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Controlling The Narrative: The Effects Of Media Coverage On Fear Of Crime And Socio-Political Ideology, Andrew Koppelman

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Several decades of study have established an understanding that media have a unique power to influence the perspectives and worldviews of audiences. This phenomenon has been explored through the lenses of Social Learning and Cultivation theory, wherein media appeal to base human tendencies of self-preservation and teaches audiences how to maximize rewards for their actions by acting as a sort of instructor or friendly warning from members of the community. While prior studies have suggested the presence of this effect, little research has been devoted to understanding the ways that this may influence behaviors in viewers. My research seeks to …

التنظيم القانوني للرهن التأميني للمركبات في القانون الإماراتي, عبيد محمد الكعبي

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Legal Regulation of Insurance Mortgage for The Vehicles in UAE Law

The mortgage that applies to vehicles is the insurance mortgage, because of the special nature movables have the property of self-identification, which leads to apply the registration rule on the ownership deed. The insurance mortgage is concluded between the mortgagee, who is the creditor, and the mortgager, who is either the debtor himself or someone else (the in-kind guarantor). In order for this contract to be validly concluded, it must fulfill all its elements and conditions. The objective conditions stipulated in the general rules for concluding contracts must be …

جريمة إيداع أو تحويل الأموال بقصد التعاطي أو الاستعمال الشخصي للمواد المخدرة والمؤثرات العقلية في القانون الإماراتي (دراسة تحليلية تطبيقية), مريم محمود حبيب

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The crime of Depositing or Transferring Funds with the Intention of Using or Personally Using Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in UAE law (Applied Analytical Study)

Criminal elements seek to take advantage of the benefits of using the Internet and communication programs, especially with its confidential nature and the difficulty of tracking its users, which allows its users to achieve direct criminal activities without being caught or being held legally accountable. The misuse of technology has posed a threat to our societies and has been accompanied by the emergence of many negatives and positivity; in addition to a lot of …

موقف القانون الإماراتي من الصياغة النموذجية للعقود, سعيد علي الدرعي

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Standard form contracts are widely used in various economic transactions, which contributes to a convenient and time saving method to create agreements that are compatible with contractual terms. The importance of this study is that when the consumer wants to obtain a good or service, the seller will offer him a standard form contract to sign, and this consumer may be forced to enter into this contract to satisfy his needs, even if this good or service is not one of the basics for society as a whole, but it is necessary for him as an individual.

Additionally, this study …

الطرق الإدارية للفصل في المنازعات الضريبية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, محمد أحمد الشقفه

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This thesis studies and analyses administrative methods for settling tax disputes in the UAE as set in the newly issued Federal Law No. 28 for year 2022 regarding tax procedures, which will take effect on June 2, 2023, as this new Federal Law includes new administrative tax dispute settlement channels.

Additionally, this study explores the methods through which UAE’s procedural tax legislations handled the most complicated issue that most procedural tax legislators usually encounter, which is balancing between fair tax assessments and speedy tax collection procedures. Making such balance requires robust regulation of administrative methods to settle tax disputes in …

جرائم المنافسة غير المشروعة والاحتكار في القانون الإماراتي, أحمد حسن الهاشمي

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Unfair Competition and Monopoly in the UAE Penal Code

This study dealt with unfair competition and monopoly in the UAE penal code. The study was divided into an introduction and three sections. The first section dealt with the nature of competition and monopoly and their types, the second section dealt with the elements of the crime of unfair competition, and the third section dealt with the penalties prescribed for the crimes of competition law and monopoly prevention. The study concluded with the most important findings and recommendations. One of the most important results is that it was noted that the …

الأحكام القانونية للمُصاب باضطراب طيف التوحد, مريم محمد علي

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According to the latest statistics, 1% of the world population has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in its various levels. The one percent of the world population counts in millions; hence, this segment of society deserves the legislator's attention to ensure fair treatment. Therefore, this study will shed light on whether the Emirati Legislator have fairly regulated the financial transactions of people with autism, by examining the relevant regulations and laws in the United Arab Emirates and in comparison, with the principles of Sharia'a. Accordingly, this study is divided into two main chapters. The first chapter defines autism in …

