Center for Law and Development

29/08/2022

New publication announcement
Dr. Jon Truby, Dr. Andrew Dahdal, and Dr. Imad Ibrahim published a new article entitled Sandboxes in the desert: is a cross-border ‘gulf box’ feasible? in the Journal of “Law, Innovation, and Technology (Taylor and Francis). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17579961.2022.2113674

17/08/2022

Dr. Imad Ibrahim published a new chapter entitled: Water-energy-food nexus in international law: A legal analysis in the Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Edward Elgar Publishing 2022). Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (e-elgar.com)

17/07/2022

Read our Centre's new publication: Global Blockchain-Based Trade Finance Solutions: Analysis of Governance Models and Impact on Local Laws in Six Jurisdictions, Global Journal of Comparative Law
https://lnkd.in/eMkTs8Tz co-authored by Qatar University professors Dr. Jon Truby Andrew Dahdal and Oriol

Abstract Despite the economic importance of trade finance in commercial trade, the fundamentals of trade finance have not dramatically changed for centuries. Most of the transactions continue to be largely paper-based and counterparties still face many of the same risks, obstacles and challenges the...

05/06/2022

Our Centre's new Cambridge publication on Artificial Intelligence Sandboxing! Authored by Rafael Dean Brown, J.D. Dr Jon Truby Dr. Imad Antoine Ibrahim Oriol Caudevilla of College of Law at Qatar University

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-risk-regulation/article/sandbox-approach-to-regulating-highrisk-artificial-intelligence-applications/C350EADFB379465E7F4A95B973A4977D

24/05/2022

https://m.gulf-times.com/story/717751/Australia-launches-fintech-regulations-guide

The Australian Ambassador and CLD launched a 'Guide to Fintech Regulation in Australia and the Gulf Region,’ at the Australian embassy in Qatar. The guide was funded by the Council on Australian and Arab Relations in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The launch was attended by senior representatives from the Qatar FinTech Hub, Qatar Central Bank, and the Qatar Financial Centre. Authored and launched by CLD Researcher Dr. Andrew Dahdal

Australia’s ambassador to Qatar Jonathan Muir has launched the ‘Guide to Fintech Regulation in Australia and the Gulf Region,’ at the Australian embassy Qatar.

17/05/2022

The CLD team is pleased to support Director Dr. Jon Truby, who has been appointed to represent Qatar as a member of UNESCO's Group of Friends on the Recommendations on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
https://lnkd.in/ewPXV62m

© Getty Images / ipopba Today, artificial intelligence plays a role in billions of people’s lives. Sometimes unnoticed but often with profound consequences, it transforms our societies and challenges what it means to be human. AI can provide millions of students with support to complete secondary...

27/04/2022

Dr. Jon Truby represents the College of Law at the International Association of Law Schools' Law Deans Forum 2022: Legal Education Post-Pandemic

24/04/2022

The Centre for Law & Development (CLD) of the College of Law at Qatar University (QU) celebrated a milestone as it marked its 100th publication since its launch in January 2017.

The Center for Law Development (CLD) of the College of Law of Qatar University (QU) reached a new milestone as it marks its 100th publication since...

20/04/2022

Our Centre's Fulbright Specialist program is working to expand our Executive Legal Training Program at the College of Law at Qatar University

Doha: The Center for Law and Development (CLD) at the Qatar University (QU) College of Law, and the US Department of State, through the US Embassy in...

06/04/2022

Ramadan Kareem from the Center for Law and Development

08/03/2022

A new study from Qatar University’s Centre for Law and Development (QU-CLD) at the College of Law connects the damage caused by verifying proof-of-work blockchain to climate change and human mortality. Policymakers have already responded, leading ‘miners’ to relocate to ‘friendlier’ countries.

Authors of the study are Dr Jon Truby, Dr Rafael Dean Brown, Dr Andrew Dahdal and Dr Imad Ibrahim.

A new study from Qatar University’s Centre for Law and Development (QU-CLD) at the College of Law connects the damage caused by verifying proof-of-work blockchain to climate change and human mortality. Policymakers have already responded, leading ‘miners’ to relocate to ‘friendlier’ countr...

21/02/2022

Some recent CLD publications.