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    2026


    Brown R and Özlük D, 'Regulatory Autonomy and AI Sovereignty: Türkiye at a Crossroad' Asian Journal of Law and Society (forthcoming, 2026).

    Truby J, Dahdal A, Brown R and Ibrahim IA, 'Diplomacy in the Age of AI: Legal and Strategic Approaches to Techno-Nationalism, Regulatory Soft Power and the AI Chips Race' (2026) 12 Research in Globalization100335.

     

    2025

    Brown R and Ibrahim IA, 'Open but Inaccessible: AI Access and Inclusivity Challenges in Open Government Data for SDG 16' in Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Sustainable Development: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (Routledge 2025) 155–182.

    Brown R, Harmon A and Yacoub S, 'Enhancing the EU AI Act with CSR: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in AI Regulation' (2025) 13(3) TalTech Journal of European Studies 143–161.

    Brown R, Dahdal A, Ibrahim IA and Truby J, 'Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and AI Legal Personhood' in Philip Hacker (ed), Oxford Intersections: AI in Society, vol 1 (Oxford University Press 2025).

    Al-Shamari K, Truby J, Brown R and Ibrahim IA, 'Legal Aspects of Telematics for Law Enforcement' (2025) 39(4) Arab Law Quarterly 511–530.

    Basyoni L, Qayyum A, Shaban K, Elmahjub E, Al-Ali A, Halabi O and Qadir J, 'Generative AI-Driven Metaverse: The Promises and Challenges of AI-Generated Content' (2025) 7 IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society 49–68.

    Elmahjub E, 'The Algorithmic Muse and the Public Domain: Why Copyright's Legal Philosophy Precludes Protection for Generative AI Outputs' (2025) 58 Computer Law & Security Review 106–170.

    Möller L-M, 'Federalism and Family Law in the United Arab Emirates: Untangling Conflict of Laws and Conflicts of Jurisdiction' (2025) aop Arab Law Quarterly 1–19.

    Möller L-M, 'Legal Reform for Syria's War-Affected Children: Adoption, Fostering, and State Responsibility in Transition' (2025) 39(1) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 1–18.

    Möller L-M, 'Children and Law' in K Fleet et al (eds), Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE (Brill 2025) 26–31.

    Möller L-M, 'Between Religious Diversity and National Unity: The Role of Family Law in Syria's Transitional Justice Journey' (15 January 2025) LSE Religion and Global Society Blog

    https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2025/01/ between-religious-diversity-and-national-unity-the-role-of-family-law-in-syrias-transitional-justice-journey/

    Mushtaq A, Naeem R, Elmahjub E, Ghaznavi I, Al-Maliki S, Abdallah M and Qadir J, 'Can LLMs Write Faithfully? An Agent-Based Evaluation of LLM-Generated Islamic Content' (2025) arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.24438.

    Tabassum A, Elmahjub E, Padela AI, Zwitter A and Qadir J, 'Generative AI and the Metaverse: A Scoping Review of Ethical and Legal Challenges' (2025) 6 IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society 348–359.

     

    2024

    Basyoni L, Tabassum A, Shaban K, Elmahjub E, Halabi O and Qadir J, 'Navigating Privacy Challenges in the Metaverse: A Comprehensive Examination of Current Technologies and Platforms' (2024) 7(4) IEEE Internet of Things Magazine 144–152.

    Möller L-M and Badr H, 'Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives' (2024) 16(1) Middle East Law and Governance 1–6.

    Möller L-M, 'One Year of Civil Family Law in the United Arab Emirates: A Preliminary Assessment' (2024) 38 Arab Law Quarterly 219–234.

    Möller L-M, 'Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation on Civil Family Law and Muslim Foreigners: Has the Tide Turned?' (15 November 2024) Conflictoflaws.net https://conflictoflaws.net/2024/abu-dhabi-court-of-cassation-on-civil-family-law-and-muslim-foreigners-has-the-tide-turned/

    Tabassum A, Elmahjub E and Qadir J, 'Ethics and Regulation in the Metaverse: Risks, Current Approaches, and Way Forward' in G Chhabra and K Kaushik (eds), Understanding the Metaverse: Applications, Challenges, and the Future (2024) 265–290.