Combating Systemic Racism With Truth Commissions, Katherine E. Miles

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The main form of justice practiced in the United States when it comes to criminal proceedings and individual wrongdoings is a form of justice called Retributive Justice. Retributive justice is committed to following these three principles, 1: that those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, morally deserve to suffer an equivalent punishment; 2: that it is intrinsically morally good—good without reference to any other goods if some legitimate punisher gives them the punishment they deserve; and 3: that it is morally impermissible to punish the innocent intentionally or to inflict disproportionately large punishments on offenders. From the three principles …

أثر جائحة كورونا (كوفيد 19) على تنفيذ العقود الإدارية, عبدالله عبدالحكيم بني مخزوم

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The study raised the problems of the extent to which the Corona pandemic is considered a force majeure or an exceptional circumstance, as each adaptation has legal effects arising from it. Therefore, it was necessary to search the extent to which force majeure conditions or emergency circumstances apply to the Corona pandemic (Covid 19) and its effects. The researcher concluded that it is not generally possible to assert that the Corona pandemic is an emergency circumstance or force majeure. Rather, it is necessary to search the impact of the Corona pandemic on the administrative contract, and then the adaptation is …

اﻟﺘﻌﻮﯾﺾ ﻋﻦ ﺗﻔﺎﻗﻢ اﻟﻀﺮر اﻟﺠﺴﺪي ﺑﻌﺪ ﺻﺪور اﻟﺤﻜﻢ اﻟﻨﮭﺎﺋﻲ (ﻓﻲ ﺿﻮء ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اﻟﻤﻌﺎﻣﻼت اﻟﻤﺪﻧﯿﺔ اﻻﺗﺤﺎدي رﻗﻢ 5 ﻟﺴﻨﺔ 1985 وﺗﻌﺪﯾﻼته), منى محمد البلوشي

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Bodily harm is considered one of the most complex types of damages to estimate compensation for, as it affects the life, work, and livelihood of the injured person. Especially since the physical injury that remains from the harmful act may exacerbate in the future after the issuance of the final judgment in a manner that may not be foreseen by the judge or medical experience, whether in terms of the exacerbation of the harm itself and its constituent elements or in terms of the exacerbation of the harm's value due to currency fluctuations.

This study demonstrates the jurisprudential differences regarding …

المسؤولیة التضامنیة لأعضاء مجلس الإدارة في شركة المساھمة العامة وفقا للمرسوم بقانون اتحادي رقم (32) لسنة 2021 بشأن الشركات التجاریة, نورة جمعة الشامسي

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This study aims to identify the joint liability of the members of the board of directors in public joint stock company. The descriptive and analytical approach was adopted to identify the joint responsibility of the members of the Board of Directors in a joint stock company the analyses of the provisions related thereto in Federal Law by Decree No. (32) of 2021 regarding commercial companies in order to structure the limits of such responsibility.

This study has reached a number of results, the main result stipulates the general rule of the responsibility of the members of the board of directors …

مشروعية الأنشطة العسكرية في المنطقة الإقتصادية الخالصة (دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة نموذجاً تطبيقيا), عمار يوسف النقبي

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One of the innovations in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the year 1982 is the system of the exclusive economic zone, where it was discussed for the first time in this agreement. The exclusive economic zone is defined as an area located deep in the sea and adjacent to the contiguous zone and the territorial sea and extends beyond that for a distance of 200 nautical miles. However, the legal system in the exclusive economic zone raises many problems that were excluded from the negotiations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of …

التكییف القانوني للعقود المتصلة بالتطبیقات الحدیثة للنقل البري للأشخاص, ودیمة أحمد الدرعي

