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Allie, Shouket. "Exploring the concept of conciliation (ṣulḥ) as a method of alternative dispute resolution in Islamic law". University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7632.
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Magister Legum - LLMThis research will chart and navigate the early stages in the development, conceptualisation, and formulation of Islāmic law and the concept of ṣulḥ as a mechanism of legal redress in Islāmic law (Sharī’a). The research shows that firstly, the mechanism is deeply rooted and embedded in scriptural (Qur’ānic) and extrascriptural text namely the corpus of Ḥadīth. There is a plethora of instructions to prove that reconciliation is indeed a lofty goal which is rewarded as an act of worship. Like many other aspects of the Sharī’a, ṣulḥ is regulated by provisions of the scripture and extra-scriptural sources considered by Muslims as the (Sharī’a). Secondly ṣulḥ is also the preferred method of alternative dispute resolution because it is fluid, contractual, expeditious and one of the most effective ways of solving different types of disputes, whether commercial or family. It has therefore gained considerable traction in modern western financial industry which I think is largely due to its contractual nature and the absence of the adversarial element. As a mechanism of redress, ṣulḥ is governed by Islāmic law of contract which takes the form of an agreement which can be mutually negotiated between two or more parties. Of late it has also become the mechanism of choice in family and marital disputes.
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Hanshaw, Mark Edward. "An intersection of societies American Muslims, Islamic law and U.S. courts in conflict /". Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3307182.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Religious Studies)--S.M.U.Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 16, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-04, Section: A, page: 1406. Adviser: John Lamoreaux. Includes bibliographical references.
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Bakar, Mohd Daud. "Conflict of law and the methodology of Tarjīẖ : a study in Islamic legal theory". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6421.
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Islamic law never achieved unity but expressed itself in, at least, four surviving schools. More interestingly, contemporary Muslim communities are still divided among themselves on a number of issues related to their laws. This work describes how problem of legal conflicts have been tackled by Muslim jurists. It is an attempt to examine closely the phenomenon of conflict in Islamic law from the standpoint of usūl-al-fiqh or Islamic legal theory. In fact, much is heard nowadays of the contradiction in the body of Islamic law. Whilst in contrast, little is presented in terms of the methodology of removing this conflict. The present work therefore, attempts to redress this balance. The emphasis of the work will be concerned primarily with tarjīh methodology ; how to give preference to one piece of evidence or argument over the other when they conflict. Nevertheless, considerable concern is given to investigating the background to the conflict of law in the Shari'ah. This study of a neglected area in Islamic legal scholarship will be an important source of reference to students, both practising and theoretical jurists or to anyone who merely wishes to increase his knowledge of legal themes, particularly legal conflict. The very aim of the work is to argue that conflict is a natural and unavoidable consequence of legal study because legal conflict is only conflicting principles and arguments adduced by both the classical and modern jurists to reach what is actually intended by God in the target case. Therefore, conflicts are inevitable in most of the cases in fiqh owing to the variety of principles set out to deal with one piece of legal evidence, let alone with all the pieces of legal evidence in question. Tarjīh is therefore, an important and workable instrument in the re-examination of these conflicts and in arriving at the most accurate principle for establishing the law for as long as this is possible. It is hoped that the discovery of new facts and the increase of knowledge which results from the broadening and deepening of the research will positively contribute to the process of unification of Islamic law.
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Lukito, Ratno 1968. "Sacred and secular laws : a study of conflict and resolution in Indonesia". Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102778.
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This thesis investigates the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. The need to explore this topic has been urged by the revival there of Islamic law and adat law, the two greatest non-state normative orderings, in the last two decades. At the same time the ideal of modernity in Indonesia has been characterized by a state-driven effort in the post-colonial era to make the institution of law an inseparable part of national development. The result has been a conception of law as a homogenous system in which the ideology of legal positivism represents the basic tool for lawmaking. This, however, has led to an impasse, seeing that pluralism and multiculturalism are in fact self-evident phenomena in the society. The state has been obliged, therefore, to accommodate these non-state normative orderings.The discussion of Indonesian legal pluralism in this thesis focuses on understanding the state's attitude and behavior towards the three largest legal traditions currently operative in the society, i.e., adat law, Islamic law and civil law. Socio-political factors are shown to have much influenced the relations between state and non-state laws. The state's strategy of accommodation of legal pluralism has in fact largely depended on the extent to which those legal traditions have been able to conform to national ideology. Certain "national legal postulates" have functioned as a yardstick by which the country's legislative and judicial institutions have measured the extent of their accommodation of legal pluralism, although they have had little choice but to do so.
Influenced by Masaji Chiba's theory of "three levels of law" (i.e., official law, unofficial law and legal postulates), this thesis analyzes two aspects of legal pluralism in Indonesia: the political and "conflictual" domains of legal pluralism. The analysis is thus generally based on the state policy of legal pluralism reflected in the legal and political strategies confronting the issue of unofficial laws as well as the conflicts arising from such situations. The first aspect is addressed by looking at a number of statutes and regulations promulgated specifically to deal with Islamic law and adat law, while the second is analyzed in terms of actual cases of private interpersonal law arising from conflict between state and non-state legal traditions, as reflected in legislation and court decisions. From a discussion of these two aspects, the thesis concludes that, although the form of the relations between official and unofficial laws may have changed in conjunction with the socio-political situation of the country, the logic behind legal pluralism has in fact never altered, i.e., to use law as a tool of state modernism. Thus conflicts arising from the encounter between different legal traditions will usually be resolved by means of "national legal postulates," making the unofficial laws more susceptible to the state's domination of legal interpretation and resolution.
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Rivlin, Jennifer N. "Conflict management climate related to employment litigation". Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29532.
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Fleifel, Bilal A. "Risk management in Islamic banking and finance the Arab Finance House example /". View electronic thesis (PDF), 2009. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2009-3/fleifelb/bilalfleifel.pdf.
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Sjöberg, Eric. "Essays on Environmental Regulation, Management and Conflict". Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-91995.
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This thesis consists of three different papers summarized as follows. In The political economy of environmental regulation, I study how enforcement of national environmental legislation differ across municipalities in Sweden depending on the local political situation. While the legislation is national, enforcement is decentralized. I find that municipalities where the Green Party joins the ruling political coalition issue more environmental fines than other municipalities. In pricing on the fish market I use Swedish data to study how size affects the price per kilo of fish for several species. In traditional fishery biomass models, fish stocks are treated as homogenous. New theoretical heterogeneous fishery models, where size is allowed to differ in a fish stock, have important implications for regulation, for example that it is optimal to regulate on numbers of fish instead of weight. However, prices in these models are assumed to be constant. My estimates can be used to shed some light on how prices change when the size composition of the catch changes. In my third and final chapter, Settlement under the threat of conflict - The cost of asymmetric information, I present a theoretical model where two players can divide a good peacefully or engage in a contest in order to obtain the entire good. I assume that one player's valuation of the good is private information and show how this affects the expected cost of the contest and thus the probability of peaceful settlement.
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Moosagie, Basheer Ahmed. "Shariah-compliant index derived from the FTSE100 vs. FTSE 100: 2003-2014 performance comparison". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96216.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.This research study critically reviewed the performance of a Shariah-compliant index compared with that of the UK FTSE 100 between 2003 and 2014. Two broad indices were constructed based on business evaluation techniques, one using market capitalisation and the other total assets as a means to value a company. Shariah-compliant equity screening combines a financial ratio screen as well as business activity screening, which excludes a company’s involvement in any unlawful activities in the eyes of Islamic law. The sample period was further broken into three sub-periods, namely the bull period (2003-2007), the financial crisis period (2008-2009), and the post-crisis period (2009-2014), reflecting the various stages of the business cycle. A comparison of the risk-adjusted returns shows that the Shariah-compliant index, using market capitalisation as the means for valuing a company, delivers superior returns at lower risk levels than the FTSE100 over the sample period. Although the Shariah-compliant indices underperform to the FTSE100 during the bull market period, both of the Shariah compliant indices outperform the FTSE 100 during the era of the financial crisis. This can be explained by the fact that Shariah screening excludes companies that are highly leveraged and therefore it remains buffered from an economic crisis. In general, this research contends that the application of a faith-based-screen does not have an adverse effect on returns.
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Suleman, Yasser. "The legislative challenges of Islamic banks in South Africa". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21644.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.The Islamic Banking industry has been one of the fastest growing industries worldwide with a compound annual growth rate of 28% between 2006 and 2009(Reuters, 2010). These growth rates were experienced amidst the worst economic meltdown the world has seen in decades. This is a clear indication that there is a high level of confidence in the industry. Although the industry has existed for centuries, the past few decades have brought about a revival in Islamic banking. Many Western countries are recognising the industry’s importance and have taken various steps in supporting the establishment of it. South Africa has also taken such steps and has a vision of becoming a hub for Islamic banking on the African continent. This mini thesis examines the differences in nature of the underlying principles of Islamic and conventional banking which then brings to the fore the various challenges that exist in the unhindered functioning of Islamic banks within Western countries. These challenges revolve around institutional and legal frameworks, regulatory and supervisory bodies, South African Reserve Bank requirements, interest, taxation and conceptual understandings. In order to provide recommendations to address these challenges, case studies of Islamic banking in both, Islamic and Western countries were conducted. These case studies provided insight into how countries have addressed similar challenges and to what degree were they successful. This provided the basis from which recommendations were made for Islamic banking to function efficiently and effectively in South Africa and for the country to achieve its goal of becoming a hub of Islamic banking on the African continent.
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Vehapi, Flamur. "Conflict Resolution in Islam: Document Review of the Early Sources". PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1446.
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Islam is the world's fastest growing religion. It is known to have an abundant and very rich amount of knowledge found in the Qur'an and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, and as such, this religion has tremendously contributed not only to Muslim societies but also to the West. One aspect of this contribution explicated in this thesis is its contribution to the field of Conflict Resolution.
The primary purpose of this study is to unearth the tradition of peace and conflict resolution that comes out of the religion of Islam, which is unknown to many Muslims today. In this study, existing literature in the field is examined, and a qualitative exploration is carried out, in order to formulate a better understanding of the dynamics of the Qur'an, hadith and other documents of Islam, as they relate to peace and conflict resolution. Utilizing a mixed methods approach, data collected for this study came from two sources: the existing literature regarding Islam and conflict resolution and the participants (Imams and religious scholars of Islam) interviewed through a questionnaire.
To begin with, the thesis introduces the fundamentals of Islam and major concepts of the faith. It proceeds with Qur'anic and hadith injunctions on peace and conflict, and how those divine revelations as believed by Muslims, were applied by Prophet Muhammad and his early followers. This work is concluded with the opinions and interpretations of the scholars regarding the original question of this study and the matters discussed in the literature review.
The thesis deals with the teachings of the Qur'an and only investigates and analyzes historical events from the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad and the early caliphate of Islam. In the process, to further explore the concept of conflict resolution in Islam, interpretations of Muslim scholars and imams are included in this document review of the sacred texts of Islam. Some questions addressed in this research are, how might this knowledge be valuable to Muslims today in these times of great turmoil involving the Muslim world after September 11? Where do the primary sources of Islam, the Quran and the hadith, stand as far as peace and conflict are concerned? And most importantly, what does Islam have to teach about conflict resolution?
