The Shar’ia councils began as an informally operated arena for mediating and resolving familial disputes in accordance with Shar'ia law. This changed in 2008, when an application of the 1996 Arbitration Act allowed the Shar’ia councils’ decisions to become legally binding. In this paper, I...

Durch den Globalisierungsprozess gewinnt das Phänomen der Migration seit einiger Zeit an Brisanz. In fast allen Teilen der Welt nehmen die Wanderungsbewegungen zu, sei es, weil Menschen jenseits der Grenzen ihres Herkunftslandes einen Arbeitsplatz und eine Existenzgrundlage für sich und ihre...

European civil service law has emerged as an independent law branch relatively recently. At the EU level there were three categories of rules that regulate the public employees' activity, according tothe treaty type that established one of the top three communities (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM)....