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As a result of the huge development of technology, modern models have emerged in land transportation of persons, such as Uber and Lyft applications. Through this application, the driver in his own vehicle transports customers who requested transportation service from the application. The transportation companies claim that the drivers are independent contractors, while on the other hand, the drivers claim that they are employees so that they are covered by the rights guaranteed in the Labor Law. This study aims to show the legal nature of these contracts between the companies related to the modern electronic applications of land transport …

المواجھة الجنائیة للشائعات في التشریع الإماراتي – دراسة مقارنة, ھدى راشد العلوي

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Spreading and propagating rumors is a dangerous weapon that causes the disintegration of nations and creates anxious societies plagued by psychological wars and internal strife, these acts have caused legal problems, especially with the advent of social media, which has paved the way for their commission. Penal provisions guaranteeing adequate criminal protection against the perpetrators of such acts, The United Arab Emirates' legislation is one of these penal legislations, which pays attention to the legal regulation of this crime by punishing the perpetrator by the Criminal and Penal Code, the Military Penal Code and the Law on Combating Rumours and …

المرفق الصحي بين متطلبات النظام العام وﻣﺒﺪأ اﺳﺘﻤﺮارﯾﺔ المرفق العام ﻓﻲ الظروف اﻻﺳﺘﺜﻨﺎﺋﯿﺔ, مهرة ﺳﻌﯿﺪ الظاهري

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The spread of the Corona virus clearly affected the work of public utilities in the country, so it disrupted some of them and modified the way others work. The spread of the pandemic led to the innovation of new ways and means that were not familiar with the functioning of public utilities. One of the most important of these means is remote work, which is done through means Modern communication, including the Internet.
The study sought to achieve several objectives, including clarifying the principle of continuity of the public facility in normal and exceptional circumstances, and clarifying the rules and …

أثر استخدام تقنیة الاتصال عن بعد في المحاكمات الجزائیة على ضمانتي العلنیة والشفویة: دراسة مقارنة, الیازیة راشد السبوسي

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Remote litigation is an application of modern technology that countries have established and added to the judicial system. Remote attendance appeared more at the time of the Corona pandemic, as the countries that had not previously used modern means in their judicial system have begun to advance it, and this is in contrast to the countries that used this system before the emergence of this pandemic. Among the pioneering countries in using remote communication technology is the UAE, where it started using this technology in 2017, that is three years before the pandemic, when the legislator enacted a special law. …

Household Recycling Behaviour In Metropolitan Australia: A Social Practice Theory Perspective, Susann Noe

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Australians generate almost 545kg of annual kerbside waste per capita, one of the highest amounts compared to other OECD countries (Blue Environment, 2022). Although kerbside systems in Australian metropolitan areas are well-developed and the recycling practice is considered a social norm, residents' inaccurate handling of recyclable items send as much as 35% of valuable recyclable materials to landfill, contributing to environmental harm (Cleanaway Waste Management Limited, 2021). Furthermore, newly established recycling schemes in Australian jurisdictions are not used to their full potential.

In the context of both issues, the current thesis aims to understand the underperforming nature of recycling practices …

خصوصیة تنفیذ عقد البیع التجاري الدولي للبضائع وفقاً لاتفاقیة فیینا, شيخة راشد البلوشي

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With the advancement of technology and the continuous development in the world, our big world has become like a small village and international trade contracts have become faster than ever. The international sales contract is the most widespread and most famous international trade contract at all. This contract plays an important role at the level of the international community, which is witnessing remarkable development in light of globalization, freedom of trade and economic blocs. Therefore, the focus of our study revolve around the specificity of the implementation of the contract for the international commercial sale of goods in accordance with …

سلطات الإدارة في العقد الإداري بين مقتضيات الصالح العام والتوازن المالي, جاسم محمد سعيد الشرياني

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This study deals with the concept of financial balance of the administrative contract as a right of the contracting party against the exceptional and unusual powers the Administration enjoys in this type of contracts in the light of the legislation and judicial rulings in the United Arab Emirates at the federal and local levels of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The study clarifies the concept of the financial balance of the contract, the legal nature of such concept and the circumstances of establishment of this concept. As well as this study deals with the powers vested in the contracting Administration, …

