Radhika Kanchana addresses citizenship access to “outsiders” in Muslim-majority states in "How do Muslim States Treat their 'Outsiders'?: Is Islamic Practice of Naturalisation Synonymous with Jus Sanguinis?", Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, (originally published in Migration and Islamic Ethics: Issues of Residence, Naturalisation and Citizenship). Kanchana focuses mainly on the states’ practice … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Ashraf Booley argues that Tunisia should be seen as the vanguard of women-friendly legislation in the Arab world in "Progressive Realisation of Muslim Family Law: The Case of Tunisia," Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, (originally published in Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 22, 2019). In the chapter "Islamist Turn in Turkey, … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "Religio-Secular Counter-Hegemonic Legal Knowledge Production and Its Glocal Dissemination," Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, Ihsan Yilmaz explores unofficial ijtihads, micro-mujtahids, surfers on inter-madhhab, post-modern fragmentation of the unofficial Muslim law sphere, and the emergence of Islamic legal scholars, with a particular focus on the Gülen Movement. Nasir Qadri discusses the 2015 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "The State as a Shareholder: A Study of Partial Privatization and Its Impacts on Corporate Governance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Journal of Sharia & Law, Meshal Faraj presents Saudi Arabia as a case in which to examine the implications and impacts of government ownership of publicly traded companies on jurisdictions featuring dual judicial … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "The Status of Restorative Justice in Pakistani Legal System: An Analysis of Pakistani Laws With Special Reference to Certain Case Studies," Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, Nagina Riaz and Sohail Amjad capture the traces of the Restorative Justice System found in the form of arbitration and mediation groups known as the … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "The Mecelle, Sharia, and the Ottoman State: Fashioning and Refashioning of Islamic Law in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey, Samy Ayoub explores how the creation of the Mecelle, the first Islamic Civil Law code, in 1876 was justified by its drafters. The author contextualizes her research … Continue reading 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 digitize a dynamic body of literature, theology, astronomy, legal sources, and other materials spanning a millennium. In "Borrowings, Influences, and Comparability: The Case of Islamic … Continue reading 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 Law: Some Perspectives from within the Islamic Legal Traditions," International Law and Islam. The author attempts to address the existing gaps in the global history of the … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Maryam Saeed discusses the constraints in Islamic insurance (takāful) and its impact on the performance of takāful operators in "Challenges of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) Globally," COMSATS Journal of Islamic Finance, 2019. (This article was also featured in this week's issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal). In "Islamic Financial Intermediation of Indonesian Economic … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Hebrew University of Jerusalem scholars Morr Link and Yoram Haftel discuss the significance of domestic legal traditions, with a particular focus on states with Islamic law tradition, to international dispute settlement in "Islamic Legal Tradition and the Choice of Investment Arbitration Forums," The Review of International Political Economy, Forthcoming. Mahmoud Jaraba contributed a book chapter entitled “Private Dispute … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