     

    2023

    Truby J, Brown R and Ibrahim IA, 'Regulatory Options for Vehicle Telematics Devices: Balancing Driver Safety, Data Privacy and Data Security' (2023) 38(1) International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 86–110.

     

    2022

    Brown R, Truby J and Ibrahim IA, 'Mending Lacunas in the EU's GDPR and Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation' (2022) 9(1) European Studies: The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics 61–90.

    Truby J, Ibrahim IA  and Farah PD (eds), Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law: A Focus on SDG 16 'Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions' (Routledge, Abingdon 2022).

    Ibrahim IA, Transboundary Aquifers between International Water Law and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (Routledge, Abingdon 2022).  

    Brown R and Ibrahim IA, 'Open But Inaccessible: AI Access and Inclusivity Challenges in Open Government Data for SDG 16' in Truby J, Ibrahim IA  and Farah PD (eds), Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law: A Focus on SDG 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" (Routledge, Abingdon 2022) 135–152.

    Truby J and Ibrahim IA, 'AI, Corruption, SDG 16 and Developing Countries' in Truby J, Ibrahim IA  and Farah PD (eds), Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law: A Focus on SDG 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" (Routledge, Abingdon 2022) 117–134.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Factors Affecting the Adoption of Transboundary Groundwater Agreements and Potential Solutions: A Focus on the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System' in Haller T and Weilenmann A (eds), Cooperating Over Shared Freshwater Resources Using International Law (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore 2022) 245–268.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Using Flexibility Mechanisms for Addressing Technological and Scientific Developments: Examples from Selected Global Regulatory Frameworks' in de Guttry A, Gestri M and Venturini G (eds), Science, Technology, Policy and International Law (Routledge, Abingdon 2022) 201–220.   

    Ibrahim IA, 'Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Legal Analysis' in Brouwer F and others (eds), Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Edward Elgar Publishing 2022) 289–306.  

    Truby J, Ibrahim IA  and Brown R, Big Data Analytics and Its Impact on Basin Water Agreements and International Water Law (Brill, Leiden 2022).  

    Dahdal A, Business Law in Qatar (Qatar University Press 2022).  

    Dahdal A, 'Fintech Regulation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)' in Maume P, Maute L and Fromberger M (eds), The Law of Crypto Assets (Beck/Hart/Nomos, Berlin 2021-2022) 609–625.  

    Truby J, 'Blockchain Applications, Sanctions and SPVs' (2022) 17(9) Global Trade and Customs Journal.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Energy Transition and SDG7: A Legal Appraisal in the Context of the MENA Region' (2022) 15(4) Journal of World Energy Law & Business 607–629.

    Truby J, 'Decarbonizing the GCC: Sustainability and Life after Oil in GCC Countries' (2022) 16(2) Journal of World Energy Law & Business 160–177.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Creating Synergies between International Water Law and International Climate Change Law' (2022) 47(6) Water International 904–921.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Urgenda vs. Juliana: Lessons for Future Climate Change Litigation Cases' (2022) 83(3) Pittsburgh Law Review 701–724.

    Ibrahim IA, 'Embracing Conjunctive Water Management in International Water Law: To Pursue Legal Amendment, Instrument Coupling, or New Protocol Adoption?' (2022) 22(4) International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 613–632.    

    Ibrahim IA, 'The Paris Agreement Compliance Mechanism: Preparing for COP 26 in Glasgow and Beyond' (2022) 57(2) Wake Forest Law Review 341–372.    

    Brown R, Truby J and Ibrahim IA, 'Mending Lacunas in the EU's GDPR and Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation' (2022) 9(1) European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics 61–90.   

    Truby J, Dahdal A and Ibrahim IA, 'Sandboxes in the Desert: Is a Cross-Border “Gulf-Box" Feasible?' (2022) Law, Innovation and Technology (forthcoming).    

    Truby J, Brown RD, Dahdal A and Ibrahim IA, 'Blockchain, Climate Damage, and Death: Policy Interventions to Reduce the Carbon Emissions, Mortality, and Net-Zero Implications of Non-Fungible Tokens and Bitcoin' (2022) 88 Energy Research & Social Science 102499.

    Truby J, Dahdal A and Ismailov O, 'The Role and Potential of Blockchain Technology in Islamic Finance' (2022) 33(2) European Business Law Review 175–192.

