This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "The Role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in Resolving Disputes Among the State Organs" by Khairil Azmin Mokhtar, International Islamic … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: September 6
Law and the Islamization of Morocco under the Almoravids: The Fatwās of Ibn Rushd al-Jadd by Camilo Gómez-Rivas. From the publisher: "Law and the Islamization of Morocco under the Almoravids. The Fatwās … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Gómez-Rivas on the Development of Legal Institutions in the Far Maghrib
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul" by Asli Cansunar and Timur Kuran This paper … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: August 23
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Sharia Supervisory Boards, Governance Structures and Operational Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Islamic Banks in MENA Countries" by Ahmed Elamer, Collins … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: August 16
"The Immanent Frame" recently published Tamir Moustafa's reply to a forum on his book Constituting Religion: Islam, Liberal Rights, and the Malaysian State (Cambridge, 2018). In his reply, he outlines the ways in … Continue reading Forum Reply: Tamir Moustafa on “Constituting Religion”
Sohaira Siddiqui, Georgetown University Qatar, recently published "Navigating Colonial Power: Challenging Precedents and the Limitation of Local Elites" in Islamic Law and Society 26:3 (13 June 2019), 1-41. "In 1869, the British allowed Muslims to … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Siddiqui on Syed Mahmood
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Muslims and Sacred Texts and Laws" by Ihsan Yilmaz Like secular law, Islamic law also deals with matters of … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: August 7
"Law and Other Things," a blog about India's laws and legal system, has been hosting a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia (2018). The book explores the colonial … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Sen Responds to Stephens’ “Governing Islam”
Ottoman Rule of Law and the Modern Political Trial: The Yildiz Case "In 1876, a recently dethroned sultan, Abdülaziz, was found dead in his chambers, the veins in his arm … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Rubin on the Passage of Ottoman Law into the Modern Era
This week’s issue of SSRN’s LSN Law & Religion eJournal includes: "Veiled Muslim Women: Challenging Patriarchy in the Legal System" by Zainab Ramahi This essay is an attempt to abandon the white male gaze … Continue reading LSN Law & Religion eJournal: July 31
