Martha StewartSupporting rigorous cutting edge scholarship that addresses the complex relationships between law and society in Muslim majority and minority contexts around the world.
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Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for a book talk with Professor Farzin Vejdani as he discusses his latest book “Private Sins, Public Crimes,” a pathbreaking study of the legal and social history of crime and punishment in Qajar Iran.
Justice Without Pain: The Abolition of Torture in Modern Egyptian Penal Law
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
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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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