Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

PGR Selector (2010- present)
PGR Deputy Degree Programme Director (2010- present)

Qualifications

PhD, School of Law, University of Leeds.
LLM(Intl. Business Law), Department of Law,University of Wales(Aberystwyth).
LLB, Faculty of Law, University of Aleppo (Syria).

Memberships

Society of Legal Scholars

Research Interests

Financial Law and Banking Regulation; Islamic Banking and Finance; Commercial Law and Corporate Finance.

Current Work

The Quest for a Better Legal and Regulatory Framework for Islamic Banking: A Compatibility Analysis of Islam and Banking [Fellowship project (phase1)].

The impact of HPP regulation on the Islamic Mortgage market in the UK [Fellowship project (phase 2)].

Postgraduate Supervision

If you would like information on reading for a research degree at Newcastle Law School please see www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/postgraduate/research/index.htm

Esteem Indicators

ifs School of Finance/Henry Grunfeld Foundation Research Fellow (09-10)

Funding

ifs School of Finance/Henry Grunfeld Foundation Research Fellowship, £18000, August 2009-August 2010.

Undergraduate Teaching

Company Law

Postgraduate Teaching

Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance
Islamic Finance and Islamic Economics
The Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Islamic Banking

• Aldohni AK. Book Review, Corporate Finance Law in the UK and EU, edited by Dan Prentice and Arad Reisberg.(forthcoming- fall 2012). Banking and Finance Law Review 2012.
• Aldohni AK. Book Review, Jewish Law in Transition: How Economic Forces Overcame the Prohibition Against Lending on Interest, by Hillel Gamoran. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 2012, 14(1), 121-122.
• Aldohni AK. The Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Islamic Banking: A comparative look at the UK and Malaysia. London, UK: Routledge, 2011.
• Aldohni AK. The Bank that Rocked! Does the problem lie in the global business model of conventional banking?. In: Gray, J, ed. Financial Regulation in Crisis?: The Role of Law and the Failure of Northern Rock. London, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011, pp.88-106.
• Aldohni AK. Foundations of Islamic Banking and Finance. Kent, UK: ifs School of Finance, 2010.
• Abdul Karim Aldohni. The Challenge of Islamic Banking Disputes in The English Courts: The Applied Law. Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2009, 24(6), 350-352.
• Aldohni AK. Islamic Banking Challenges Modern Corporate Governance: The Dilemma of Sharia Supervisory Board. The Company Lawyer 2008, 29(5), 156-160.
• Aldohni AK. Proposed Changes to the UK Depositors' Compensation Scheme: Can Islamic Banks Benefit?. Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2008, 23(8), 412-415.
• Aldohni AK. The Emergence of Islamic Banking in the UK, A Comparative Study with Muslim Countries. Arab Law Quarterly 2008, 22(2), 180-198.
• Aldohni AK. The UK Prudential Banking Regulation and Islamic Banks: Has the Financial Services Authority Achieved its Regulatory Objectives. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2008, 23(7), 382-386.