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Hartmann, Paul B. R. "The oral contentious process a historical and canonical analysis /". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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O'Malley, Derek J. Eichelberger Clinton W. "The utility of mass violence". Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Sep/09Sep%5FO'Malley.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): O'Connell, Robert L. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 5, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Romans, Jews, Masada, Great Revolt, Warsaw Ghetto, AQI, Counterinsurgency, Violence, Holocaust Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-50). Also available in print.
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Faiz, Rafia. "Work-family conflict : a case study of women in Pakistani banks". Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16037.
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Despite a plethora of empirical evidence on the work-family interface in 'the West', very little research has been carried out on the experiences of women in the context of Pakistan. Gender inequalities persist in the Pakistani labour market and women's employment is skewed towards agriculture and 'respectable' professions, such as academia and medicine. However, following the privatisation of the banking industry, women have been gaining visibility in this profession despite societal pressures to either conform to the homemaker role or remain in 'women's work'. What makes the Pakistani context unique is the interplay between gender, culture, religion, class and family structure. This affects reconciliation of work and family roles among working women. This thesis contributes to an understanding of the experiences of working women in a gendered, patriarchal, Muslim society. It offers an indigenous conceptualisation of the contours, causes, consequences and coping strategies (Four C's) of work-family conflict (WFC) among women working in Pakistani banks through a multi-layered, feminist, intersectional approach that gives voice to women. The study foregrounds women's experiences at the individual-level; however, it also considers the broader structures such as the extended family system, the male-dominated banking industry and the contradiction of Islamic teachings with the societal norms regarding women's paid employment. Consequently, the conceptual model of Four C's of WFC offers a systematic and coherent categorisation of the causes, consequences and coping strategies of WFC in a context-sensitive, multi-level, intersectional, feminist approach framework. Such indigenous manifestations of WFC in the Pakistani context can inform research in similar contexts. Based on a mixed method approach the fieldwork collected empirical evidence through 280 scoping questionnaires and 47 in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews in four different banks in Punjab province of Pakistan. The study reveals the most extreme, yet masked, forms of oppression and the subtleties of agency in the context of religious, patriarchal and cultural understandings of 'work' that also impact the salience of other social categories, e.g. class and family structure. In the main, the findings suggest a gendered culture of silence in Pakistan in which women working in Pakistani banks lack opportunities to vocalise their subjugated positions in the work and family spheres. More specifically, the thesis points to the fact that these women are subject to, sometimes conflicting, organisational and societal pressures to conform to the respective images of 'ideal worker' and 'good woman' simultaneously. This, of course, has implications for the intensity. In doing so the study extends the existing WFC theoretical framework to include and consider not just the Four C's of WFC but the intensity, duration and types experienced by women in particular contexts. However, the research also revealed that women in Pakistani banks are not passive victims, but active agents, making context dependent constrained choices to prevent or cope with WFC. For policymakers, the findings suggest the need for the formulation of context-specific initiatives to address work-family issues in patriarchal Muslim societies.
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Chuweni, Nor Nazihah. "Performance analysis of Malaysian Islamic real estate investment trusts: The management approach to best practice". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118620/1/Nor%20Nazihah_Chuweni_Thesis.pdf.
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A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a fund that predominantly invests in income-producing assets. Islamic REITs, an alternative investment, must observe an additional layer of Sharia requirements. This study is the first to provide analysis addressing the Sharia compliance effect in developing a best practice model. Malaysian Islamic REITs were found to exhibit persistently higher efficiency performance than conventional REITs, implying that Sharia requirements do not hinder their efficiency performance. This study extends current knowledge about performance measurements for the under-researched Islamic REITs market, which would be of great interest to REIT investors, policy makers, and managers.
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Såma, Kader. "A New Era of Terror : An Investigation of Non-International Armed Conflict and the Islamic State’s Transnational Crusade for World Domination". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-272513.
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Mashishi, Alfred Kgwadibd. "Intervention in Africa: assessing the rationale behind sub-regional peacemaking military interventions". Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1088.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis thesis examines the factors that are more likely to lead to peacemaking military intervention by a sub-regional hegemon in Africa. It seeks to answer the question of what motivates the sub-regional hegemons to undertake peacemaking military intervention in Africa. It argues that the emerging model of African peacemaking military intervention depends on a sub-regional hegemon's decision to intervene because of its ability to provide necessary resources needed for such operation. Hence, the sub-regional hegemon will conduct peacemaking military intervention when, where and if it suits its interest. The conclusion reached by this thesis is that self-regarding peacemaking intervention by sub-regional hegemon is effective in resolving conflicts in Africa.
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Mashishi, Alfred Kgwadibe. "Intervention in Africa : assessing the rationale behind sub-regional peacemaking military interventions /". Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FMashishi.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in International Security and Civil-Military Relations)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003.Thesis advisor(s): Letitia Lawson, Jeff Knopf. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Elizarni, FNU. "Gender, Conflict, Peace: The Roles of Feminist Popular Education During and After the Conflict in Aceh, Indonesia". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1605018870170842.
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Koller, David. "A Solution Under Pressure: Integrating Facilitative Practices into Water-Related Civil Litigations". Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22745.
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The broad scope of this research concerns the field of conflict and dispute resolution, also referred to as alternative dispute resolution (ADR). ADR practices have developed in both executive and judicial branches of government since the early 1900’s. The goal of this paper is to evaluate how ADR practitioners working in water-related civil litigation can apply facilitative practices prior, during, and after the proceeding to reduce harm, cost, and time of litigation and increase the overall satisfaction of the parties when the proceeding has been resolved. To achieve this goal, a framework is constructed and applied to a case study in Cascade Locks, Oregon. This framework is not a way to avoid a court proceeding through use of alternative dispute resolution; instead this paper seeks to add facilitative practices to a civil litigation process to make the entire process more efficient to the parties and effective in resolving the dispute.
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Shaw, Carolyn Michelle. "Institutional limitations on hegemonic influence in international organizations : conflict resolution in the Organization of American States, 1948-1989 /". Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Koorapetse, Michael Moemedi Sean. "A comparison of the Botswana and South African labour dispute: resolution systems". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1010556.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the dispute resolution systems of Botswana and South Africa. As far as the South Africa dispute resolution system is concerned extensive literature on the system was carried out to describe its functioning. As for the Botswana dispute resolution system there was not much written about it in the literature, so in order to find out more about this system semi-structured interviews with labour relations experts which include mediators, arbitrators, lecturers, labour lawyers, trade unionists, employers and government officials held. The framework of comparison was developed to compare the elements of dispute resolution systems against each other and secondly to compare each system against the criteria of performance to the system. The two labour relations systems were compared in terms of elements of the system and the performance of the two systems. In the comparisons of the elements of the systems it was found out that in both systems the nature of disputes was collective and individual disputes both of which can be referred to the initial process of mediation or conciliation. However, in Botswana collective disputes can only be referred to arbitration if they remain unresolved in mediation while in South Africa only collective disputes on essential services go to arbitration while others lead to a strike or lockout if unresolved at conciliation. As for coverage both systems have incorporated public service sector employees in the systems after being excluded from the system for a very long time. The only difference is that in Botswana the Police force is not included while in South Africa they are included in the system. Differences in the avenues of disputes in the two countries were noted, in Botswana the rights/individual disputes go to either arbitration or Industrial Court if unresolved at mediation, inter-est/collective disputes can only go to arbitration while in South Africa the route of disputes is specified in the legislation. As for the human resources of the two countries it was found that the South African system has more qualified, trained and sufficiently experienced staff than the Botswana system. As for the processes it was found that for South Africa the initial process is conciliation while in Botswana it is mediation but these two processes were similar in many ways, from mediation/conciliation the next step in both systems is arbitration and just like the conciliation/mediation, arbitration in both countries was found to be similar except that in South Africa it is a public hearing. The two systems were also compared in terms of their performances and the research has established that between the two systems the South African system proved to be more superior on three of the criteria; efficiency, accessibility and legitimacy than the Botswana system. Therefore, the research proposes a number of recommendations for Botswana to implement namely; establishment of a legislated mixed process of mediation-arbitration, making the dispute resolution system independent from government, recruitment of high qualified and experienced staff for mediation and arbitration, accreditation to private agencies, effective case management system and proper routing of disputes.
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Munyae, Isaac Muinde. "Failure rather than success : conflict management and resolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996-1999". Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007427.
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History has proven time and time again that conflict is an inevitable aspect of any given society. The seemingly long-standing nature of conflicts in Africa has been changing over time and these conflicts have been either inter-state or intra-state. However, sometimes intrastate wars have escalated into regional conflicts. These scenarios can be seen in the Great Lakes region of Africa where you have the civil war of 1996-7 and the rebellion, which began in 1998 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the DRC there have been at least four stages of conflict. The first is against the Belgians and secondly, the civil strife of the early 1960s. Third, is the civil strife against Mobutu and fourthly, currently against Kabila. The expanding nature of conflict is characterised by power struggles, politicisation of ethnicity, and the impact of external forces. It is noted that the expanding nature of conflict calls for a change in the methods of conflict management and resolution. Initially conflicts were resolved through military intervention. but with the complexity of African wars it has become apparent that peaceful methods are more prudent. With reference to Africa it can be assumed that conflicts need to be increasingly resolved through political means, such as the use of the diplomatic process. The conflict in Chad between 1968 and 1984 is a good example in which military intervention was used but failed, giving way to mediation and negotiation through the use of diplomacy. Both the DRC and Chadian conflicts are similar because they witnessed the influence of external forces (neighbouring countries and non-African states such as France and the US) and African states attempting to find solutions to their own problems. The conflict in the DRC provides a unique example of the changing nature of intra-state conflict in Africa. Thus, the study aims to trace the characteristics of conflict in the DRC and attempts made at conflict management and resolution. The study uses the period bet ween 1996 and 1999 because it highlights this change in the nature and character of conflict.
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Smiley, William Allen. "'When peace is made, you will again be free' : Islamic and Treaty Law, Black Sea conflict, and the emergence of 'Prisoners of War' in the Ottoman Empire, 1739-1830". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283908.
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Street, Thomas Barrett. "Submerged historical and archeological resources a study of the conflict and interface between United States cultural resource law and policy and international governance measures /". Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 367 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1362524541&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Howell, Kelly. "The United Nations Force Intervention Brigade: Peace Enforcement as a Conflict Management Strategy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo". Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19681.
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This research explores developments within the United Nations that have led to the creation of the Forward Intervention Brigade (FIB). It will consider the political, legal, economic, and ethical issues surrounding armed defensive-intervention during humanitarian crises. Topics explored include the effectiveness of armed intervention during crises and ethics concerning the use of arms when intervening for humanitarian or peacemaking purposes.
How success and failure is being defined and the current status of the mission will be discussed. The question of the possible costs of non-intervention is raised. This case example is linked to the failure of the UN to effectively respond to the genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 and the subsequent cost of that failure. The development of powers within the UN is considered in terms of the creation of this armed force, as are the ways this may impact the interpretation of international law regarding armed intervention.
