Focus and Scope

AL-QIST welcomes original research in the following areas:

  1. Law and Legal Studies
  • Civil Law
  • Commercial Law and Business Law
  • Public International Law
  • Private International Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Economic and Financial Law
  • Banking and Financial Law
  • Investment Law
  • Company and Corporate Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Health Law
  • Family Law
  • Procedural Law

 

  1. Contemporary Legal Studies
  • Contemporary legal theory and jurisprudence
  • Emerging legal issues and legal challenges
  • Legal responses to social and economic transformation
  • Comparative approaches to contemporary legal problems
  • Legislative and judicial developments
  • Legal reform and modernization
  • Contemporary legal policy and regulation
  • Law and global transformation

 

  1. Comparative Legal Studies
  • Comparative analysis of legal systems
  • Comparative studies between Civil Law and Common Law systems
  • Comparative studies between positive law and Islamic Sharia
  • Comparative analysis of Arab, Islamic, and international legislation
  • Comparative legislative and judicial studies
  • Comparative legal theory and jurisprudence

 

  1. Islamic Sharia and Law
  • Islamic jurisprudence and comparative jurisprudence
  • Maqasid al-Sharia
  • Islamic Sharia and positive law
  • Islamic financial transactions
  • Islamic finance and banking
  • Islamic economic law
  • Contemporary legal issues from the perspective of Islamic Sharia

 

  1. Law and Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence and Law
  • Digital Law
  • E-Commerce Law
  • Smart Contracts
  • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Law
  • Data Protection and Privacy
  • Cybercrime Law
  • FinTech and Financial Regulation
  • Digital Transformation and Legal Systems

 

  1. Law, Governance, and Public Policy
  • Good Governance
  • Anti-Corruption Law and Policy
  • Human Rights
  • Sustainable Development and Law
  • Public Administration
  • Legislative Reform
  • Public Policy
  • International Relations
  • International Organizations and Global Governance