The blog "Law and Other Things" recently featured a book review of Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia (2018), written by Jeffrey Redding. The book, authored by Julia … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Redding Responds to Stephens’ “Governing Islam”
“Law and Other Things,” a blog about India’s laws and legal system, will host a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia (2018). The book … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Rohit De Introduces Book Discussion on Julia Stephen’s “Governing Islam”
"Secularizing Islam: The Colonial Encounter and the Making of a British Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria, 1903–58" by Rabiat Akande. This article narrates the ways in which siyasa, understood as … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Akande on British Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria
This week’s issue of SSRN's Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: “The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Filiation Judgments in Arab Countries” by Béligh Elbalti This … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: July 26th
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: “European Law and the Veil: Muslim Women from Victims to Emblems of the Enemy” by … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: July 19th
Routledge has published a new book on the Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families: Marriage, Law and Gender (June 2019). The book, edited by Marja Tiilikainen, Mulki Al-Sharmani, and Sanna Mustasaari, … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: “Muslim Nationality in Late Colonial India: From Law to Sacrifice” by Adeel Hussain By way … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: July 3rd
Last month, we featured a roundtable discussion on Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi’s proposal to amend inheritance laws. A new paper on SSRN offers some historical context for these debates: … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Islamic Inheritance Law
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A new book by Will Smiley (Reed College), From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law (Oxford University Press, Nov. 2018), examines the origins of … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Smiley on the Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law
The South African newspaper Mail & Guardian recently featured a book review of Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World (2018), by Raficq S. Abdullah and Mohamed M. Keshavjee. … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: History of Sharīʿa