مبدأ سمو الدستور وآلیة الحفاظ علیه في دولة الإمارات العربیة المتحدة (دراسة تحليلية), أحمد علي محمد مسعود البلوشي

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The study concluded that the constitution, which is the basis of all legal activities practiced by the state, is superior to all legal rules that make up the legal system in the United Arab Emirates. The manifestations of the supremacy of the constitution are represented in two aspects: The objective transcendence that proves for all constitutions, both flexible and rigid, and does not have legal effect, and the formal transcendence that prove only for rigid constitutions, which require special procedures to be followed to amend them, so that the legislative authority is not able to manipulate the constitutional rules and …

حمایة المستهلك في ضوء الالتزام قبل التعاقدي بالإعلام: دراسة تحليلية في القانون الإماراتي, یلوى عمر راشد المنصوري

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This research aims to study the obligation of notification, Federal Law No. 15 of 2020 on Consumer Protection imposed this obligation on the supplier implicitly, which ensures that the consumer obtains correct information about the provided good or service. This study tries to identify the obligation of notification in the UAE legal system, how it differs from similar obligation to it; moreover, the scope of its implementation in terms of people and subject. Besides, it also indicates to what is the penalty of the failure to meet such obligation.
Moreover, this study discusses the legal legislation of the obligation of …

المسؤولیة المدنیة عن الاضرار الناشئة عن استخدام الذكاء الإصطناعي في مھنة الطبیب الآلي, سلمى غابش سالم الخمیسي

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The civil liability arising from the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the robotic doctor profession has recently become an innovative topic of discussion in the UAE, as it aims to to employ modern technologies to serve humanity in various fields. This study sheds light on the issue of the role of artificial intelligence in the practice of robotic doctors and the position of the UAE Civil Law, the Federal Medical Liability Law No. (4) of 2016, and the Executive Regulations No. (40) of 2019 and reviewing the report of the European Union Legal Affairs Committeem and the European Parliaments …

التأمین من المسؤولیة المدنیة الناجمة عن انتقال الأمراض المعدية (فایروس كورونا كمثال), موزة عبدالله النعیمي

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رجوع محاكم النقض عن أحكامھا, لیلى غریب حمید الشامسي

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The UAE Court of Cassation, like other courts of cassation in comparative judicial systems, has adopted the Judicial recourse system in some cases in order to avoid the procedural errors that occurred in it which affected the decision or judgment issued by it for no reason whatsoever to the will of the convict. For the first time in the UAE legislation, the system of recourse has been codified by the issuance of Decree Law No. 15 of 2021 amending some provisions of the Civil Procedures Law promulgated by Federal Law No. 11 of 1992 and published in the Official Gazette …

خصوصیات التقاضي في المنازعات الضریبیة (دراسة في التشریع الإماراتي وتطبیقات القضاء), سیف صالح الحربي

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This study deals with the legal regulation of the procedures for filing a tax lawsuit. The subject of the study is determined by dealing with the stages prior to the establishment of the tax lawsuit, which are; the stage of reconsideration that is before the tax administration represented by the Federal Tax Authority and the stage of the tax dispute settlement committee that was singled out by the federal legislator in particular and made its subordination to the Ministry of Justice.
The subject of the study revolves around the legal system for the reconsideration phase, in order to determine what …

حمایة الخصوصیة الرقمیة في ظل تطبیقات الذكاء الاصطناعي (دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة), ریم غریب الشامسي

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مع بزوغ عصر الثورة الصناعیة الرابعة (4IR)، تزامن ذلك مع وجود حقبة جدیدة في التطور التقني والتحول الرقمي والتي أصبحت فیھا التكنولوجیا جزءاً لا یتجزأ من المجتمعات، مما أدى إلى ازدیاد ظھور تطبیقات الذكاء الاصطناعي بشكل كبیر والتي دخلت في مجالات كثیرة في حیاتنا الیومیة، فأصبح الاستغناء عنھا ضرباً من الخیال، فنرى استخدامات الطائرات بدون طیار في مجال التجارة الإلكترونیة في إیصال السلع و الخدمات، والروبوتات الجراحیة في العملیات الدقیقة، و الاستشارات المھنیة والقانونیة عن بعد، و الحكومة الذكیة في استخدام التطبیقات الحكومیة المؤتمتة - من بینھا حكومة الإمارات بوضع استراتیجیة الحكومة الرقمیة لدولة الإمارات 2025 واستراتیجیة الإمارات للذكاء الاصطناعي-، …