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Randeree, Ghulaam Mustafa Goolam Mohiyoodeen. "Regulation 28 of Pension Fund Act conforming to Shari'ah requirements". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5676.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African retirement fund industry, financially sound and well regulated includes a private savings sector and government employees provided for with a near fully-funded retirement arrangement, but approximately three-quarters of the population reach retirement without adequate savings and are dependent on a government social assistance grant programme. One of the broad objectives of government retirement policy is to encourage individuals to provide adequately for their retirement needs and that of their dependents. The retirement funding system has been codified in the Pension Funds Act of 1956. The only investment guidelines that trustees of retirement funds had to follow was Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act, which prescribed maximum limits for investments of funds in the various asset classes but provided very little guidance on appropriate investment strategies. The new draft Regulation 28 compels trustees to draw up carefully considered investment strategies. The South Africa Muslim population, though two percent in number has a significant impact on the economy. This report investigates how Regulation 28 collectively with the new draft regulation can be modified to comply with the tenets of the Muslim faith i.e. Shari'ah (Islamic law) requirements. Perhaps the most significant distinction is investment in equity instruments are the main avenue available to Muslim investors for wealth creation, as Islamic law forbids interest. Islamic Commercial Law differs from conventional Western Finance, the most significant difference being the prohibition of riba (interest), commonly equated to interest in conventional finance. However, there are Muslim scholars and thinkers who are not convinced about equating interest with riba with some challenging the riba interest equation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die finansieel sterk en goed gereguleerde Suid-Afrikaanse Aftreefondsindustrie sluit 'n privaat spaarsektor in en voorsien aan staatsdienswerknemers 'n aftreeplan wat byna ten volle befonds word. Ongeveer twee derdes van die populasie bereik egter aftrede sonder voldoende fondse en is van die regering se Sosiale Bystandsfondsprogram afhanklik. Een van die bree doelwitte van die regering se aftreefondsbeleid is om individue aan te moedig om voldoende aan hulle en hulle afhanklikes se afreebehoeftes te voorsien. Die aftreefondstelsel is in die Pensioenfondswet van 1956 gekodifiseer. Die enigste beleggingsriglyne wat deur trustees van afreefondse gevolg moes word is Regulasie 28 van die Pensioenfondswet. Hierdie riglyne het maksimum limiete vir die belegging van fondse in verskillende bate kategoriee voargeskryf, maar het baie min leiding ten opsigte van die geskikte beleggingstrategiee voorsien. Die nuwe Regulasie 28 konsep verplig trustees am weldeurdagte beleggingstrategiee op te stel. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Moslem populasie, alhoewel net 2% van die totale populasie, het 'n beduidende impak op die ekonomie. Hierdie verslag ondersoek hoe Regulasie 28 in samewerking met die nuwe Regulasie 28 konsep verander kan word am aan die Moslem geloofsleerstellings, bv. Shari'ah (Islam wet) se vereistes te voldoen.
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Jamaludin, Nurasyikin. "Individual retirement savings behaviour : evidence from Malaysia". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/432.
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This thesis investigates factors that influence individuals‟ investment choice decisions within the context of retirement savings in Malaysia. The focus is on individuals‟ likelihood of investing part of their retirement savings in approved unit trusts (also known as mutual funds). In addition, individuals‟ choice of fund and mutual fund selection criteria are also explored. This thesis utilised questionnaire-based surveys to solicit responses from members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), as well as from unit trust consultants. Data collected from 440 EPF members and 561 unit trust consultants were analysed using statistical procedures of SPSS version 18.0 (also known as PASW 18). The results of logistic regression models revealed three significant predictors of individuals‟ likelihood to invest part of their retirement savings in the unit trusts: perceived importance of financial advisor, financial risk tolerance, and perceived plan design. Financial knowledge appeared to be insignificant in influencing individuals‟ investment choice decision. Furthermore, the thesis found that religious affiliation, religious commitment and Muslim religiosity had no significant effect in individuals‟ investment choice decision. In terms of demographic variables, gender, age, and marital status were all found to be significant predictors of individuals‟ likelihood to invest part of their retirement savings in the unit trusts. With respect to mutual fund selection criteria, the thesis found that the fund‟s commitment to Islamic principles, past performance of fund and overall reputation of fund were the top three criteria considered important by the EPF members. In contrast, from the consultants‟ point of view, the top three criteria considered important were the past performance of fund, overall reputation of fund, and fund ratings. Although the earlier results indicated no significant effect of religion on the individuals‟ likelihood to invest part of their retirement savings in the unit trusts, additional analyses revealed that religious affiliation, religious commitment, and Muslim religiosity had significant influence on the individuals‟ choice of unit trust fund. Several implications emerge from these empirical findings. First, the thesis highlighted the role of the unit trust consultants in individuals‟ investment decision making. Therefore, fund management companies and the governing body of the unit trust consultants should ensure that ongoing training is provided so that proper advice and recommendations can be delivered to the consultants‟ clients. Next, the thesis provided insightful information to the EPF as the policy maker, on the retirement savings behaviour of its members. In particular, the study presented the first evidence with regard to the EPF Members Investment Scheme (MIS), a unique feature that differentiated this retirement plan from its counterparts in emerging countries, as well as developed countries. Last, but not least, given that Malaysia is a multi-cultural nation, the findings of the thesis suggest that religion had some effect on individuals‟ choice of fund. Therefore, fund management companies might make use of the information provided by the thesis in better promoting their funds.
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Weddikkara, Chitra. "The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka". Thesis, Weddikkara, Chitra (2003) The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/395/.
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The construction industry poses a number of challenges to those working in it. One important challenge is that the industry is dependent upon human interactions in the management of building projects. In this environment it is important for those who manage the projects to deal with intricate relationships and to consider the emotions, interactions and various types of reasoning that lie behind the actions and decisions taken by the participants in the construction process.
The issue for researchers is to gain a better understanding of the variables that affect the actions of the participants in this process. Such research demands sensitivity to the values, attitudes and behavior developed by the different occupational groupings. These factors according to Edgar Schein define the culture of a professional group. This research was conceived on the belief that the professionals in the construction industry brought to bear their own professional culture on the industry. It was necessary to have a better understanding of this culture in order to be able to resolve disputes that occur in the construction process.
That is the impact of culturally deternlined values, attitudes and behavior of these professional groups. Therefore, this research is aimed at investigating the professional cultures of the participants who come together in a construction project. The question posed was whether they shared a culture or had differences, and if differences existed whetherthese differences had an effect on the reactions of each of the groups to disputes and their resolution.
A survey was carried out among professional groups in Australia and Sri-Lanka and the survey data from both countries were analyzed using statistical tests. The results show that professional groups share similarities in professional culture as well as differences. It also showed that these cultural differences created an adversarial atmosphere among construction project participants. It was also found that introducing a party outside of the usual professional groups would be beneficial in the resolution process. Respondents were of the opinion that the third party outside of the construction team could be a lawyer.
This type of research is still new within the field of construction. The contributions of this work are to link professional culture and conflict and give some indication how such conflict could be addressed. In this context by identifying the values attitudes and behavior of professional groups the subject of conflict and disputes could be beneficially addressed through professional education.
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Weddikkara, Chitra. "The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka". Weddikkara, Chitra (2003) The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/395/.
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The construction industry poses a number of challenges to those working in it. One important challenge is that the industry is dependent upon human interactions in the management of building projects. In this environment it is important for those who manage the projects to deal with intricate relationships and to consider the emotions, interactions and various types of reasoning that lie behind the actions and decisions taken by the participants in the construction process.
The issue for researchers is to gain a better understanding of the variables that affect the actions of the participants in this process. Such research demands sensitivity to the values, attitudes and behavior developed by the different occupational groupings. These factors according to Edgar Schein define the culture of a professional group. This research was conceived on the belief that the professionals in the construction industry brought to bear their own professional culture on the industry. It was necessary to have a better understanding of this culture in order to be able to resolve disputes that occur in the construction process.
That is the impact of culturally deternlined values, attitudes and behavior of these professional groups. Therefore, this research is aimed at investigating the professional cultures of the participants who come together in a construction project. The question posed was whether they shared a culture or had differences, and if differences existed whetherthese differences had an effect on the reactions of each of the groups to disputes and their resolution.
A survey was carried out among professional groups in Australia and Sri-Lanka and the survey data from both countries were analyzed using statistical tests. The results show that professional groups share similarities in professional culture as well as differences. It also showed that these cultural differences created an adversarial atmosphere among construction project participants. It was also found that introducing a party outside of the usual professional groups would be beneficial in the resolution process. Respondents were of the opinion that the third party outside of the construction team could be a lawyer.
This type of research is still new within the field of construction. The contributions of this work are to link professional culture and conflict and give some indication how such conflict could be addressed. In this context by identifying the values attitudes and behavior of professional groups the subject of conflict and disputes could be beneficially addressed through professional education.
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Du, Plessis Madri. "Evaluation of the international law regarding humanitarian intervention in human rights abuses not breaching international peace and security". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53742.
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Thesis (LLM)--Stellenbosch University,2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study exammes, m stages of development, the existing law regarding humanitarian intervention, problems in respect of this law and cases of intervention. More specifically, intervention in human rights abuses not breaching international peace and security but rather posing a so-called threat to peace is examined. This information is used to consider whether more adequate provision can be made regarding circumstances of intervention to stop situations of grave human rights abuses sooner. From the law regarding humanitarian intervention, it is evident that the institution of intervention is illegal under the present UN legal system. Yet, in a time when the human rights culture has become so important that it forms part of the basis of international law, effective intervention is not being authorised by the Security Council. As a result, other actors have been intervening in cases of grave human rights abuses. These interventions need to be appropriate and well managed. Since the protection of human rights is as valid in non-democracies, as in any democratic state form, the study finds that human rights will benefit from dependence on legitimate authority. Attributing more importance to the Uniting for Peace Resolution could expand the role of the General Assembly. Humanitarian intervention also needs to be coupled with a commitment to address the causes of human rights abuses through conflict resolution and social reconstruction. The study concludes with some criteria/guidelines for the establishment of the legitimacy of intervention.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is - binne 'n raamwerk van ontwikkelingstydperke - 'n ondersoek na die bestaande reg aangaande humanitêre ingryping, probleme tenopsigte daarvan en gevalle van ingryping. Veral ingrypings in menseregte-skendings wat nie internasionale vrede en sekuriteit skend nie, maar eerder 'n sogenaamde bedreiging vir vrede is, word ondersoek. Die inligting wat so bekom is, word gebruik om te oordeel of meer gepaste voorsiening gemaak kan word waarvolgens situasies van growwe menseregte-skendings deur ingryping gouer beëindig kan word. Die reg aangaande humanitêre ingryping toon dat ingryping onwettig is in die bestaande regsisteem van die Verenigde Nasies. In 'n tyd waarin menseregte so belangrik geword het dat dit ten grondslag lê van internasionale reg, word effektiewe ingrypings nogtans nie gemagtig deur die Veiligheidsraad nie. Gevolglik gryp ander partye in om teen situasies van growwe menseregte-skendings op te tree. Hierdie ingrypings moet daarom gepas wees en goed bestuur word. Aangesien die beskerming van menseregte net so geldig is in ander staatsvorms as in demokrasieë, bevind die studie dat menseregte sal baat daarby indien dit afhanklik is van legitieme gesag. Voorts kan die rol van die Algemene Vergadering aangaande die beskerming van menseregte uitgebrei word deur groter waarde te heg aan die "Uniting for Peace"-resolusie. Dit is verder nodig dat humanitêre ingryping gekoppel word aan 'n verbintenis om die oorsake van menseregteskendings aan te pak deur konflik-resolusie en sosiale heropbou. Ter afsluiting word riglyne neergelê om te help met die bepaling van die legitimiteit van . . mgrypmg.
