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Commercial Arbitration In The Islamic Middle East, Art Gemmell Dr.
Commercial Arbitration In The Islamic Middle East, Art Gemmell Dr.
art gemmell
As any observer of the international commercial scene will attest, globalization has spawned an untold number of daily international business transactions. From these transactions, disputes arose and states worried that their domestic court system would be unable to deal with foreign commercial disputes expeditiously and equitably. In order to both address these concerns and to promote the use of international arbitration, a host of international and regional conventions was established to deal with the peaceful settlement of disputes. The Islamic Middle East has not fully embraced what might be euphemistically referred to as a“modern” arbitral system.
Middle Eastern And North African Hydropolitics: From Eddies Of Indecision To Emerging International Law, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Middle Eastern And North African Hydropolitics: From Eddies Of Indecision To Emerging International Law, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
The death of Yasser Arafat, removal of Saddam Hussein, passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483, and conflict in Sudan significantly alter the geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa. International law consists of the accretion of co-aquifer agreements as well as international treaties. Recent codification efforts have provided a framework with which co-aquifer states can address transboundary natural resources through flexible water use provisions, equitable distribution of water benefits, and strong dispute resolution mechanisms. This article applies the multifactor balancing test of the Draft Convention on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and analyzes …