Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Malaysia federal court declares Kelantan state Shariah laws unconstitutional” (Jurist, February 11, 2024), Salma Ben Souissi (The University of Law, GB) analyzes the recent decision by the Federal Court of Malaysia that declared various sharī’a laws enacted by the state of Kelantan unconstitutional. In “Islamic Law in the Development of Indonesian Law” (Educational Journal… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: The Ottoman Land Code in Bulgaria: Selective Interpretations

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By Milena B. Methodieva The Ottoman Imperial Land Code of 1858 was one of the major pieces of legislation produced during the Tanzimat (1839-1876), the period of sweeping reforms in … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Ottoman Land Code in Bulgaria: Selective Interpretations

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Five years ago, while [a Canadian] couple were living in Pakistan, a court granted [them] adoption rights under a Sharia law known as kafala. This practice recognizes adoptive parents in most of the world’s 49 Muslim-majority countries through guardianship, which is a largely symbolic Islamic principle that maintains the tie between adopted children and their… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Sharia and Human Rights Law in the Constitutional Framework of Gulf States” (Human Rights Quarterly 46, no. 1 (2024)), Eleni Polymenopoulou (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) “discusses the extent to which the Sharia and human rights are intermingled in the constitutional architecture of Gulf countries[.]” In “An Appraisal of the Nature of Islamic Criminal Procedure: Whether… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Legal Translation between Empires: The Case of Çiftlik in Serbia

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By Jelena Radovanović  In the cold early months of 1880, rumors spread that the government of the young Serbian Principality was preparing a law that would once and for all … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Legal Translation between Empires: The Case of Çiftlik in Serbia

::Roundtable:: When Ottoman Land Law became Greek Law: The case of a land sale in Attica

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By Fatma Gül Karagöz* In 1831, Halil Bey and his brothers sold a plot of land in Attica to Count Baggiari, an Italian, therefore at that time a subject of … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: When Ottoman Land Law became Greek Law: The case of a land sale in Attica

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Knox Thames, an international human rights lawyer, “said some state governments [in Nigeria] have disregarded the constitutional provision that prohibits the establishment of a state religion or the granting of preferential treatment to any religious or ethnic group at the state or local level.” “A reversal in globalisation and challenges faced by Western financial system… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Changes in Islamic Legal Culture in Customary Marriage at Uluan Musi Community” (Journal of Population and Social Studies 32 (2024)), Syahril Jamil (Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia) and others explore how marriage in the Uluan Musi community in Indonesia is regulated by the interlocking Islamic, national, and customary laws. In “Critical Study… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States

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By Fatma Gül Karagöz* What happens to land and property relations when a new administration obtains the dominion of a territory? I became interested in this question a couple of … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “A major challenge of Canada‘s ban on adoptions from several Muslim countries is set to play out in the Federal Court — a move some legal observers say wouldn’t be necessary if the government wasn’t upholding what they call a “discriminatory” policy. . . . In 2013, Canada suddenly put a stop to adoptions from… CONTINUE READING