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CIVIL LAW AND THE LEGAL EDUCATION CULTURE IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: ALTERNATIVE ASPECTS
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)This dissertation is principally devoted to addressing significant aspects of the Saudi Arabian legal education system by comparison with countries who have established strong reputations in the field of legal education. ... -
DRONES: THE ROLE OF LOAC, TARGETED KILLING, INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND PRIVACY LAW
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This qualitative research study directly analyzes the legality of drone usage. This project discusses world policy on drone strikes for counterterrorism purposes and the myths about current-generation drone’s capabilities ... -
Legal and Non-Legal Barriers to South Asian Free Trade
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The business potential of the South Asian region is huge. Better regional cooperation in the South Asian region promises large gains in welfare and growth. However, various obstructions stand in the way of realizing the ... -
FINDING INSPIRATION IN ISLAMIC LAW FOR EXPANDING THE ROLE FOR FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL SENTENCING PROCEEDINGS
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Where the death penalty is still applied for murder, a victim’s family participates in the decision-making processes to varying extents depending on the legal system. Under Islamic law, the victim’s relatives play a central ... -
THE RISE AND REACH OF 'THE DOCTRINE OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION': How the Supreme Court Should More Clearly Define Speech Placed in the 'First Amendment Free Zone' from Chaplinsky to Elonis
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Chapter 1 introduces the “Doctrine of Categorical Exclusion” which to date has been loosely but persistently articulated by the Supreme Court (without use of the phrase itself). At its core, the Doctrine is a set of rules ... -
Understanding the Legal Construct Regulating Government Intervention into City Decline and Degeneration in America
(University of Kansas, 2013-01-01)An overview of critical academic thought concerning the character and attributes of American urban development establishes that the presence of unsuccessful, or challenged, development is a transcending problem necessitating ... -
Deciphering the Legal Framework for Locally Addressing Issues Interwoven with Outward Expansion from America's Central Cities
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)American urbanism has come to be defined by migration from deteriorating urban development to new suburban development resulting in population decline within America's urban cores, or central cities. Population decline ... -
THE HOLY SEE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW: ASSESSING THE SOCIAL MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN THE GATT-WTO SYSTEM
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Man, as a person, is superior to the state, and consequently the good of the person transcends the good of the state. The philosopher Jacques Maritain developed his political philosophy thoroughly informed by his deep ... -
Striking a Balance on Due Care Liability of Corporate Directors in Delaware
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)Abstract Under the corporate statutes, a board of directors is vested with the power to manage the business and affairs of a corporation. The directors' statutory authority is tempered with fiduciary duties of loyalty and ... -
A STUDY ON THE INCAPACITATION MECHANISM MODEL OF THE JUCHIST AND MARXIST-LENINIST ARTICLES AGAINST THE CORE IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM MODEL OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ARTICLES IN THE NORTH KOREAN CONSTITUTION: NORTH KOREA'S VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)In this dissertation, I systematically study whether the arguments of the North Korean government regarding its protection of domestic human rights and its adherence to international human rights treaties in the DPRK ... -
Bloc Voting - A New Voting System for the International Monetary Fund
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)The international community needs the IMF to fulfill its purposes in monitoring the international financial system. However, the IMF does not satisfy the international community's expectations, because the IMF lacks good ... -
A Comparative Study on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patent Law in the United States, the European Patent Organization, and China
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)With the recent developments in biotechnology, associated patent law issues have been a growing concern since the 1980s. Among all the subcategories within the general field of biotechnology, human embryonic stem cell ... -
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)While in the past the Companies Act has been documented and there have been limited references to the proposed Companies Act, to the author's knowledge there has not been a comprehensive comparison of the existing Companies ... -
Elderly Offenders: An American Corrections Catch-22?
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)The problem of the aging offender population is an issue that will ultimately need to be addressed by state corrections departments and legislatures. As general prison populations continue to age, the type and extent of ... -
Behind the Multilateral Trading System: Legal Indigenization and the WTO in Comparative Perspective
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This dissertation offers a new perspective from which to view and understand the WTO regime and its participants. The central feature of that new perspective is the concept of legal indigenization. This term generally ... -
Measuring Compensation from Credit Reporting Damage: A Comparison of Islamic, Saudi, and American Law in Light of Credit Information Reporting Acts
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Although there was a simple way to practice credit reporting in the past, in its organized and developed form credit reporting is considered new to international society in general. The first act to regulate credit reporting ... -
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION UNDER SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 806 IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)Whistleblowing is an action that not only can assist in exposing organizations' illegal activities to the public, but also can give employers an opportunity to find out irregularities that occur in the workplace and to ...