Subject(s): Political science -- Research Directories | Social science -- Research Directories Holdings: ,Book - Reference,Gombak Campus Library,Reference Collection,,r JA27T443D 1993,Not for loan,00000359826

The International Court of Justice in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh adjudged Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh to Singapore, Middle Rocks to Malaysia, and South Ledge to the state in the territorial waters of which it is located. The judgment has far-reaching implications for both Malaysia and Singapore as it create

In accordance with Article 292 of the UNCLOS 1982, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea shall in its judgment determine in each case whether or not the allegation made by the applicant that the detaining State has not complied with a provision of the Convention for the prompt release of the vessel or the crew upon the posting of a reas

It has been argued that due to the emergence in recent time of other international courts and tribunals, such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, the significance of the International Court of Justice has been reduced. Nevertheless, since the newer courts and tribunals are all

This paper argues that research and publications in the area of methodology of Islamic economics is very significant for a meaningful development of the discipline. Although the discussion on methodology of Islamic economics in contemporary Islamic economics literature is rather limited, this paper reviews the works of selected scholars who have at

The enforcement powers of the coastal State over foreign vessels in their territorial seas normally include arrest of the crew, seizure of the vessels, and their detention that may extend for a considerable length of time. What makes the matter worst is the extension by the UNCLOS 1982 of the coastal State’s powers to the new legal regime of the

The recent judgment of the ICJ in the Pedra Branca case is of crucial importance to Singapore and Malaysia because having resolved the question of which State has sovereignty over Pedra Branca and Middle Rocks, the Court has paved the way for the resolution of the delimitation of the maritime boundaries between the two States. However, this matter,

Data confidentiality is a major problem for healthcare and medical emergency system since it accumulates significant information. Sharing and transmission of private via Internet leads to easily intercept it by unauthorized parties. Attackers need to access private information by capturing data transmission and forging themselves as authorized user

The three degree of freedom (3DOF) helicopter is a simplified model, which is used to study the behaviours of the helicopters. It is an example of a so-called underactuated mechanical system that has a fewer control inputs than degrees of freedom. Application of multiple-surface sliding mode control to such model looks attractive, because of the ab

Hepatitis C is a never-ending public health problem and the prevalence among chronic renal disease (CRD) patient always exceeds the general population. We studied the sensitivity of semi-nested reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (sn RT-PCR) technique for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients with chronic ren