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Zarbakhsh, Hallie Ida. "The Potential of Islamic Finance for Environmental Sustainability and Social Equity in Iran". Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461334909.
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Haug, Kamøy Kristin. "Fluidity of law in the United Arab Emirates". Thesis, Toulon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOUL0114.
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Le concept de "fluidité du droit"' interroge les variations de l'application du droit aux Emirats arabes unis (E.A.U.). L'intention est de protéger les intérêts des citoyens émiriens contre les non-citoyens tout en imposant le droit des décideurs dans un cadre juridique arabo-musulman. Le contexte (acteurs et espèces) détermine l'adaptation du droit. Les E.A. U. ont signé des traités internationaux qui les obligent à mettre le droit local en conformité. Or, les réserves stipulées et le manque de clarté retardent ce processus. Localement, l'application du droit dépend de la variété des sources, notamment du droit islamique et de ses différentes écoles, d'une procédure législative opaque et d'un système judiciaire complexe (trois types de tribunaux, statut personnel discriminant fondé sur la notion de citoyenneté). Les limites fluctuantes entre les sphères publiques et privées font enfin planer une incertitude dans des domaines relevant de l'intime ou de la diffamation par exemple. Les autorités émiriennes exercent un contrôle sur le droit en s'appuyant sur une organisation tribale et un système de permis à tous les étages de la société émirienne. La liberté d'expression à cet égard a subi les effets du Printemps arabe de 2011. Le système de délivrance de permis s'en est trouvé renforcé pour assurer la stabilité du régime. Le droit à l'éducation, très interprétatif, montre comment les permis d'exercice interprètent différemment ce droit. Le droit du travail est aussi encadré par des permis. Les autorités émiriennes sous-traitent aux citoyens émiriens le contrôle des travailleurs étrangers. Dans le contexte d'une croissance économique exceptionnelle, des observateurs extérieurs ont interrogé les effets de cette croissance sur les droits de l'homme et les médias. Le gouvernement fédéral a très vite appris à utiliser son système pour se protéger des droits« universels». Des organisations écrans ont été créées pour répondre aux critiques exprimées en insistant sur le point de vue émirien. L'aide étrangère permet en outre d'acquérir un statut privilégier dans le domaine humanitaire. L'intention est de rendre la critique de la fluidité du droit impossible ou injuste. Vu de l'extérieur, bien des décisions émiriennes peuvent être interprétées comme arbitraires. Or, la fluidité du droit est un principe interne qui a sa logique, celle de préserver l'Etat et de le rendre résilient en cas de contestationThe notion of "fluidity of law" illuminates how the law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may change influencing what constitute a right serving the purpose of protecting national interest, continuing the rule of the rulers and protecting the interests of the citizens versus non-citizens in an Arab-Muslim setting. Equally important, this contextual law is just according to the idea of justice in Islamic law emphasizing the importance of knowing the local context before making moral judgements. On the international level, the UAE government has consented to certain core human rights treaties creating legal obligations domestically. But, the state's reservations to consented treaties and lack of clarity about the status of treaties in local law and courts creates uncertainty about implementation of treaty obligations. On the local level, a diversity of legal sources with Islamic law as primary source of law with its four interpretations in Sunni Islam, a non-transparent legislative and court system, three parallel court systems and persona! status law distinguishing citizens from non-citizens make it challenging to predict what the law may be. Furthermore, the notions of private and public in law are in constant flux in the jurisdiction indicating how what appears to be private might be public in intimate relations and how to be private in public domains through defamation legislation. Finally, this work shows how the authorities have established a system of control of rights based on traditional tribal organizations through a license system in law of rights in several spheres of society. This system of license creates hierarchy of rights, control of exercise of rights and at times outsources monitoring of other unacceptable behaviour. The sphere of expressions is examined in detail in this work as the regional upheavals in 2011 resulted in more legislation beyond licensing to protect the stability of the rulers. However, what the law is on the ground is also affected by local interpretations of rights and this will be illustrated through the right to education. Additionally, the license system in employment of non-citizens is based on a fusion between the interests of the authorities and citizens creating a system where citizens may willingly monitor non-citizens on behalf of the state. Against the backdrop of growing economic success in the UAE, outsiders were questioning the price of the boom resulting in attention from human rights activists and media. But, the government quickly learnt how to use its license system to protect itself by establishing a front organization to retaliate on its behalf. Other organizations with links to the authorities would appear. On the back of growing influence of the state, the authorities changed its way of responding to the view of outsiders on its law and rights. Foreign aid provided the state with status and influence as a humanitarian state making it harder to question the fluidity of law in the jurisdiction. While the unpredictable nature of the law in the UAE might seem chaotic from the outside and on the ground, I argue that the fluidity of law legitimises the state and makes it resilient
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Soma, Samantha Isabella. "An Examination of Conflict Conversation in an Online Community: the Pie Fight at DailyKos.com". PDXScholar, 2006. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1466.
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The increasing popularity of the social web and online communities requires the attention of researchers of conflict resolution. Although there are many ways to resolve conflict offline, the ways in which conflict takes place within a native online context have not been much studied. Are any of the tools and strategies that are used to improve communication offline used successfully online, or are some other strategies taking their place? What communication patterns occur within an online community equipped with comment moderation capabilities? This research is a case study and addressed these questions by performing a qualitative analysis of comment conversations within two diaries that discussed a conflict event known as the Pie Fight within the Daily Kos community in June, 2005.
The findings of this research are organized into three sections, which discuss behaviors related to Communication Style, Conflict Minimization or Avoidance, and community members' response to Comment Moderation (Ratings). Novel communication style behaviors which were noted included the use of cut-and-paste "paraphrasing" which was used to escalate conflict rather than resolving it, medium blaming when the writer's own words were quite obviously provocative, and extended leave-taking as a means of maintaining relationships before departing from the community. Conflict minimization or avoidance behaviors included the assumption that removal of discussion about the conflict by deleting an entire diary and comments threads would somehow resolve the disagreements included in them it, the use of benign verbal aggression which seemed to bring some segments of the community together, and the temporary or permanent departure from the community by members who took part in the conflict discussion. Ratings moderation created another point of conflict when negative ratings were threatened, although negative ratings were used mainly to address unproductive language rather than punish differences of opinion. The use of positive ratings to offer silent support or appreciation to members whose reasoned comments received a dismissive response was also observed. These findings could be used in future research about the suitability of online communities as sites of deliberative discussion.
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Kenmoe, Nougue Plamielle. "United Nations mediation in Africa: a case study of the Bakassi conflict intervention, 2002-2006". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1431.
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Just as conflict is part of everyday life, mediation can and is practiced everyday and everywhere. It is a way of reaching decisions in a cooperative, non-hierarchical way, allowing for clear and open communication processes. Conflicts can be resolved in a formal manner through courts, arbitration, ombudspeople, diplomacy and mediation, or an informal manner through friends, colleagues, religious and community leaders, and dialogue. The way in which people resolve their disputes has an impact on how societies and institutions are governed. The war in Bakassi has taken its toll on the people of that area for several years now and has witnessed people from Bakassi facing some of the worst effects of armed conflict known to man. This study investigated the use of international mediation in the management of intractable conflict with a specific case study on the Bakassi peninsula conflict between Cameroon and Nigeria. It focused on the mediation process as a conflict management technique in relation to the international relations theories which has been used as a basis for conflict resolution practices. The researcher conducted a document review, content analysis on selected documents and this was supported by strategic interviews. The findings as well as the researcher‘s recommendations are discussed in the study in order to assist the future work of conflict management specialists and other stakeholders who have devoted their efforts to the recovery of areas emerging from conflict.
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Abdel, Moneim Dina. "Le contrat de financement islamique à la lumière du droit français". Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013MON10025/document.
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La récente crise financière a mis en relief les failles d'un système financier international basé sur des opérations à haut degré de spéculation et une déconnexion entre l'économie réelle et l'économie financière. Elle a ainsi marqué l'avènement d'une ère nouvelle pour une finance éthique islamique. Visant principalement le bien-être de la société et le développement économique, la finance islamique consacre des principes de solidarité et de justice sociale. A ces fins, elle exige la licéité des secteurs de l'investissement, prohibe toute forme d'intérêt et d'incertitude excessive, favorise le partage des profits et des pertes entre les contractants et met aussi l'accent sur l'exigence de la tangibilité de l'actif financé. Sur la base de ces principes, elle adopte des montages contractuels de financement compatibles avec la charia, comme la moudaraba, moucharaka, ijara, mourabaha, etc. Toutefois, les piliers fondamentaux de cette finance ne lui sont pas proprement exclusifs. L'esprit général du droit français partage avec la finance islamique quelques principes et permet également de mettre en place des contrats de financement qui trouvent leurs correspondants dans la finance islamique. Ainsi, sans contredire la laïcité du droit français, la France peut ambitionner de devenir le « leader européen » de la finance islamique. Cette ambition se manifeste par un soutien fort de la part des autorités et par des aménagements dans son cadre juridique et fiscal. Notre étude démontre qu'il existe une concordance conceptuelle entre la finance islamique et la finance conventionnelle mais que leur mise en œuvre emprunte des voies différentes. L'accueil et la promotion de la finance islamique en France ne semblent pas impossibles mais peuvent évidemment se heurter à des obstacles en droit français et à des faiblesses en finance islamique. Certaines réformes sont souhaitables tant au niveau du droit français qu'au niveau de la finance islamique pour pouvoir s'adapter plus harmonieusement et améliorer le financement de l'économie mondialeThe recent financial crisis has highlighted the fragilities of an international financial system based on operations with high-level of speculation and disconnect between the real and financial economy. It has then marked the approach of a new era of an ethical Islamic finance. Aiming primarily at the well-being of society and the economic development, Islamic finance embodies the principles of solidarity and social justice. For these purposes, it requires investing in the permissible sectors; prohibits any form of interest and excessive uncertainty; promotes the sharing of profit and loss between contracting parties and focuses on the tangibility of the financed assets. Based on these principles, it adopts sharia compliant financial mechanisms such as moudaraba, mousharaka, ijara, mourabaha, etc. However, such fundamental pillars are not strictly exclusive to the Islamic finance. The general spirit of the French law shares some principles with the Islamic finance and permits as well to implement financing agreements that have their correspondents therein. Thus, without prejudice to the secular nature of the French law, France can aspire to become the “European leader” of Islamic finance. This ambition is asserted through the strong support of the authorities and the amendments of its legal and fiscal framework. Our study shows that there is a conceptual similarity between Islamic finance and conventional finance but their implementation takes different paths. The introduction and the promotion of the Islamic finance in France do not seem to be impossible but may obviously face obstacles at the French level and weaknesses at the Islamic level. Some reforms are desirable in both the French law and the Islamic finance so that they can adapt more smoothly and improve the financing of the global economy
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Haug, Kamøy Kristin. "Fluidity of law in the United Arab Emirates". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Toulon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOUL0114.
