Chief-in-Editor Prof. Badria A. Al-Awadi
Arabic and global legal spaces are crowded with many of raised issues and topics, represented in the faculties of law, courts, lawyers associations, judges, paralegals and others, which deserves to be highlighted in this corner of the journal, however we have chosen to devote it to this issue, Which coincides with the beginning of the new academic year, to discuss the requirements to renew and develop the legal academic research, given the importance of this sector and its strategic role in the development process and renaissance within societies, so as to assist in providing solutions and effective legal diligences to the problems faced by Political , constitutional institutions , Executive and administrative authorities in the public and private sectors, which would contribute towards cooperation and stability and providing an integrated environment for development in human societies. There is no doubt that reality and the role of academic research in Western societies is a successful evidence of what we have referred to in this introduction, and is a catalyst and an example that can be used for the pioneers and officials of legal academic research in the Arab world and developing countries to seek to renew and develop the system of this type of research to take the place it deserves and the role entrusted to it .
We have already established a system for legal academic research in our practical ,academic Arabic societies over the past decades, has already produced many productions and diligences, some of them are distinguished, both at the level of capacity building, cadres and graduates, or at the level of institutions and mechanisms which its features, by the publishing of legal book which Increased significantly and active research centers which organize Almost regularly conferences and seminars , In addition to the launching of specialized academic journals, whether by colleges or universities or by professional bodies such as lawyers’ associations or judges, or even by government agencies such as the In the case of the ministries of justice in a number of countries, as well as the organization of seminars, conferences and workshops to discuss the problems and emerging issues and others.
These mechanisms, instruments and institutions formed and still an important source for academic research, but require objectively to renew and develop does not exclude any aspect of limited impact and results during the recent period, in the framework of a comprehensive vision of the reform of the academic legal research sector, in We believe that this approach must take into account the following elements:
1- Renew the emphasis on the importance of academic legal research sector, particularly in natural incubators represented in colleges and universities and specialized research centers, through increasing allocations budgets and activating its comprehensive community, legal and institutional form, meaning that arise in specialized institutions in Supporting and development of academic research.
2- Review the curricula and courses of Arabic faculties of law and integrates theoretical and practical developments, focusing on training and practical aspects, encourages research, investigation, and critical and practical thinking.
3- Urging and encouraging faculty in colleges and universities and researchers to continue in new and effective researches, of applied and effective impact, and relationship to the emerging legal issues, and the creation of the Best Researchers Award could be an incentive in this context.
4- Increasing the activation of symposia and seminars that bring together researchers and practitioners, legislators and others in emerging issues, and publish it to expand the discussion.
5- Encourage professional associations of judges and lawyers to encourage its members to continue to research, dissemination and awareness of legal updates and local and global professional in their field of specialty.
6- Activate the publishing of legal academic research through periodicals or books and specialized versions, these versions have to comply with the standards of quality and excellence, or through well chosen research programs and topics, that arise from the facts and the requirements of everyday problems and legal challenges In local communities, these research programs and studies gain practical importance and gives it a characteristic added value to academic research areas and necessary accumulation and needed excellence.
7- The establishment and consolidation of cooperation and partnership and initiative as fundamental values in the areas of development of the academic research and, which allows the delivery of extensive, quality and wide-ranging research programs.
Despite the comprehensiveness of the previous elements in relation to the development of the academic research subjects, it may cover more general institutional aspect, but the initiative of individual researchers remain with important and significant impact in terms of good selection of vital topics related to legal issues , contemporary community problems , and discussed it with the adoption of analytical methods, and critical comparing, both in individual method or through specialized teams complement each other. There is no doubt that that would achieve concrete results evolve with continuity revising, evaluation and development, echoed in local and global communities.
