Law No. 22 of 1999 on Regional Autonomy stipulates that the Indonesian national government acknowledges the Special Region status of the Province of Aceh and grants the provincial government of Aceh the … Continue reading Qanun of Aceh, No. 14 of 2003 on Khalwat (Close Proximity)
CASE COMMENT: Shamim Ara and the Divorce Politics of a Secular and Modern India
South Asia editor Jeff Redding argues that the "state vs. non-state character of talaq" is too often overlooked as a factor influencing the Indian Supreme Court's decision in the landmark case Shamim Ara v. State of … Continue reading CASE COMMENT: Shamim Ara and the Divorce Politics of a Secular and Modern India
IN SUMMARY :: The Other Pakistan: Special Laws, Diminished Citizenship, and the Gathering Storm (Workshop with Osama Siddique)
Osama Siddique, the Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Harvard Law School, led a discussion on Friday, September 30th at the International and Comparative Law Workshop on … Continue reading IN SUMMARY :: The Other Pakistan: Special Laws, Diminished Citizenship, and the Gathering Storm (Workshop with Osama Siddique)
A Court by Any Other Name: State ‘Courts’ and Sharīʿa Councils
South Asia editor Jeff Redding compares the British sharīʿa courts debate to similar debates going on in India. He examines the semantic approach of the current debate, and questions whether this approach fully encompasses the … Continue reading A Court by Any Other Name: State ‘Courts’ and Sharīʿa Councils