     

    2021

    Dahdal A, 'Middle East and North Africa (MENA)' in Maume P, Maute L and Fromberger M (eds), The Law of Crypto Assets (Beck/Hart/Nomos, Berlin 2021) 627–644.   

    Truby J and Harmon A, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects (Springer 2021).   

    Ibrahim IA, 'Greening the Economy for the Sustainability Transition: An International Legal Perspective' in Brears RC (ed), The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) 873–889.   

    Ibrahim IA, 'International Energy Agency' in Wouters J (ed), International Encyclopedia of Laws: Intergovernmental Organizations (Wolters Kluwer 2021) 121–138.   

    Truby J and Ibrahim IA, Inclusion and Education: All Means All (UNESCO 2021).   

    Truby J and Ibrahim IA, 'Qatar: Climate Change Communication and Education' (UNESCO 2021) https://education-profiles.org/northern-africa-and-western-asia/qatar/~climate-change-communication-and-education     

    Ibrahim IA, Blockchain Regulation in Trade Finance in Qatar: A Report of the Experts' Views (D5.2.2 Report, Project No NPRP11C-1229-170007, 2021).    

    Ibrahim IA, 'The Importance of International Corruption Law and International Environmental Law to Achieve SDG 16: An Analysis of Global Instruments Addressing Environmental Corruption' in Higher Education Engages with SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (International Association of Universities and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2021) 88–99.   

    Dahdal A, 'Juggling Jurisdictions: A Contract Drafting Guide for Forum Election in Co-jurisdictional States' (2021) (4) Middle East and North Africa Business Review 28–32.   

    Dahdal A, 'Digital Finance and the COVID-19 Crisis' (2021) 33(1) National Law School of India Review(forthcoming).    

    Ibrahim IA, 'Draft Legal Framework for Shared Water Resources in the Arab World: Is It Really Needed?' (2021) 47(4) Water International 512–539.    

    Truby J, Brown RD, Ibrahim IA and Caudevilla Parellada O, 'A Sandbox Approach to Regulating High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Applications' (2021) 13(2) European Journal of Risk Regulation 270–294.    

    Ibrahim IA  and Truby J, 'Governance in the Era of Blockchain Technology in Qatar: A Roadmap and a Manual for Trade Finance' (2021) 23 Journal of Banking Regulation 419–438.    

    Reza K and Brown RD, 'Language Acquisition Theory and Context in Materials Development for Second Language Writing Courses' (2021) 18(2) Journal of Asia TEFL 649–656.    

    Ibrahim IA, 'Legal Tools for Addressing Uncertainty and Managing Risks in the Energy Sector: Is There a Role for International Disaster Law?' (2021) 14(3) Journal of World Energy Law & Business 163–175.     

    Xie L and Ibrahim IA, 'Is the Ecosystem Approach Effective in Transboundary Water Systems: Central Asia as a Case Study?' (2021) 8(5) Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.     

    Ibrahim IA, 'Overview of Export Restrictions on COVID-19 Vaccines and their Components' (2021) 25(10) ASIL Insights https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/25/issue/10     

    Hogic N and Ibrahim IA, 'Arctic Indigenous Communities and Antarctic Icebergs as Subjects of Inter-legality' (2021) 57(1) Stanford Journal of International Law 105–136.    

    Ibrahim IA, 'Water as a Human Right, Water as a Commodity: Can SDG6 be a Compromise?' (2021) The International Journal of Human Rights.    

    Brown RD, 'Property Ownership and the Legal Personhood of Artificial Intelligence' (2021) 30(2) Information & Communications Technology Law 208–228.    

    Truby J and Brown RD, 'Human Digital Thought Clones: The Holy Grail of Artificial Intelligence for Big Data' (2021) 30(2) Information & Communications Technology Law 140–168.    

    Dahdal A, Truby J and Botosh H, 'Trade Finance in Qatar: Blockchain and Economic Diversification' (2020) 14(4) Law and Financial Markets Review 1–14.    

     

    2020

    Brown R, Challenging the Enforcement of Emergency Arbitrator Decisions (Centre for Law and Development, KILAW 2020).    

    Hayajneh AZA, 'Law in the Corona and Post-Corona Era: Flexibility and Efficiency Test of the Qatari Laws: Horizontal Overview' (2020) 24(1) British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 94–107.     

