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The Legal Nature Of The Right Of Palestinian Refugees To Housing Units In The Of The West Bank And Gaza Strip, Hussein Ayaseh Dr.

UAEU Law Journal

Until the end of 2018, about (768130) Palestinian refugees reside in 27 camps in West Bank and Gaza Strip, which recognized by the UNRWA, as housing units established by the Agency on lands granted by the Jordanian government in the West Bank and Egyptian government in the Gaza Strip. The importance of the research was evident in the matter, to show the legal system of housing units and the right of a refugee in them in light of the multiplicity of rights and the different types and their names that are on housing units, such as the right of housing …

Smart Technologies To Support Contractual Dispute Resolution In Construction Projects: Trends, Challenges And Application Reality In Ksa, Eisa Soliman Al Faify, Ahmed Omar M.S. Mostafa

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

Coping with the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, Saudi Arabian construction sector has witnessed a major qualitative leap in recent decades, and is considered one of the highest performer in the construction markets in the Middle East with a value of about $37 Billion. Despite the numerous efforts made by the project authorities in the Kingdom to support this sector to finalize construction projects in accordance with the approved scope, budget, and time schedule, and to avoid the causes of delay or stumbling, the reality of construction projects in The Kingdom shows that the rate of delayed and stumbled …

The Status Of The Saudi Political System Among Contemporary Political Systems: A Comparative Study, Nashmaih Mohammad Al-Otaibi

UAEU Law Journal

This study has dealt with explanation and analysis of the position of Saudi political system among contemporary political systems. This necessitated dealing with the relationship among authorities in Saudi political system, in addition to verification through investigating in relationship among authorities in general. The research depth of this study lies in discussing the legal adaptation of Saudi political system through investigating its distinctive characteristics, then comparing it to other contemporary political systems in order to recognize conformity of description with anyone of them.

The study indicated the uniqueness of Saudi political system in obvious, stable characteristics that make it a …

The Modern Legal Rules In The Fidic Contracts, Sameer Hamed Al Jamal

UAEU Law Journal

The FIDIC contracts, adopted by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, are relatively modern contracts. In fact, FIDIC contracts are the most common contracts in the organization of construction building in all countries of the world. This is because these contracts, in advance, put a contractual framework to overcome the problems of international construction and local communities and also to achieve the principle of self-sufficiency for the construction contracts and construction itself. The FIDIC contracts organize rights and obligations of the parties and also an equitable distribution of risk. The FIDIC contracts also organize orders changing construction work since the …

The Constitutional Controls Over Issuing Temporary Laws In The Jordanian Constitution Of 1952 In Light Of The Constitutional Amendments Of 2011, Awad Rajab Lemon, Ahmed Musa Al-Hayajneh

UAEU Law Journal

This Study tackles a significant subject in the successive Jordanian constitutional systems, which are temporary laws issued by the council of ministers with approval of the King in accordance with Article (94) of the Constitution. This Article has been of criticism of Jurists and researchers because of the expansion of qualifying subjective and temporal circumstances for issuing them. Therefore, the competent authority of constitutional amendment opined that the constitutional amendments should include the constitutional provision, which governed issuing like this kind of legislation. Hence, the constitutional legislator restricted the Executive Authority having jurisdiction of issuing them within a period of …

The Decennial Liability In Uae’S Civil Transactions Law And The Extent Of Its Application To The Subcontractor, Ghazi Abu Orabi

UAEU Law Journal

The UAE Civil Transactions Law provides that both contractor and architect will be responsible for any defects that occur within ten years in buildings they have constructed. Such strict responsibility for construction faults plays an active role in ensuring the safety of the building and encouraging best practice in construction sector. Recently, subcontracting on construction projects becomes a common and well-established practice. Contractors enlist the services of subcontractors to achieve certain goals, including obtaining cost reductions, securing access to specialized services, and risk sharing. However, the use of subcontract arrangements can introduce some problems that can affect construction management and …