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Le concept de "fluidité du droit"' interroge les variations de l'application du droit aux Emirats arabes unis (E.A.U.). L'intention est de protéger les intérêts des citoyens émiriens contre les non-citoyens tout en imposant le droit des décideurs dans un cadre juridique arabo-musulman. Le contexte (acteurs et espèces) détermine l'adaptation du droit. Les E.A. U. ont signé des traités internationaux qui les obligent à mettre le droit local en conformité. Or, les réserves stipulées et le manque de clarté retardent ce processus. Localement, l'application du droit dépend de la variété des sources, notamment du droit islamique et de ses différentes écoles, d'une procédure législative opaque et d'un système judiciaire complexe (trois types de tribunaux, statut personnel discriminant fondé sur la notion de citoyenneté). Les limites fluctuantes entre les sphères publiques et privées font enfin planer une incertitude dans des domaines relevant de l'intime ou de la diffamation par exemple. Les autorités émiriennes exercent un contrôle sur le droit en s'appuyant sur une organisation tribale et un système de permis à tous les étages de la société émirienne. La liberté d'expression à cet égard a subi les effets du Printemps arabe de 2011. Le système de délivrance de permis s'en est trouvé renforcé pour assurer la stabilité du régime. Le droit à l'éducation, très interprétatif, montre comment les permis d'exercice interprètent différemment ce droit. Le droit du travail est aussi encadré par des permis. Les autorités émiriennes sous-traitent aux citoyens émiriens le contrôle des travailleurs étrangers. Dans le contexte d'une croissance économique exceptionnelle, des observateurs extérieurs ont interrogé les effets de cette croissance sur les droits de l'homme et les médias. Le gouvernement fédéral a très vite appris à utiliser son système pour se protéger des droits« universels». Des organisations écrans ont été créées pour répondre aux critiques exprimées en insistant sur le point de vue émirien. L'aide étrangère permet en outre d'acquérir un statut privilégier dans le domaine humanitaire. L'intention est de rendre la critique de la fluidité du droit impossible ou injuste. Vu de l'extérieur, bien des décisions émiriennes peuvent être interprétées comme arbitraires. Or, la fluidité du droit est un principe interne qui a sa logique, celle de préserver l'Etat et de le rendre résilient en cas de contestationThe notion of "fluidity of law" illuminates how the law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may change influencing what constitute a right serving the purpose of protecting national interest, continuing the rule of the rulers and protecting the interests of the citizens versus non-citizens in an Arab-Muslim setting. Equally important, this contextual law is just according to the idea of justice in Islamic law emphasizing the importance of knowing the local context before making moral judgements. On the international level, the UAE government has consented to certain core human rights treaties creating legal obligations domestically. But, the state's reservations to consented treaties and lack of clarity about the status of treaties in local law and courts creates uncertainty about implementation of treaty obligations. On the local level, a diversity of legal sources with Islamic law as primary source of law with its four interpretations in Sunni Islam, a non-transparent legislative and court system, three parallel court systems and persona! status law distinguishing citizens from non-citizens make it challenging to predict what the law may be. Furthermore, the notions of private and public in law are in constant flux in the jurisdiction indicating how what appears to be private might be public in intimate relations and how to be private in public domains through defamation legislation. Finally, this work shows how the authorities have established a system of control of rights based on traditional tribal organizations through a license system in law of rights in several spheres of society. This system of license creates hierarchy of rights, control of exercise of rights and at times outsources monitoring of other unacceptable behaviour. The sphere of expressions is examined in detail in this work as the regional upheavals in 2011 resulted in more legislation beyond licensing to protect the stability of the rulers. However, what the law is on the ground is also affected by local interpretations of rights and this will be illustrated through the right to education. Additionally, the license system in employment of non-citizens is based on a fusion between the interests of the authorities and citizens creating a system where citizens may willingly monitor non-citizens on behalf of the state. Against the backdrop of growing economic success in the UAE, outsiders were questioning the price of the boom resulting in attention from human rights activists and media. But, the government quickly learnt how to use its license system to protect itself by establishing a front organization to retaliate on its behalf. Other organizations with links to the authorities would appear. On the back of growing influence of the state, the authorities changed its way of responding to the view of outsiders on its law and rights. Foreign aid provided the state with status and influence as a humanitarian state making it harder to question the fluidity of law in the jurisdiction. While the unpredictable nature of the law in the UAE might seem chaotic from the outside and on the ground, I argue that the fluidity of law legitimises the state and makes it resilient
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Muyebe, Stanslaus C. "The canon law framework for arbitration of delictual disputes in the Roman Catholic Church of South Africa : a critical and comparative study". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50469.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2005ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In his analysis of conflict resolution in the church sector, Professor Coertzsen (1998:69) points out that disputes occur also within the churches. While some of the disputes are purely doctrinal, others fall into the category of civil disputes. Professor Rik Torfs in an article (1998:27) observes that the Catholic Church is increasingly becoming a site of civil dispute. These include delict claims. Examples of these are: financial loss as a result of unfair suspension or dismissal from a clerical position; financial loss or loss of reputation resulting from unfair dismissal from a religious congregation; damage to a child or adult arising from being sexually abused by a priest or religious or lay person. When delictual disputes occur, state courts have civil jurisdiction over them. At the same time, the South African Arbitration Act 42 of 1965 allows the parties to a delictual dispute to arbitrate their case as an alternative to civil litigation. This trend is gaining currency in the post-apartheid South Africa. In principle, therefore, church members may refer their delictual disputes for arbitration, instead of entering into civil litigation. Church members, thus, have the choice to have their case arbitrated, and church leaders need to make it clear to members that they also have the right to bring their case to the state courts. This study highlights the need for the churches to have an office of contlict resolution. The office may then advise church members who have a delictual dispute on the options available to them. The office may have a list of lawyers (Christian lawyers) who are willing and able to arbitrate on matters referred to them by other Christians. When the parties decide to have their delictual case arbitrated by lawyers, the determination as to whether a person is legally liable for damage repair requires a legal framework. Unlike the situation in civil litigation, the parties who opt for arbitration have the freedom to decide on the legal framework that the arbitrator should use in determining liability. Catholic Church members who are parties to a dispute may, for example, jointly agree that the arbitrator employ the internal law of the Catholic Church, namely the canon law framework. This study envisages a situation where the parties have jointly agreed to the employment of canon law for the arbitration of their case. When the disputants and the arbitrators engage in discussion and decide on whether to use canon law, they need to ask themselves the following questions: (I) What principles and rules of law has canon law established for the determination of the issue at dispute? (2) How do the standards of justice in canon law differ from those in secular law? What provisions invoked by the arbitrators would result in gross injustice to the claimant? (3) If the provisions of canon law would result in gross injustice to the claimant, the church members who are parties to a dispute may choose to rectify and supersede the limitation inherent in canon law. The question arises: to what provisions in secular law are the arbitrators and Church members able to resort to compensate for the limitations of canon law? (4) How do the standards of justice in canon law differ from Biblical standards? To what biblical messages might the arbitrators and the church members resort to overcome the limitations in canon law? While recognising the value of the fourth question, this study limits itself to the first three. It is hoped that future studies will address the fourth question. The present study attempts to answer the first three questions by means of a critical comparative analysis of the framework that canon law has established for determining the various possible issues at dispute. In the study it is argued that the employment by an arbitrator of some of the provisions in canon law would result in gross injustice. The disputants need to take note of these before they mandate the arbitrator to apply canon law in their case.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In sy analise van kontlikoplossing in die kerk, wys professor Coertzen (1998:69) daarop dat geskilpunte ook binne kerke plaasvind. Terwyl sommige hiervan suiwer leerstellig is, ressorteer ander onder die kategorie van siviele dispute. In 'n artikel verwys Professor Rik Torfs (1998:27) daarna dat die Katolieke Kerk toenemend 'n plek van siviele dispuut word. Hieronder word onregmatige eise ingesluit . Voorbeelde hiervan sluit in: finansiele verlies as gevolg van onregverdige skorsing of afdanking van 'n geestelike pos; finansiele verlies of verlies aan reputasie wat spruit uit onregverdige ontslag van 'n godsdienstige gemeente; skade aan 'n kind of volwassene wat spruit uit seksuele mishandeling deur 'n priester, 'n godsdienstige of leke persoon. Wanneer onregmatige dispute plaasvind, het staatshowe siviele jurisdiksie daaroor. Terselfdertyd laat die Suid-Afrikaanse Arbitrasie Wet 42 van 1965 toe dat partye tot 'n onregmatige dispuut hul saak kan laat arbitreer as 'n alternatief tot siviele litigasie. In Suid- Afrika het hierdie neiging toegeneem in die postapartheid era. Ous, in prinsiep, mag kerklidmate hul onregmatige dispute verwys vir arbitrasie, in plaas daarvan om hul te wend tot siviele litigasie. Ous het kerklidmate die keuse om hul sake te laat arbitreer, en kerk leiers moet dit aan lidmate duidelik stel dat hulle ook die reg het om hul sake na die staaathowe te neern. Hierdie studie bring die noodsaaklikheid na yore die vir kerke om 'n kantoor te he vir kontlikbeslegting. Die kantoor mag dan kerklidmate wat 'n onregmatige dispuut het adviseer aangaande die alternatiewe wat vir hulle beskikbaar is. Die kantoor mag 'n lys hou van Christel ike prokureurs wat gewillig en bevoeg is om te arbitreer 001' sake wat deur ander Christene na hulle verwys word. Wanneer die partye besluit om hul onregmatige saak deur prokureurs te laat arbitreer, het die vasstelling of 'n persoon wetlik aanspreeklik is vir reparasie van skade 'n wetlike raamwerk. Anders as in die geval van siviele litigasie, het die partye wat besluit op arbitrasie die keuse om te besluit watter wetlike raamwerk die arbiter rnoet gebruik om aanspreeklikheid vas te stel. Lidmate van die Katolieke Kerk, wat partye tot 'n dispuut is, mag, by voorbeeld, gesamentlik besluit dat die arbiter die interne reg van die Katolieke Kerk gebruik, naamlik die kanonieke regsraamwerk. Hierdie studie beoog 'n situasie waar die partye gesamentlik besluit het om die kanonieke reg vir die arbitrasie van hul saak te gebruik. Wanneer die disputante en die arbiters in gesprek tree en besluit of die kanonieke reg gebruik sal word, moet hulle hulself die volgende vrae afvra: (I) Watter prinsiepe en reels van die reg het die kanonieke reg ingestel om die saak van dispuut wat ter sprake is, te bepaal? (2) Hoe verskil die standaarde van die reg in kanonieke reg van die in burgeri ike reg? Watter voorsienings ingestel deur die arbiters sou uitvloei in erge onreg aan die eiser? (3) As die voorsienings van die kanonieke reg sou lei tot erge onreg aan die eiser, mag die kerklidmate, wat partye tot die dispuut is, kies om in die kanonieke reg die beperkings reg te stel en te vervang. Die vraag ontstaan: na watter voorsienings in die kerklike reg kan die arbiters en kerklidmate verwys om te vergoed vir die beperkinge van die kanonieke reg? (4) Hoe verskil die standaarde van die reg in kanonieke reg van die bybelse standaarde? Na watter bybelse boodskappe mag die arbiters en die kerklidmate verwys om die beperkinge in die kanonieke reg te oorkom? Terwyl die waarde van die vierde vraag erken word, word hierdie studie beperk tot die eerste drie. Daar word gehoop dat toekomstige studies die vierde vraag sal aanspreek. Die huidige studie poog om die eerste drie vrae te beantwoord deur middel van 'n krities-vergelykende analise van die raamwerk wat die kanonieke reg ingestel het 0111 verskeie rnoontlike sake van dispuut vas te stel. In hierdie studie word aangevoer dat die indiensneming deur 'n arbiter van sommige van die voorsienings van kanonieke reg sou kon lei tot erge onreg. Die disputante moet kennis neem hiervan voordat hulle die arbiter die mandaat gee om die kanonieke reg in hul geval toe te pas.