    Ismailov O, 'Developing Bilateral Investment Treaties in a Post-COVID-19 Era' (2020) Qatar Business Law Review 1–17.    

    Dahdal A, 'Artificial Intelligence' (LexisNexis Practice Note, 20 January 2020).   

    Dahdal A, 'Virtual and Cryptocurrencies' (LexisNexis Practice Note, 20 January 2020).   

    Dahdal A, 'Blockchain' (LexisNexis Practice Note, 20 January 2020).   

    Konstantinidis I, '“Know Thyself": Racial Discrimination before the International Court of Justice – Recent Jurisprudential Developments' in International Law Association, Proceedings of the Braga Conference (Portugal) (Brill, The Hague/Leiden 2020).

    Deehring M, 'The Emerging Legal Profession in Qatar: Diversity Realities and Challenges' (2020) 27(3) International Journal of the Legal Profession 241–260.    

    Truby J, Dahdal A and Brown RD, 'Banking on AI: Mandating a Proactive Approach to AI Regulation in the Financial Sector' (2020) 14(2) Law and Financial Markets Review 145–155.    

    Harmon A and Truby J, 'Achieving Green Building in Qatar Through Legal and Fiscal Tools' (2020) 12(5) Journal of Sustainable Development 96–111.    

    Truby J, 'Governing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit the UN Sustainable Development Goals' (2020) 28(4) Sustainable Development 946–959.

     

    2019

    Truby J and Botchway F, 'Qatar: Mineral Policy' in Tiess G, Majumder T and Cameron P (eds), Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy (Springer 2019) 1–10.    

    Harmon A and Truby J, Climate Change and the Individual: Report on Qatar (Springer 2019).   

    Walker G, 'Facilitating Sustainable Development Goal 8 by Legal Reform Measures' in Walker J, Pekmezovic A and Walker G (eds), Sustainable Development: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Financing, Technology and Innovation (Wiley 2019) 63–78.   

    Truby J, 'Financing and Self-Financing of SDGs through Financial Technology, Legal and Fiscal Tools' in Walker J, Pekmezovic A and Walker G (eds), Sustainable Development: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Financing, Technology and Innovation (Wiley 2019) 79–96.   

    Walker J, Pekmezovic A and Walker G (eds), Sustainable Development: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Financing, Technology and Innovation (Wiley 2019).   

    Truby J, 'Financing and Self-Financing of SDGs through Financial Technology, Legal and Fiscal Tools' in Walker J, Pekmezovic A and Walker G (eds), Sustainable Development: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Financing, Technology and Innovation (Wiley 2019) 205–217.   

    Dahdal A, 'First Steps for FinTech Regulation in Qatar' (2019) 2 Qatar Business Law Review 19–21.    

    Dahdal A, 'Beyond Abraaj: What Now for Corporate Governance in the MENA Region?' (2019) 2 MENA Business Law Review 32–35.   

    Hayajneh AZ, 'Filling the Gaps: Proposed Review to Improve Qatar Environmental Law' (2019) 74 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization 54–61.   

    Deehring M, Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Qatar: Calling for a National Action Plan(Centre for Law and Development, unpublished report, 2019).    

    Harmon A and Truby J, 'Climate Change Law, Policy and Litigation in Qatar' in Sindico F (ed), Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects (Springer Nature 2019) 201–222.   

    Walker G, 'Supporting FinTech and SME Fundraising in Hong Kong' (2019) 37(3) Companies and Securities Law Journal 310–326.   

    Brown RD, 'Towards a Qatar Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model with a Legislative Framework' (2019) 2018(4) International Review of Law 9–44.   

    Dahdal A and Botchway FN, 'A Decade of Development: The Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre' (2019) 34 Arab Law Quarterly 1–15.    

    Testa D, 'Coastal State Regulation of Bunkering and Ship-to-Ship (STS) Oil Transfer Operations in the EEZ: An Analysis of State Practice and of Coastal State Jurisdiction Under the LOSC' (2019) 50(4) Ocean Development & International Law 363–386.    

    Dahdal A, 'Finance and Fairness: Enhancing the Customer Dispute Resolution Scheme (CDRS) in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)' (2019) 12(3) Law and Financial Markets Review 133–140.     

    Truby J, 'EU Environmental Law' (2019) 27 European Energy and Environmental Law Review 6.   

