Muslim wedding rings

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.

Fresh water pump in the countryside of Punjab

February 21, 2023 , Comparing Colonial Water Legacies: Flow and Stagnation in Legal Development

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal publish new article by former Visiting Fellow Erum Sattar about colonial water legacies

January 20, 2023 , Branded Bodies: Judicial Torture, Punishment, and Infamy in Nineteenth-Century Iran

Former Visiting Fellow Farzin Vejdani's latest Open-Access article published by Cambridge University Press.

Muslim woman crying and returning wedding ring to her husband.

December 25, 2022 , Unilateral Repudiation or Divorce? Ṭalāq Betwixt and Between Diverse (Extra-)Judicial Environments

An article examining the multiple manners in which a foreign form of nuptial dissolution – broadly identified with the Arabic term ṭalāq can de facto be civilly recognized by judicial and administrative authorities.