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Siddiqui, Shariq Ahmed. "Navigating Identity through Philanthropy: A History of the Islamic Society of North America (1979 - 2008)". Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3665939.
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This dissertation analyzes the development of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a Muslim-American religious association, from the Iranian Revolution to the inauguration of our nation's first African-American president. This case study of ISNA, the largest Muslim-American organization in North America, examines the organization's institution-building and governance as a way to illustrate Muslim-American civic and religious participation. Using nonprofit research and theory related to issues of diversity, legitimacy, power, and nonprofit governance and management, I challenge misconceptions about ISNA and dispel a number of myths about Muslim Americans and their institutions. In addition, I investigate the experiences of Muslim-Americans as they attempted to translate faith into practice within the framework of the American religious and civic experience. I arrive at three main conclusions. First, because of their incredible diversity, Muslim-Americans are largely cultural pluralists. They draw from each other and our national culture to develop their religious identity and values. Second, a nonprofit association that embraces the values of a liberal democracy by establishing itself as an open organization will include members that may damage the organization's reputation. I argue that ISNA's values should be assessed in light of its programs and actions rather than the views of a small portion of its membership. Reviewing the organization's actions and programs helps us discover a religious association that is centered on American civic and religious values. Third, ISNA's leaders were unable to balance their desire for an open, consensus-based organization with a strong nonprofit management power structure. Effective nonprofit associations need their boards, volunteers and staff to have well-defined roles and authority. ISNA's leaders failed to adopt such a management and governance structure because of their suspicion of an empowered chief executive officer.
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Sukovaty, Beckey D. "A Feminist Philosophical Critique of Domestic Mediation (ADR) Practices in the United States: Realizing Mary Parker Follett's Theory of Empowerment". Thesis, Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8480.
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Bouchareb, Hafida A. L. "La confrontation de la dissolution du lien conjugal et ses effets entre les états maghrébins et les états européens francophones, France et Belgique". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210425.
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L’objet de cette thèse est d’étudier « La confrontation de la dissolution du lien conjugal et ses effets entre les États maghrébins et les États européens francophones (France et Belgique) ». Les difficultés de coordination des systèmes islamiques et européens de droit international privé proviennent de l’écart entre leurs législations relatives au statut personnel et au droit de la famille. En droit musulman, les matières du statut personnel sont solidaires des donnés religieuses. Les ressortissants maghrébins établis dans des pays européens se retrouvent souvent confrontés au croisement du système juridique maghrébin et celui de leur pays d’accueil.S’il est un domaine où se heurtent des visions difficilement conciliables entre l’Europe et certains pays musulmans, c’est bien celui du mariage mixte et particulièrement celui de la répudiation. Il faut souligner que le problème perdure depuis plus de vingt ans.
Toutefois un grand nombre de ressortissants Marocains réside en Belgique ce qui conduit inévitablement à ce que des problèmes liés à la dissolution de leur mariage se posent. A ces difficultés viennent s’ajouter les problèmes de conflits de lois. Cette étude a donc tenté de dégager les caractéristiques des différents systèmes étudiés et de montrer les divergences qu’ils comportent en terme de méthodes utilisées dans le règlement des conséquences du divorce ou de répudiation.
La présence d’une communauté immigrée de statut personnel musulman et la rencontre de l’ordre juridique européen avec ce phénomène, posent l’épineux problème de l’harmonisation de deux systèmes juridiques fondamentalement différents et a ainsi pu être qualifié de « conflit de civilisations ». Ce qui permet une vue globale du sujet.
Summary: The purpose of this thesis is to study the dissolution of a marriage tie between North African states and European French speaking states, and what this dissolution means in term of confrontation on both sides concerning the juridic systems european and islamic. The difficulties of coordination between the islamic way of life and the international law are the result of divergence relating with personal status and family right. In the islamic law, personal status and religious faith are closely interlinked. Moroccan nationals who step up house in an european country are confronted with the law of the Maghreb and the law of the country witch welcomes them.
Mixed marriages and in particularly in a case of repudiations are a sphere where european nations and some muslim nations don’t see things in the same way. One has to emphasize that these problems have been enduring for over tweenty years. A great numbers of Morocans lives in Belgium which leads to difficulties if their marriages have to be dissolved. Over these difficulties problems of laws conflicts are added. This study have tried to show the characteristics of these systems and the different way to solve the consequences of the divorce or of the repudiation. The presence of an immigrated community of personal muslim status and the encounter of the juridic european system with this phenomenon set the acute issue of the harmonization of two juridics systems deeply different. This can be described as a “conflict of civilisations”. This allows a broad view of the subject
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Alhomaidi, Asem. "Social norms and stock trading". ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2373.
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The dissertation consists of two essays. In the first essay we compare the performance of Islamic and conventional stock returns in Saudi Arabia in order to determine whether the Saudi market exhibits characteristics that are consistent with segmented markets and investor recognition effects. We sample the daily stock returns of all Saudi firms from September 2002 to 2015 and calculate important measures, including idiosyncratic volatility (Ang et al, 2006), market integration (Pukthuanthong and Roll, 2009), systematic turnover (Loughran and Schultz, 2005), and stock turnover and liquidity (Amihud, 2002). Integration tests report that Islamic stocks are more sensitive to changes in global and local macroeconomic variables than conventional stocks, supporting the hypothesis that the Islamic and conventional stock markets are segmented in Saudi Arabia. In addition, our results show that Islamic stocks have larger number of investors, lower idiosyncratic risk, higher systematic turnover, and more liquid than conventional stocks, which supports the investor recognition hypothesis. Our results provide new evidence on asset pricing in emerging markets, the evolving Islamic financial markets, and the potential impact of other implicit market barriers on global financial markets. In the second essay we examine the effects of shared beliefs and personal preferences of individual investors on their trading and investment decisions. We anticipate that the process of classifying stocks into Shariah compliant (Islamic) and non-shariah compliant (conventional) has an effect on investibility and acceptance of the stock especially by unsophisticated or individual investors. The wide acceptance of Islamic stocks between individual investors promote and facilitate the circulation of firm-specific information between certain groups of investors. Our results indicate that stock classification has an effect on the stock price comovement through increased stock trading correlation between the groups of Islamic investors. The commonality in preferences between Islamic stocks’ holders generate commonality in trading activity and in stock liquidity. We find that classifying a stock as an Islamic stock increases its price comovement with other Islamic stocks and also increases its commonality in liquidity.
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Rosés, i. Tubau Mariona. "Responsabilitats adjudicades, compromisos heretats. Conflictes i articulacions entre cultures i pràctiques jurídiques a la Regió de l’Haute Matsiatra de Madagascar". Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/131156.
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La present tesi té per objectiu analitzar els conflictes i articulacions entre diferents cultures jurídiques a les comunitats rurals de Madagascar, concretament a la Regió de l’Haute Matsiatra, situada als altiplans centrals del país.
En el context de les comunitats rurals de la Regió de l’Haute Matsiatra s’ha observat com en les pràctiques locals de resolució de conflictes es juxtaposen, a vegades de manera articulada i d’altres més conflictivament, els principis jurídics propis de la cultura jurídica vindicatòria local i els de l’Estat de dret malgaix, especialment en els casos de robatoris de zebús i en els litigis territorials.
El dina, llei que es fonamenta en el costum jurídic local, esdevé el recurs jurídic que les comunitats apliquen per resoldre els casos de conflicte a l’àmbit local segons els principis que caracteritzen el propi costum. Tanmateix, particularment a partir dels anys 1980, l’Estat malgaix s’ha apropiat del dina com a recurs jurídic propi i l’ha adaptat als principis jurídics estatals. Aquest fet ha donat lloc a la coexistència de dos tipus de dina –estatals i locals- en el marc de les comunitats rurals del país. Essent així, a l’àmbit local s’identifiquen un i altre tipus de dina, que es fonamenten en cultures jurídiques diferents i que, sovint, presenten una juxtaposició conflictiva que trasllueix especialment en les pràctiques de resolució de conflictes aplicades a les comunitats rurals.
La investigació que desenvolupa aquesta tesi s’ha construït a partir de tres eixos que pretenen descriure i analitzar aquest pluralisme jurídic conflictiu: En primer lloc, l’articulació de cultures jurídiques diverses, la qual dóna lloc a una reinterpretació de les formes jurídiques a l’àmbit local. En segon lloc, l’aspecte social del dret, que esdevé l’element diferencial entre la cultura jurídica vindicatòria local i la cultura jurídica estatal. I, en tercer lloc, els usos polítics del costum, que il•lustren la voluntat estatal de perllongar la legitimitat vers la legalitat a partir de l’apropiació que l’Estat ha fet del dina com a recurs jurídic. Els casos etnogràfics documentats a la Regió de l’Haute Matsiatra han permès analitzar aquesta apropiació estatal del dina com un pretext per poder controlar les estructures de poder local així com per legitimar-se políticament davant la seva població.This thesis aims to analyze conflicts and interactions between different legal cultures in rural communities of Madagascar, specifically in the Haute Matsiatra region, located in the central highlands of the country. In the context of rural communities in the Haute Matsiatra region it has been seen how legal principles of the Malagasy State Law and legal principles of the local vindictive legal culture are juxtaposed in local practices of conflict resolution, especially in cases of cattle theft and territorial disputes, sometimes quite articulate and some others more conflictive. The dina, law based in the local legal practices, has been taken up by the Malagasy State as an own legal resource presenting a conflictive juxtaposition. The research developed in this thesis is built around three pillars: First, the articulation of different legal cultures. Second, the social aspect of the law. Third, the political uses of local practices.
