Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World

Supporting rigorous cutting edge scholarship that addresses the complex relationships between law and society in Muslim majority and minority contexts around the world.

Latest News

February 24, 2025 staff news Salma Waheedi co-authors policy paper on displaced Armenians’ right of return to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Program Executive Director Salma Waheedi joins Yeghia Tashjian, Nareg Seferian, and Thomas Becker to present a framework for the right of return for displaced Armenians to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in a policy paper published by the Aram Manoukian Institute for Strategic Planning.

December 04, 2024 Program, Publications Professor Farzin Vejdani Publishes New Book on Crime and Punishment in 19th-Century Iran

November 25, 2024 Program Visiting Fellowship Alumna Launches Muslim Family Law Hub

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Apr24

The Duty to Prevent, Guarantor Institutions and State Capture: Theorizing from the Global South

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us for an discussion of the critical link between a state’s responsibility to prevent human rights violations and the design of its constitutional institutions, drawing on experiences from the Global South, including Nepal, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.

Research Opportunities

The Program on law and Society in the Muslim World provides opportunities for outstanding JD, LLM, and SJD candidates at Harvard Law School to undertake scholarly and policy research, writing, and engagement on themes related to the Program’s work. Students may select to work on research projects for academic writing credit or through paid research assistantships.

We welcome applications by HLS students interested in interested in pursuing research related to law and social change, international human rights, gender, women’s rights, minority rights, constitutional law, climate change, animal rights, and related fields.

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