Are the WTO Agreements and dispute settlement procedures consistent with Islamic (Shari'a) law principles and norms of justice? How can a foreign investor in a Muslim country comply with the financial tents of Shari'a? Will Arab and Islamic countries continue to lag behind much of the world in e-commerce, or can e-commerce be integrated with traditional business methods as an engine of economic growth? Experts from the Middle East, Europe and North America examine these and other issues from their unique perspectives in this fourth volume in The Permanent Court of Arbitration/Peace Palace...

The papers collected in this volume represent the work of the Permanent Court of Arbitrations 7th International Law Seminar, The Resolution of Cultural Property Disputes, held at the Peace Palace in The Hague in the spring of 2003 and attended by world-renowned legal experts and professionals from art institutions. The looting of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad during the Second Gulf War is only the most recent example of the depredation of cultural property that can be part of the tragic human cost of war. Brazen pillage causes the world an irretrievable loss of significant...

1. On 20 January 1930, the Governments of Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Switzerland concluded at The Hague, the Convention respecting the Bank for International Settlements. The Convention included the Constituent Charter and the Statutes of the Bank (hereafter the Convention, the Constituent Charter and the Statutes of the Bank will be referred to collectively as the Constituent Instruments ). The Bank for International Settlements (hereafter the Bank or BIS ) was organized, by Article 1 of the Statutes, as a Company limited by shares and its objects, according to Article...

This sixth volume of the Peace Palace Papers reproduces the presentations delivered at the Permanent Court of Arbitrations International Law Seminar Labor Law beyond Borders: ADR and the Internationalization of Labor Disputes Settlement. Labor and employment issues at the international level often evoke heated emotions, which tend to darken the bright horizon of globalization propounded by advocates of unrestricted economic development. It is essential to find a balance between core labor rights and labor market flexibility, as both are necessary ingredients for healthy economic and...