the world. Many Western countries host Islamic financial institutions to benefit from Islamic financial businesses in ...

This paper proposes a legislative model for maternity and parental leave in South Korea (hereinafter Korea) to realize gender equality in reconciling work and childcare. It recommends that Korea should replace its compulsory ...

The dissertation finds that the policy underpinnings for international regulations of subsidies are perplexing and controversial, not just because of the intertwined nature of subsidies with government functions but also ...

Preventive detention as a counter-terrorism tool is fraught with conceptual and procedural problems and risks of misuse, excess and abuse. Many have debated the inadequacies of the current legal frameworks for detention, ...