Please join us next Monday, November 2 at 12:00pm for a very special virtual event, “Why You Should Study Legal History.” You will have the opportunity to hear from distinguished … Continue reading Panel: Why You Should Study Legal History, Program in Law & History (Harvard Law School), November 2, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 pm
On Originalism and the Role of Legal Canons in Islamic Law
The 43rd annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture organized by Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law hosted our Editor-in-Chief, Intisar Rabb, with her presentation titled "Interpreting Islamic Law." The … Continue reading On Originalism and the Role of Legal Canons in Islamic Law
Online Lecture: “Should a Muslim Woman Be President? Race, Gender, and the Insurgent Legacies of American Islam” Yale Law School, November 12, 2020, 4:15-5:45 PM
“Should a Muslim Woman Be President? Race, Gender, and the Insurgent Legacies of American Islam” Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:15 – 5:45 pm EST Sylvia Chan-Malik, Associate Professor, Department of … Continue reading Online Lecture: “Should a Muslim Woman Be President? Race, Gender, and the Insurgent Legacies of American Islam” Yale Law School, November 12, 2020, 4:15-5:45 PM
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The 43rd Annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture speaker Intisar Rabb's (Harvard) presentation titled "Interpreting Islamic Law" explains the judicial overhaul that occurred during the thirteenth century under the reign … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
News Roundup: Debates about the Use and Abuse of Islamic Criminal Law in Afghanistan
The NYT reports on a radical figure in Afghanistan who uses what mainstream scholars of Islamic law around him call novel and excessively harsh interpretations of Islamic criminal law or … Continue reading News Roundup: Debates about the Use and Abuse of Islamic Criminal Law in Afghanistan
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
A roundup of new academic scholarship in the field of Islamic law and legal history.
A Note to 2020 Graduates and the Community
A Note from the Director [Updated 06.07.2020] Congratulations to the class of 2020! All of us at the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School extend a hearty congratulations … Continue reading A Note to 2020 Graduates and the Community
Upcoming Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
Join the Harvard Law School Library community and Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Faculty Director, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, among other scholars, in … Continue reading Upcoming Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
Join the Harvard Law School Library community and Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Faculty Director, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, among other scholars, in … Continue reading Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
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 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup