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Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) In Islamic Banks In The Light Of Sharia: A Comparative Study Of Islamic And Western Perspectives In Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Abdullah Alshubrumi
Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) In Islamic Banks In The Light Of Sharia: A Comparative Study Of Islamic And Western Perspectives In Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Abdullah Alshubrumi
SJD Dissertations
The focus of this study is the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), social justice and business ethics in relation to Sharia. The key role that Sharia plays in shaping CSR principles in business and society is explored and the related concepts of Ummah (Muslim community) and brotherhood in Islam are highlighted. In addition, Islamic social responsibility in both its mandatory (zakat) and voluntary (sadaqah, waqf, quard al-hassan) forms as practiced over centuries in Muslim society are considered. Further, the study provides significant insights into the Islamic transactions jurisprudence (fiqh al-mu'amalat).
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Arbitration In Saudi Arabia: The Reform Of Law And Practice, Saleh Mubarak Bin Abbadi
Arbitration In Saudi Arabia: The Reform Of Law And Practice, Saleh Mubarak Bin Abbadi
SJD Dissertations
Arbitration, as a modern Western form of dispute resolution, has become an important feature of international commercial transactions and contracts. Saudi Arabia ratified the New York Convention and enacted a new Law of Arbitration in 2012. This dissertation evaluates arbitration in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the adoption of international standards in relevant local laws and court practices. The dissertation also considers the weight of Saudi laws, traditions, and social values to gauge the extent to which arbitration as practiced can be integrated into the Saudi legal system.
The dissertation highlights the necessity of cultivating a supportive environment for arbitration in …
A Competency Model For Judges, Talip Aydin
A Competency Model For Judges, Talip Aydin
SJD Dissertations
Throughout most modern and contemporary legal scholarship there appears an unbridgeable division between two dominant approaches to judicial decision making. Put succinctly, legal scholars argue that there exist either objective, foundational, ultimate groundings for legal theory and decisions or legal theory and practice inevitably follow a path to relativism and skepticism.
This dissertation argues for a theory of evaluation grounded in the Pragmatic, practical ontology and epistemology. Grounding the theory in this fashion avoids the philosophical views of extreme objectivism and extreme subjectivism. In contrast to these conventional stances, which are rooted in philosophical dualism, the view argued for in …
The Evolving Korean Statutory Law On Arbitration, Eunok Park
The Evolving Korean Statutory Law On Arbitration, Eunok Park
SJD Dissertations
The Republic of Korea (Korea) is one of the countries the economy of which has developed rapidly over the past four decades. According to the World Bank, in 2016, Korea had the world’s eleventh-largest economy and was in eighth place in the world for trade. Considering its land mass, population, and natural resources, it is amazing how fast and big the Korean economy has developed. In the 1980s, Korea was known as one of the “Asian Dragons” along with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. All these countries were believed to have great economic potential and the possibility for development. Among …
Innovative Approach To Anti-Beps And The Coherence Of International Tax Law, Haiyan Xu
Innovative Approach To Anti-Beps And The Coherence Of International Tax Law, Haiyan Xu
SJD Dissertations
This dissertation is comprised of three articles:
- Avi-Yonah, Reuven,. co-author. "Evaluating BEPS: A Reconsideration of the Benefits Principle and Proposal for UN Oversight." H. Xu, co-author. Harv. Bus. L. Rev. 6, no. 2 (2016): 185-238
- Reuven S. Avi-Yonah & Haiyan Xu, A Global Treaty Override? The New OECD Multilateral Tax Instrument and Its Limits, 39 Mich. J. Int'l L. 155 (2018).
- Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. "China and BEPS." Haiyan Xu, co-author. Laws 7, no. 1 (2018): 4-30.