It is time to bid farewell to our guest blogger for the month of October. Please join me in thanking Ahmad A. Ahmad for his thoughtful series of posts this … Continue reading Thank you, Ahmad A. Ahmad!
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers – Afterthoughts
Two points remain to be made at the end of this series, arising from a reaction to, and an interaction of relevance to, the previous blog posts. First, an excellent graduate … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers – Afterthoughts
Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post
By Fahad Ahmad Bishara. Reposted from the Legal History Blog with permission from the author. For this post, instead of giving reflections on research or on writing in Indian Ocean legal history, … Continue reading Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post
Does Islamic Law Support Human Cloning?
In 1983 at its Third Islamic Summit Conference, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation founded the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (“IIFA”).[1] Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the IIFA is tasked with … Continue reading Does Islamic Law Support Human Cloning?
Upcoming Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
Join the Harvard Law School Library community and Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Faculty Director, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, among other scholars, in … Continue reading Upcoming Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition, a collaboration between the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University, is working to … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (4-4)
A minimally professionalized lawyer-advocate is less of an independent agent with interests diverging from those of their appointers. This, in a nutshell, is the image I depicted in three previous … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (4-4)
Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 4 :: Future Prospects for Greece’s Sharīʿa Courts After Molla Sali v. Greece
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is the final part of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 4 :: Future Prospects for Greece’s Sharīʿa Courts After Molla Sali v. Greece
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Through the writings of eminent classic and contemporary Islamic jurists, Ayesha Shahid explores the development of As-Siyar (Islamic international law) within the Islamic legal tradition in "An Exploration of the ‘Global’ History of International … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (3-4)
In both Roman and Islamic law, legal representation is not limited to court appearances on behalf of a principal. It is more or less the default in everyday life that … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (3-4)