    Truby J, 'Using Bitcoin Technology to Combat Climate Change' (2019) Nature Middle Easthttps://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/ nmiddleeast.2018.111    

    Truby J, 'FinTech and the City: Sandbox 2.0 Policy and Regulatory Reform Proposals' (2019) 33(1) International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 1–20.   

     

    2018

    Konstantinidis I, 'Les travaux de l'Autorité internationale des fonds marins : État des lieux et perspectives' in Boisson de Chazournes L and others (eds), Mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Haritini Dipla (Pedone, Paris 2018).

    Dahdal A, 'Shareholder Rights' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'Shareholder Rights in Public and Listed Companies' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'Directors' Duties' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'Board Organisation' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'Appointment, Retirement, Resignation or Removal of Directors' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'Mergers and Acquisitions in Qatar' (Lexis Middle East Law, 2018).   

    Dahdal A, 'FinTech in Qatar' (2018) 1 Qatar Business Law Review 17–18.   

    Dahdal A, 'Time to Go Back to Basics for the Australian Banking Industry' Asian Banking and Finance (25 September 2018). 

    Truby J, 'The International Law of the Sea by Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens (2017)' (2018) 26(6) European Energy and Environmental Law Review 188–189.    

    Truby J, 'Validity of Allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme' (2018) 29(1) Environmental Law and Management.    

    Truby J, 'Environmental Policy and Politics in the European Union (2017)' (2018) European Energy and Environmental Law Review.    

    Botchway FN, 'Book Review: The Political Economy of WTO Implementation and China's Approach to Litigation in the WTO (Edward Elgar, 2016)' (2018) 16 Chinese Journal of International Law 1-260.    

    Truby J, 'Decarbonizing Digital Currency: Law and Policy Insights for Reducing the Energy Consumption of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technologies' (2018) 44 Energy Research & Social Science 399–410.    

     

    2017

    Konstantinidis I, 'Reflecting on Undelimited International Seabed Area: Inter-Institutional Challenges' in Martin L, Salonidis C and Hioureas C (eds), Natural Resources and the Law of the Sea: Exploration, Allocation, and Exploitation of Natural Resources in Areas under National Jurisdiction and Beyond (Juris Publishing, Washington DC 2017).

    Hayajneh AZ, 'Tracing Environmental Law Principles within the Qatari Legal System' (2017) 18(2) British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 102–115.   

    Brown RD, 'Qatar's Drone Regulations' Lexis Middle East Law Alert (August/September 2017) 2–4.   

    Botchway FN, 'New Arbitration Law in Qatar: Issues Arising' )2017( 6 International Arbitration Law Review293–300.   

    Auger MT, New Regulatory Framework for the District Cooling Sector in Qatar (Centre for Law and Development, Qatar University 2017).

    Safar R, Kafoud G, Al-Romaihi NA, Alkuwari HT, Suliman S and Al Atawneh B, Reports (TradeLab 2017)https://tradelab.org/    

    Alkuwari HT and Suliman S, 'Compliance with International Standards on AML/CFT in Qatar: Gap Analysis' (2017) 2 International Review of Law 1–23.  

    McKenna D and Kitson M, 'Is There a Cost Premium for Green Buildings in Qatar?' (2017) QScience Proceedings 2016.qgbc.24.

    Reid E, 'Balancing Human Rights, Environmental Protection and International Trade: Lessons from the EU Experience' (2017) 42(1) European Law Review 131–134.    

    Truby J, 'Qatar's Progress Towards Preventing Terror Finance through the Abuse of Charitable Status and the Financial Sector' (2017) 19(4) Journal of Money Laundering Control 500–516.   

    Truby J and Deehring M, 'The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law, edited by Cinnamon P Carlarne, Kevin R Gray and Richard Tarasofsky' (2017) 29(1) Journal of Environmental Law 197–201.   

    Truby J and Whitley S, 'Capacity Mechanisms in the EU Energy Market: Law, Policy, and Economics, edited by Leigh Hancher, Adrien de Hauteclocque and Malgorzata Sadowska' (2017) 26(2) European Energy and Environmental Law Review 60–62.  

    Truby J, 'VW's “Defeat Devices" and Liability for Claims for Lost Emissions Tax Revenue' (2017) 6(1) Global Journal of Comparative Law 1–24.