SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Arabica 74, no. 4–5 is a special issue coordinated by recent Islamic Law Blog guest editors Eirik Hovden (University of Bergen) and Mahmood Kooria (University of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Relative Lenience or Strictness of the Sunni Schools of Law" (Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta), Christopher Melchert (University of Oxford) examines "al-Mīzān," a "survey of agreements … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Impaired Foundations, Perduring Law: The Meaning and Aims of Māwardī’s al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya” (Islamic Law and Society), Daniel Lav (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) notes that … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Spaces for Women in Mosques: Past, Present and Future" (Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture), Bernard O’Kane (American University in Cairo) "explores first the historical … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Ottoman Justice and Political Economy of Empires: Venetian Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Courts” (Comparative Studies in Society and History), Tommaso Stefini (Sabancı Üniversitesi) “examines … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Between Law and Politics: Islamic Judges in the South Indian Littoral, 1808–1885” (Law and History Review), Saumyashree Ghosh (Yale Law School) “offers a fresh … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Dynamics of Tradition: Islamic Theology and Law in Relation (Brill), editors Idris Nassery and Muna Tatari invite readers to “explore how Islamic theology and … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Women’s Gifting of Their Inheritance Share to Male Kin Is Void: A Study of Late Ottoman Fatwas on Social Coercion” (British Journal of Middle … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “A Sense of Justice: Coloniality and the Islamic Legal Tradition,” their introductory essay to a special issue of Die Welt des Islams, Samy Ayoub … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Hidden in the Margins: Contesting Legal Authority in Marginal Hadith Glosses” (Islamic Law and Society), Muntasir Zaman (Qalam Seminary) explores “nineteenth century marginal glosses … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
