An Overview of Arbitration in Syria
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...
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Further Restrictions on Syrians Entering the United States
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...
The Ramifications of the War in Syria: Where Does the World Stand? (Full Report)
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...
The Ramifications of the War in Syria: Where Does the World Stand?
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...
An Overview of the Syrian Court System
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...
The Right to Syrian Nationality
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...
National Partnership: Syria’s New Economic Order
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 Visa Restrictions on Syrians and Visitors to Syria
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...
PPP: The Law That Never Was?
The morning of December 4, 2010 is remembered as a cold but sunny one for the leading legal, financial, business and governmental personalities who made their way to the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus...
Syria and Lebanon: The Modern Era
The establishment of the United Arab Republic (UAR) represented Syria’s divorce from Lebanon. Both countries were historically parliamentary republics that adopted free-market economic…