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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Law, Islam, and the Future of the Middle East

November 28, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Source: Noah Feldman, Law, Islam, and the Future of the Middle East 84 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 617-635 (2006-2007) Summary: In his invited lecture at the…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Imposed Constitutions and Established Religion

November 26, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Citation: Noah Feldman, Imposed Constitutions and Established Religion 4(3) The Rev. Faith & Int’l Aff. 3-12 (2006) [Abridged version of Imposed Constitutionalism 37 Conn. L. Rev. 857-889…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Islamic Constitutionalism in Context: A Typology and a Warning

November 22, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Source: Noah Feldman, Islamic Constitutionalism in Context: A Typology and a Warning 7 U. St. Thomas L. J. 436-451 (2010) Summary: Feldman begins his article by explaining…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Lena Salaymeh on The Beginnings of Islamic Law: Late Antique Islamicate Legal Traditions

November 18, 2017October 27, 2021

By Aya Saed Lena Salaymeh’s The Beginnings of Islamic Law crafts an intellectually rigorous framework through which to interrogate the hegemonic tradition of Islamic jurisprudence. “The objective of this book…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Imposed Constitutionalism

November 14, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Citation: Noah Feldman, Imposed Constitutionalism 37 Conn. L. Rev. 857-889 (2005) Summary: Written in response to his involvement in Iraq’s restructuring [though carefully mentioning that he had…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on The Democratic Fatwa

November 13, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Citation: Noah Feldman, The Democratic Fatwa: Islam and Democracy in the Realm of Constitutional Politics 58(1) Okla. L. Rev. 1-9 (2005) Summary: ‘Ali Sistani, who was born…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Joseph Lowry on the Legal Hermeneutics of al-Shāfi‘ī and Ibn Qutayba

October 12, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Abstract: Joseph Lowry on the Legal Hermeneutics of Two Early Islamic Scholars: In this article, Lowry responds to Calder’s assertion that Shāfi‘ī’s Risāla was written around the…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Najm al-Din Yousefi on Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ

July 15, 2017October 27, 2021

By Sheza Alqera Atiq Citation: Yousefi, Najm al-Din. 2017. “Islam without Fuqahāʾ: Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ and His Perso-Islamic Solution to the Caliphate’s Crisis of Legitimacy (70–142 AH/690–760 CE).” Iranian Studies 50…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Joseph Lowry on Law and Commandment in Sūrat al-An‘ām

May 25, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Abstract: Joseph Lowry on Islamic Legal Minimalism: Lowry, in line with his other work focusing on how the Qur’ān does not read as a detailed legislative text,…

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Scholarship in “Plain English”: Joseph Lowry on the Prophet as Lawgiver and Legal Authority

May 15, 2017October 27, 2021

By Cem Tecimer Abstract: Joseph Lowry elaborates on the prophetic authority of Muhammad as a lawgiver. While the Qur’ān remains the undisputed ultimate source for Muslims, Lowry draws attention to…

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