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

Vejdani's new work is a pathbreaking study of the legal and social history of crime and punishment in Iran during the Qajar period.

September 12, 2023 , Understanding the Islamic Legal System for South African Legal Practitioners

2022-2023 Visiting Fellow Fatima Essop discusses the Islamic legal system in South Africa in her latest article published by the Advocate

August 23, 2023 , Do Islamic-law wills contravene the common-law prohibitions against delegation of testamentary powers and incorporation by reference?

Former Visiting Fellow Fatima Essop discusses whether standard Islamic Wills, in which testators delegate their testamentary powers to Ulama bodies to determine their Islamic law heirs, contravene certain common law rules, in her latest article published by the South African Law Journal.

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June 26, 2023 , Not much legislative progress a year after the court ruling on Muslim marriages

Visiting Fellow Dr Fatima Essop writes on the status of legislation to recognize and regulate Muslim marriages in South Africa.