Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Research Paper Series
The Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Research Paper Series is a project of New York Law School and the Social Science Research Network.
One of the newest journals in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and the only one that focuses on this area of law, the Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Research Paper Series at New York Law School is a unique forum—multidisciplinary, international, and instantly accessible—for posting and locating current scholarship in the field. Abstracts, works in progress, and completed scholarly works on any matter of public or private law, legal theory, legal history, or legal policy or practice that relates to the modern or pre-modern Muslim world are welcome.
The series is edited by Sadiq Reza (New York Law School) and supported by a distinguished advisory board that consists of:
Khaled Abou El Fadl (UCLA)
Azizah al-Hibri (University of Richmond)
Nathan Brown (George Washington University)
Wael Hallaq (McGill)
Bernard Haykel (Princeton)
Mohammad Hashim Kamali (International Islamic University, Malaysia)
Ann Elizabeth Mayer (University of Pennsylvania)
David Powers (Cornell)
Abdulaziz A. Sachedina (Virginia)
Frank Vogel (formerly Harvard)
SOLICITATION OF ABSTRACTS
Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World is an interdisciplinary forum for posting abstracts, works-in-progress, and completed scholarly works on any matter of public or private law, legal theory, legal practice or policy that bears on the modern or pre-modern Muslim world, such as studies of:
- Topics in classical or contemporary shari'a;
- Legal theory, practice, institutions, or actors in pre-modern Muslim regions;
- Domestic law or practice in modern Muslim-majority nations, or in non-Muslim-majority nations insofar as it affects or relates to Muslims;
- International law or practice that affects or relates to Muslim-majority nations or to Muslims.
Contributions are welcome from scholars of law, history, religion, political science, international affairs or regional studies, gender studies, economics or finance, and any other discipline from which pertinent scholarship arises.
Vol. 2, Issue 6 (August 18, 2008)
Vol. 2, Issue 5 (July 11, 2008)
Vol. 2, Issue 4 (June 20, 2008)
Vol. 2, Issue 3 (May 8, 2008)
Vol. 2, Issue 2 (March 20, 2008)
Vol. 2, Issue 1 (February 14, 2008)
Vol. 1, Issue 1 (December 21, 2007)
Current Issue
Vol. 2, Issue 7 (September 25, 2008)
No. 08-43
"Limiting
the Regulation of Islamic Finance: Lessons from Dubai," Andrew
Henderson, Clifford Chance LLP
Law and Financial Markets Review, Vol. 1, No. 3
No. 08-42
"Constitutional
Jurisprudence and the Articulation of Islamic Law: A Comparative Analysis
of Egypt and Pakistan," Shoaib A. Ghias, University of
California, Berkeley, School of Law
No. 08-41
"Uniform
Civil Code and Adoption Laws in India," Sharda Sharma, Chanakya
National Law University
No. 08-40
"The
Future of Palestinian Women's Rights: Lessons from a Half-Century of
Tunisian Progress," Adrien K. Wing, University of Iowa College of
Law; Hisham A. Kassim, Kalbian Hagerty, LLP - Law Clerk
Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 64, 2007
U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-22
No. 08-39
"The
Islamic Veil and Freedom of Religion, the Rights to Education and Work: A
Survey of Recent International and National Cases," Manisuli
Ssenyonjo, Brunel University - School of Social Sciences and Law
Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp.
653-710, 2007
No. 08-38
"Between
Allan Christelow, Paul H. Robinson and Adnan Zulfiqar; Abdullahi A. An
Na'Im, Sanusi L. Sanusi and Asifa Quraishi: Rationalizing the Concept of
Inventing New Forms in Islamic (Sharia) Law in Nigeria," Aminu
Adamu Bello, University of Abuja, Nigeria