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Van, Tonder Delarey. "Peacebuilding in Mozambique with special reference to the UN policy on landmine removal". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51870.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The end of the Cold War had a profound impact on the qualitative and quantitative nature of the UN's peace and security agenda, representing a shift from traditional peacekeeping to a broader, more ambitious and intrusive notion of peacekeeping. This evolution was marked by an expanded UN engagement in a broad range of intra-state conflicts and characterised by UN undertakings towards aspects of national political and socio-economic reconstruction including the evolution of humanitarian action. Responding to the expanded United Nations agenda for international peace and security and at the request of the UN Security Council (UNSC) Boutros Boutros-Ghali prepared the conceptual foundations of the UN's role in global peace and security in his seminal report, An Agenda for Peace (July, 1992). The Secretary General outlined five inter-connected roles that he projected the UN would play in the fast changing context of post-Cold War international politics, namely: preventive diplomacy, peace enforcement, peacemaking, peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding. The UNSG described the newly defined concept of post-conflict peacebuilding as action organised "(to) foster economic and social co-operation with the purpose of developing the social, political and economic infrastructure to prevent future violence, and laying the foundations for a durable peace." With specific reference to landmines in An Agenda for Peace the UNSG stressed that peacebuilding following civil war and internal strife must address the serious problem of landmines, which remained scattered in present or former combat zones. The UNSG underscored that mine action (demining) should be emphasised in terms of reference of peacekeeping operations which is crucially important in the restoration of activity when peacebuilding is under way. The United Nations involvement in the Mozambican peace process (1992-1995) has been interpreted as the culmination of a major success story in wider peacekeeping in Africa under UN auspices - a category of peace operation, which included peacemaking, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and electoral assistance. Mozambique's peace process has subsequently been cited as a model UN peacekeeping operation which could be adapted to post-conflict situation elsewhere. Within the context of landmines as a threat to post-conflict peacebuilding as articulated by the UNSG in An Agenda for Peace, the study focuses on how the United Nations implemented mine action initiatives in operationalising the concept of peacebuilding in Mozambique. In this context, the study reviews the UN operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) and its capacity, responsiveness and vision in implementing mine action initiatives, both in terms of the operational requirements of the ONUMOZ peacekeeping mission and the development oflonger-term humanitarian mine action programmes in Mozambique. To this end, the study views the establishment of a sustainable indigenous mine action capacity as a sine que non for post -conflict peacebuilding. From this perspective, the study interprets the 1999 Mine Ban Treaty Prohibiting the Use, Stockpile, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction and the rights and obligations of Mozambique as a State Party to the Treaty as the most appropriate instrument towards the creation of an indigenous Mozambican mine action capacity to address the long-term effects oflandmines on post-conflict peacebuilding. In terms of methodology the approach was historical-analytical and in essence a deductive method of research was followed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die einde van die Koue Oorlog het diepgaande verandering teweeggebring ten opsigte van die Verenigde Nasies se vredes en sekuriteits regime ter handhawing van internasionale vrede en sekuriteit. Hierdie periode is gekenmerk deur 'n skerp toename in intra-staatlike konflikte en gevolglik in die kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe aard en omvang van Verenigde Nasies vredesoperasies in terme van die VN Handves. Ten einde die verantwoordelikhede van die Verenigde Nasies met betrekking tot die handhawing van vrede en sekuriteit in die snel - veranderende konteks van die post - Koue Oorlog periode aan te spreek, het die Sekretaris - Generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, Boutros Boutros - Gali, in opdrag van die Veiligheidsraad die konseptuele fundering van die VN se rol verwoord in sy pioniersverslag - Agenda vir Vrede (1992). In sy verslag van Julie 1992 identifiseer en omskryf die Sekretaris-Generaal vyf verbandhoudende konsepte wat sou dien as meganismes ter beslegting van internasionale konflik, naamlik voorkomende diplomasie (preventive diplomacy), vredesingryping (peace enforcement), maak van vrede (peacemaking), vredesoperasies (peacekeeping) en post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie (post-conflict peacebuilding). Die Sekretaris-Generaal het post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie omskryf as die "vestiging van sosio-ekonomiese samewerking met die oogmerk om die sosiale, politieke en ekonomiese infrastruktuur te ontwikkel ten einde hernude konflik te voorkom en ter grondlegging van langdurige vrede". Met spesifieke verwysing na die korrelasie tussen landmyne en post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie het die Sekretaris-Generaal benadruk dat landmyne 'n bedreiging inhou vir die konsolidasie van vrede na burgeroorlog en interne konflik, en veral binne die raamwerk van 'n VN vredesoperasie in terme van 'n VN Veiligheidsraad mandaat. Die VN se vredesrol in Mosambiek word allerweë beskou as een van die mees suksesvolle VN vredesoperasies ooit. Die doel van die studie is gevolglik om ondersoek in te stel na die toepassing van die konsep van post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie met spesifieke verwysing na die Mosambiekse vredesproses en die rol van die Verenigde Nasies se Operasie in Mosambiek (ONUMOZ). In die opsig fokus die studie spesifiek op die rol van ONUMOZ (1992-1995) en suksesse en tekortkomings in sy vredesmandaat ten opsigte van die implementering van aksies om die kort-en-langtermyn impak van landmyne in terme van post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie in Mosambiek aan te spreek. Vanuit hierdie konteks, vertolk die studie die Landmyn Verdrag (1999) en die totale verbod op die aanwending, opgaar, produksie en oordrag van landmyne en die vernietiging daarvan as die mees geskikte raamwerk waarbinne Mosambiek 'n inheemse vermoë tot stand kan bring ten einde die langtermyn impak van landmyne op post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie effektief aan te spreek. Vanuit 'n metodologiese oogpunt word in hierdie studie histories analities te werk gegaan en die benadering is beskrywend - verklarend van aard. Verder is die metode van ondersoek in wese deduktief van aard.
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Matri, Dorsaf. "Le capital risque islamique en droit français : analyse juridique". Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010298.
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Devenue en l'espace d'une trentaine d'années un segment à part entière de la finance internationale, la finance islamique trouve désormais tout son sens dans l'économie contemporaine. La crise de 2008 et ses conséquences dramatiques sur le tissu économique et entrepreneurial ont donné un attrait aux financements islamiques et notamment aux opérations de capital risque. Apparu au début des années 2000, le capital risque islamique consiste à prendre des participations au capital de sociétés non cotées considérées comme conformes à l'éthique musulmane afin de financer leur création et leur démarrage. Dans cette opération, il existe un lien incontestable entre l'éthique religieuse et la notion d’investissement. Si les prescriptions du droit musulman garantissent un équilibre entre les partenaires financiers, elles soumettent néanmoins l’investisseur à certaines contraintes. La structuration d'une opération financière islamique commande en effet le respect de certains principes d'essence religieuse tels que la prohibition de la spéculation, l'aléa et toute forme de rémunération par l'intérêt. Se pose alors la question de l'acculturation de ce modèle dans la finance française. En ce sens, l'hypothèse principale de cette recherche vise à analyser l'adaptabilité du capital risque islamique en vue de sa structuration dans le cadre juridique français. A travers une analyse approfondie des exigences de la loi islamique et du cadre de la gestion collective en France, la présente étude met en perspective les structures juridiques permettant d'atteindre la flexibilité requise pour mettre en œuvre une opération de capital risque islamique en droit français. Outre les enjeux économiques qui sont attachés à la réception d'une activité à haute valeur ajoutée, la modélisation d'un « capital risque islamique à la française » pourrait renforcer l'attractivité de la place de Paris en permettant l'inclusion d'une catégorie d'entrepreneurs et d'investisseurs à la recherche d'une alternative plus éthique et solidaire pour le financement d'entrepriseIn the space of 30 years, Islamic finance has become a full segment of international finance and has proved its value in the contemporary economy. The 2008 crisis and its dramatic consequences on the economic and business fabric raised attractiveness of Islamic finance transactions, in particular venture capital. The latter was created in the early 2000’s and consists in taking equity participations in unlisted companies that are considered compliant with Islamic ethics to finance their creation and startup. Thus, religious ethics and investment are indisputably linked. If the Islamic law requires ensuring a balance between financial partners, the investor is nevertheless subject to certain constraints. Indeed, the legal structuring of Islamic financial transactions obliges compliance with certain religious principles such as prohibition of speculation, hazard and any form of remuneration by interest. This raises the question of the acculturation of this model within the French finance. To this end, the main hypothesis of this research aims to analyze the adaptability of Islamic venture capital in view of its implementation in the French legal framework. Through in-depth analysis of the requirements of Islamic law and the framework of collective management in France, this study puts into perspective the legal structures that could provide the flexibility required to implement an Islamic venture capital transaction into French law. In addition to the economic benefits attached to the receipt of an activity with high added value, modeling a "French Islamic venture capital" could increase the attractiveness of the financial place of Paris by allowing the inclusion of a class of entrepreneurs and investors looking for ethical and cooperative alternatives for corporate finance
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Sibane, Nomsa Virginia. "Environmental politics: the case of the Xolobeni Mining Project in Mbizana, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa". Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007574.
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This research explored the nature of conflict that arose in Xolobeni, a small area in the Mbizana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and the environmental politics emanating from the arguments that supported development rather than environmental protection. The proposed mining project was known as the Xolobeni mining development project within the Amadiba Tribal Authority, an area dominated by Pondos or (Mpondos). The Xolobeni area is located between the Mzamba and Mtentu Rivers, covering some 2 867 hectares, and extends for 20km along the coast of the Mbizana Local Municipality, in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality. In 2005, the Minister of the National Department of Minerals and Energy (DME), now known as the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources, announced that an Australian company, Transworld Energy and Minerals (TEM) will establish a mining development project in Xolobeni to mine red sand dunes which are contained within five blocks, each named after the river at its southern boundary. These blocks were Mtentu, Sikombe, Kwanyana, Mnyameni and Mphalane. According to the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act 28 of 2002), the Department of Minerals and Energy is the sole custodian of the mining licence and therefore the only Department that issues mining licences. The research investigated the nature of conflict that erupted in Xolobeni after this announcement, resulting in the formation of two groups namely, the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) which represented the communities who were against the mining project in the area and the Xolobeni Local Community (Xolco) which was a Black Economic Empowerment company that represented the communities that supported the mining project and was to receive 26 percent of the proceeds from the mining company. The purpose of the Amadiba Crisis Committee was to channel complaints and grievances of local residents emanating from the mining development project and other development to all relevant authorities so that the Constitutional rights of residents can be respected. The research also investigated the role of each stakeholder in the proposed mining project, namely, local communities in the area, environmentalists, councillors, the National Department of Minerals and Energy, the National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA), the traditional authority and the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee on Economic Development and Environmental Affairs. Central to this research was the level of consultation during the proposed mining project. Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies were used to collect data in Xolobeni. Interviews were conducted with the two opposing groups and other various stakeholders including the chieftaincy, environmentalists, councillors and officials in the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA). The researcher used questionnaires in order to get the views of the targeted participants. Eighty questionnaires were distributed among the targeted participants but only forty five were returned. Some of the participants were reluctant to participate in this study because the mining project had not taken place. Secondary data from the Departments of Environment of Affairs nationally and provincially revealed that the Department of Minerals and Energy through its Minister, Bulelwa Sonjica, awarded the mining licence despite recommendations of both Departments not to do so. The Minister of the new Department of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, withdrew the licence and gave three months to Transworld Energy and Minerals to address the outstanding issues raised in the environmental impact assessment (EIA). The data collected revealed that the proposed mining project affected all communities in the Amadiba Tribal Administrative area. The research also illustrated how the Xolobeni community organised themselves and protested against development that intended to force them to relocate from their ancestral land without proper consultation. Issues of sustainable development and environmental protection also formed part of the discussions in this research. While the mining project had stalled, it emerged that the majority of respondents in the area did not want the mining project to proceed.
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Sinhoretto, Jacqueline. "Ir aonde o povo está: etnografia de uma reforma da justiça". Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8132/tde-26042007-190252/.