نظام التقاضي عن بعد وفقا لقانون الإجراءات المدنیة الإماراتي, مریم محمد الشامسي

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تتناول ھذه الدراسة كیفیة قواعد التقاضي عن بعد وفقا لقانون الإجراءات المدنیة الإماراتي وتحدید ا التطبیق العملي للتقاض ي عن بعد في ضوء صدور القرار الوزاري رقم 260 لسنة 2019 في شأن الدلیل الإجرائي لتنظیم التقاضي باستخدام الوسائل الإلكترونیة والاتصال عن بعد في الإجراءات المدنیة الإماراتي، حیث بینت الدراسة ماھیة التقاضي عن بعد، ووضحت إجراءات التقاضي عن بعد، وتطرقت أیضا إلى خصوصیة التقاضي عن بعد في مرحلة التقاضي.

توصلت الباحثة من خلال الدراسة إلى عدة نتائج مھمة، أو لا:ً أن الإجراءات الورقیة والمواعید الإجرائیة الطویلة في نظام التقاضي التقلیدي تطیل أمد التقاض ي، وتسبب صعوبة الفصل ف ي المنازعات، كما …

Do The Safeguards In The Victorian Assisted-Dying Legislation Adequately Account For The Experiences Of Other Nations?, Heath Harley-Bellemore

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In 2017 the Victorian State Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, making it the first Australian jurisdiction since 1996 to pass assisted dying legislation. The Victorian model was hailed by the Government of Victoria as the ‘safest and most conservative in the world’, and had the benefit of drawing on over 20 years of voluntary assisted dying experiences of other jurisdictions for its development. This thesis examines the experiences of other jurisdictions and how they informed the development of the Victorian model. It examines available data, reports, and criticisms of international experiences and applies them to the Victorian …

'Are We Doing The Right Thing?' Utilising Security Governance To Reform The Us Drone Program, Jane Minson

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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, for counterterrorism purposes by the United States within its targeted killing program has been deeply controversial. Used in each presidential administration since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drones have sparked debate, in part due to their contribution to civilian deaths; their killing of high-value terrorist targets including, on at least one occasion, a US citizen; and the heightened secrecy that has surrounded the program with little formal oversight and, as such, little accountability. This thesis uses this contextual framework – with a particular focus on the administration of President Barack …

الطبیعة القانونیةِ للشركاتِ المملوكةِ للدولةِ على ضوءِ التشریعِ وأحكامِ القضاءِ بدولةِ الإماراتِ العربیةِ المتحدة, حسن سعدون حسن الخلفة الدلیمي

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تتناول هذه الدراسة البحث في الطبيعة القانونية للشركات المملوكة للدولة في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة من خلال سير أعرار التشريعات الاتحادية والمحلية المتعلقة بتلك الشركات للتعرف على المفهوم الثالوبي لهذه الشركات ووضع تعريف جامع لها وتحديد أنواعها وما يميزها عن ما يشتبه بها ونشأة هذه الشركات وتطورها، كما تناولت الدراسة إشكالية الطبيعة القانونية للشركات المملوكة للدولة فقها وقضاة وتطرقت إلى الأحكام والآراء القضائية والفقهية المتضارية بشان اعتبار هذا النوع من الشركات شخص من أشخاص القانون العام أن شخصا من اشخاص القانون الخاصن

ومن أهم النتائج التي توصلت لها هذه الدراسة أن الشركات المملوكة للدولة قد أصبحت تدخل في جميع المجالات …