Introduction On February 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued an opinion mandating the stunning of an animal before slaughter to satisfy the EU organic labeling.[1] The decision came … Continue reading Commentary :: Organic Labeling: Reconciling Religious Freedom and Animal Welfare in the European Union
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers – Afterthoughts
Two points remain to be made at the end of this series, arising from a reaction to, and an interaction of relevance to, the previous blog posts. First, an excellent graduate … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers – Afterthoughts
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (4-4)
A minimally professionalized lawyer-advocate is less of an independent agent with interests diverging from those of their appointers. This, in a nutshell, is the image I depicted in three previous … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (4-4)
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (3-4)
In both Roman and Islamic law, legal representation is not limited to court appearances on behalf of a principal. It is more or less the default in everyday life that … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (3-4)
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (2-4)
At the end of the last post we met the negotiorum gestor, an administrator of the business of another, even without any mandate from the principal. The argument for this … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (2-4)
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 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (1-4)
INTRODUCTION TO A SERIES OF FOUR POSTS In this series, I aim to play with a few ideas. First, I will imagine a society without heavily professionalized sophists who can … Continue reading Commentary :: Let’s Lose Lawyers (1-4)
The case of the free woman who was enslaved
Umayyad Cordoba Years 300/912-309/921 and 312/924-314/926, when Aslam b. ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz was the judge in Cordoba. The source is literary (biographical dictionary of Cordoban judges) and based on oral information. … Continue reading The case of the free woman who was enslaved
Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Imposed Constitutionalism
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 … Continue reading Scholarship in “Plain English”: Noah Feldman on Imposed Constitutionalism
Scholarship in “Plain English”: Najm al-Din Yousefi on Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ
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 … Continue reading Scholarship in “Plain English”: Najm al-Din Yousefi on Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