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O objeto de estudo é a reforma do sistema de justiça no Brasil, abordada por uma etnografia da criação e implantação dos Centros de Integração e Cidadania CIC, um programa implantado pelo governo do estado de São Paulo desde 1996, visando melhorar o acesso à justiça para a população pobre e a articulação das instituições de justiça (Polícia Civil, Ministério Público, Poder Judiciário, entre outros). A pesquisa reconstruiu o idéario de criação do CIC como um movimento de reforma da justiça, animado por magistrados e outros operadores jurídicos, no contexto dos movimentos por democracia política e social e universalização dos direitos humanos dos anos 1980. A história do CIC, de suas apropriações, mudanças de rumo, adaptações, deslocamentos e resultados, é uma história de lutas em torno do significado da expansão do Estado de direito conseqüentemente sobre o que e como reformar ou conservar nos serviços de justiça. A pesquisa interrogou o campo da gestão estatal de conflitos, a partir do que se pode observar no seu alcance capilar, em suas extremidades: para o discurso de criação do CIC, o funcionamento da justiça na periferia transformaria todo o sistema; para a pesquisa tratou-se de uma oportunidade de observar um conjunto de instituições operando no mesmo campo, de observar o sistema de justiça pelas suas franjas, pelos postos de trabalho de pouco prestígio, procurando a microfísica do poder em suas extremidades, interrogando os efeitos concretos do funcionamento dos serviços de justiça. A análise sobre a mediação de conflitos nos diversos serviços de justiça disponíveis nos postos do CIC, sob a perspectiva da interpretação dos rituais de resolução de conflitos, preparou as conclusões da pesquisa sobre a oferta dos serviços de justiça para a população pobre e as dificuldades em democratizá-los. A fragmentação e a pluralidade de rituais de resolução empregados por agentes públicos não reflete a expansão do Estado de direito, pretendida pelo movimento de reforma; reflete antes a concorrência de juridicidades mobilizadas nas relações de poder entre as partes em conflito e delas com os agentes estatais. A liberdade de mobilização de diversos rituais de resolução de conflitos, com diversos resultados, corresponde à pluralidade de relações de poder estabelecidas e visões circulantes sobre o direito; contudo não estabelece garantias jurídicas ou simbólicas de eficácia, minando a eficácia do primado do direito estatal. A tese encerra-se com análise da corporificação dos operadores jurídicos e os rituais de distinção do campo jurídico, buscando demonstrar como eles se inscrevem no corpo, no tempo e no espaço.The object of this thesis is the justice system reform in Brazil, analyzed by an ethnographical approach on the creation and implementation of the Citizenship Integration Centres CIC, a program developed by São Paulo State government since 1996 and designed for enlarging poor population access to justice and improving the articulation among justice system institutions (Police, Prosecution Office and Judiciary). The research reconstructed the CIC creation frame as a justice system reform movement, sustained by magistrates and other legal operators, in a context of movements for political and social democracy and universalization of human rights in the 1980s. The history of the CIC, its appropriations, route changes, adaptations, dislocations and outcomes, is a history of disputes surrounding the meaning of the rule of law expansion and, therefore, disputes on what and how to reform or conserve in justice services. The research interrogated the field of state management of conflicts, from what one can observe in its capillarity, in its extremities: for the CIC creation discourse, the functioning of justice in poor neighborhoods was a mean to transform all justice system; for the research, this was a chance to observe a set of institutions operating in the same field, to observe the justice system by its fringes, by the ranks of word of lower prestige, to look for the power microphysics in its extremities and to interrogate the real effects of justice services functioning. The analysis of conflict mediation in the different justice services available in CIC, under the perspective of the conflict resolution rituals interpretation, prepared the research conclusions about the offers of justice services for the poor and the difficulties in democratizing them. The fragmentation and plurality of conflict resolution rituals undertaken by public agents do not reflect the expansion of the rule of law intended by the justice reform movement; it reflects the competition of laws mobilized in power relations between the conflict parts and between them and state agents. The freedom to mobilize different conflict resolution rituals, with different outcomes, corresponds to the plurality of law perspectives and power relations established. However, it does not establish legal or symbolic guarantees of effectiveness, mining the effectiveness of the state law primate. The last part of the thesis analyses the legal operators embodiment and the rituals of distinction on legal field, aiming to demonstrate how they are inscribed in the body, time and space.
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Morhun, Nicolas. "Optimisation et sécurisation des investissements immobiliers russes en France". Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PSLED067.
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Basée sur une analyse économique de l’investissement qui tend à se développer de plus en plus en droit contemporain, l’étude de l’optimisation et de la sécurisation de l’investissement immobilier russe en France vient reléguer le risque lié au blanchiment au second plan. Il ne s’agit pas ici de nier ce risque mais de démontrer que la mise en place d’une démarche de gestion de patrimoine visant à prendre en compte les intérêts et les enjeux du client en cherchant même à les optimiser, permet d’évaluer le risque que représente cet investissement. Cette analyse du risque de l’investissement nécessite de s’interroger sur les problématiques de droit international privé, de fiscalité internationale résultant de l’investissement ainsi que sur les problématiques liées au financement de l’opération et à la mise en œuvre de garanties. De contrainte faisant craindre le pire aux divers professionnels intervenant dans l’opération, le risque de blanchiment apparaît ici être la résultante d’une analyse économico-juridique visant à servir l’intérêt de l’investisseur. Comprendre les enjeux, les motivations de l’investissement et chercher à y répondre tout en sécurisant les diverses personnes intervenant dans le processus d’investissement, telle est la problématique que cette thèse se propose de résoudreBased on an economic analysis of the investment, which is increasingly tending to develop in contemporary law, the study of optimisation and security of Russian real estate investment in France relegates the risk of money laundering. This thesis shows that although such a risk cannot be denied, it can still be evaluated by implementing a management approach in order to optimise client’s issues and interests.The investment risk analysis requires consideration regarding questions relating to international private law, international taxation, as well as financing for transactions and implementation of guarantees. As a rule, the money laundering risk is leading various professionals involved in the transaction to fear the worst; however such risks seem to appear as a result of economic and legal analysis which aims to serve investor’s interests. Understanding the issues and reasons for investment, whilst trying to find solutions in order to secure the investment process is the objective of this thesis
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Bernth, Brian D. "Selective intervention rethinking America's strategic employment of force /". Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA490873.
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Surtee, Bibi Fatima. "The accommodation of the Islamic law institution of Takaful under the South African insurance law". Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25301.
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With the rapid development of the Islamic banking and finance in South Africa, the legal regime of South Africa, must be able to progress at the same rate of development. The recognition of a foreign legal system such as Islamic law in South Africa is challenging and difficult. South Africa, has an interest based insurance legislative framework and this is not aligned with the principles of the Islamic financial system.
As a result of this, regulators have taken various measures to develop and promote the Islamic Industry. The amendment to the South African Tax legislation has created an equitable and level playing field for Islamic law. The South African government also has a further obligation which is to develop a legislative framework to govern Islamic law, as well as to enhance the regulatory and supervisory framework.
The study of the development of the Islamic legal regime is an important area that aids legal practitioners in identifying and resolving legal disputes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the accommodation of the Islamic law of Takaful under the South African Insurance legal framework.Public, Constitutional and International Law
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Ahmad, Faisalal Yudi. "Fatwa shopping as modernising Islamic finance law". Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:53012.
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The thesis examines the evolving role of Islamic financial instruments in the modernisation of Islamic financial practices. Crucial to this process of modernisation is the proper appreciation of the impact and importance of selective Sharia opinions termed fatwa shopping in this thesis. Fatwa shopping involves selecting, reviewing, and combining Islamic juristic rulings in the form of fatwas (the plural of fatwa in English and it is also referred to as fatawa in Arabic). Using this approach, medieval Islamic rules and contracts are utilised on a functional basis and as a means of developing modern functional equivalents. The thesis argues that fatwa shopping continues the classical tradition of doctrinal selections (talfiq) made by Muslim jurists to find an interpretation that best fits the circumstances. The application of this approach finds expression in the views of Muslim scholars and Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) and their Sharia Supervisory Boards (SSBs) reviewing and selecting various Islamic juristic rulings from different schools of Islamic jurisprudence to certify modern Islamic financial products and services. This approach recognises that medieval Islamic commercial contracts have significant problems in terms of feasibility and practicality in modern banking transactions. The thesis takes a middle path between legitimacy and practicality by allowing the development of Islamic financial instruments that obey Islamic juristic rulings but also take into account economic and financial considerations. Since financial institutions including IFIs are crucial to economic development and invariably involve risks to the economy, institutions, and consumers, regulation plays an important role in ensuring financial stability and risk management. Thus, it is important to contextualise the position of Islamic finance within the global financial system. Islamic financial institutions cannot be separated from the general regulatory framework and the management of risk. A key justification for the regulation of banking and financial institutions is to mitigate and prevent risks that may jeopardise the industry and the whole economy. This is reflected in both the public interest and economic theories of regulation. The government has a central role in risk regulation to protect the public from adverse consequences of banking and financial transactions through regulations that are primarily concerned with specifics risk in the financial industry. In the case of IFIs, it is not only government that has a central role in the development of financial products and the regulation of risks in Islamic finance. SSBs, as non-governmental bodies, provides substantive determinations as to whether a particular financial activity or instrument is Sharia compliant. Unlike conventional products, the character of Islamic financial products relies on Sharia compliance. One of the main challenges for Sharia compliance is whether fatwas can accommodate modern risk management instruments. Risk management instruments are pivotal to managing and hedging risks. These include various forms of derivatives as well as insurance and limited liability corporations. As modern derivatives and insurance are considered essential to deliver benefits to the financial industry and the economy as a whole, modern Islamic finance should be able to adapt to this economic and risk management environment. Despite disagreements Muslims scholars on whether modern instruments comply with Islamic law, the method of selective Sharia rules or fatwa shopping provides a mechanism for deriving modern fatwas on which to base Sharia compliant equivalents on derivatives, insurance, and limited liability corporations. In order to assess how IFIs actually operate in a financial system, the thesis examines Islamic finance in two jurisdictions: Indonesia and Australia. These two jurisdictions are selected as providing a comparison of a system that makes little or no accommodation for a very small Islamic finance industry (Australia) and Indonesia where fatwas are recognised in the local banking system; the validity of Islamic financial instruments depends not only on satisfying conventional regulatory requirements but also on SSBs certification of Sharia compliance. The legitimacy of local Islamic financial products and services operates through a non-state agency, Sharia Advisory Boards – Indonesian Ulama Council. They set their own juristic rules. The fatwas produced by that body play an important role in harmonizing Sharia opinions in the Indonesian financial system. Local banking acts direct Indonesian regulators to adopt fatwas as a national benchmark. In addition, fatwas of that governing body allow the adoption of various juristic rules from different Islamic schools in defining local fatwas on Islamic finance. In contrast, in Australia there is decentralised Sharia regulation so that local IFIs develop their own Sharia justifications for products and services offered to the markets. Local regulators have no concerns on Sharia compliance aspects of those local IFIs. The thesis concludes that that selective Sharia rules or fatwa shopping has contributed to the modern development of Islamic finance. The method has been successful in harmonizing legitimacy and practicality of Islamic financial transactions with the needs of a modern financial system.