This panel brings together a number of papers that examine the legal, political, and social dynamics surrounding the invocation or engagement of the Islamic legal tradition in the contemporary world. … Continue reading Law and Society Association: Islamic Law and Society in Contemporary and Hybrid Legal Contexts

The book interrogates the claim that human rights are axiomatic with liberal freedom. Revisiting human rights interventions on gender, and on behalf of sexual and religious minorities, the author exposes … Continue reading Law and Society Association: Book Talk on “Gender, Alterity and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl”

This panel investigates how racialized groups mobilize for dignity inside and outside courts. Passalacqua analyzes the transformation of UK migrants' dignity claims by courts and lays bare law's limits as … Continue reading Law and Society Association: Mobilizing European Law Against Racialization and Exclusion

This "Author Meets Reader" panel brings together readers from a variety of career stages and disciplinary backgrounds (law, religion, and political science) to engage with Tamir Moustafa's new book, Constituting … Continue reading Law and Society Association: Book Talk on “Constituting Religion: Islam, Liberal Rights, and the Malaysian State”

The international research collaboration deals with aspects of gender and judging in Muslim courts in the context of the Middle East and South (East) Asia. The issues addressed are: 1) … Continue reading Law and Society Association: Gender and Judging in Muslim Courts