The trend for settling disputes by arbitration has grown significantly in the Arab world in recent years. Interestingly, Syria was among the first countries that took an early lead in recognizing it as a...
The Syrian Law Journal recently attended the British Syrian Society’s conference in Damascus in late May entitled The War in Syria: the Challenges and Opportunities. Its first observation after participating in the two-day event...
Arbitration has been a feature of Syrian law for decades. It was initially governed by Articles 506-534 of the previous Civil Procedure Code, which was enacted back in 1953. However, it was given an...
The new President of the United States Donald Trump wrapped up his first week in office by signing a controversial Executive Order on January 27th entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into...
Prior to the start of the conflict, the British Syrian Society (BSS) played an instrumental role in promoting Syrian relations with the international community and specifically the UK while at the same time encouraging...
Executive Summary The British Syrian Society’s workshop at the University of Damascus focused on the ramifications of the war in Syria with the aim of providing an exchange of views on the underlying reasons...
The court system in Syria is divided into a number of jurisdictions composed of the civil courts; the criminal courts; the administrative courts; the Supreme Constitutional Court; the personal status courts, which handle family...
Syrians have made the news headlines for more than five years now for all the wrong reasons. What the media fails to mention is that they are a people who trace their identity back...
Syrians saw in the New Year with hopes that 2016 might just be the year the conflict in their country starts to draw to an end. As 2015 neared its conclusion, it appeared that...
US President Barack Obama recently signed into law the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, which will have wide ramifications for the ability of certain Syrians who are dual...