BOOK: Ignacio DE LA RASILLA DEL MORAL and Ayesha SHAHID, eds., International Law and Islam (Leiden-New York: Brill | Nijhoff, 2018). ISBN 978-90-04-38837-6, €165.00

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Brill has published a book dealing with the role of Islam in the history of international law.

ABOUT THE BOOK

International Law and Islam: Historical Explorations offers a unique opportunity to examine the Islamic contribution to the development of international law in historical perspective. The role of Islam in its various intellectual, political and legal manifestations within the history of international law is part of the exciting intellectual renovation of international and global legal history in the dawn of the twenty-first century. The present volume is an invitation to engage with this thriving development after ‘generations of prejudiced writing’ regarding the notable contribution of Islam to international law and its history.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Ignacio de la Rasilla, Ph.D. (2011) Geneva, is Han Depei Chair Professor of International Law at Wuhan University, Institute of International Law. He has published extensively on international law and its history including In the Shadow of Vitoria (Brill-Nijhoff, 2017). Ayesha Shahid, Ph.D. (2008) University of Warwick, UK, is Senior Lecturer in Law at Coventry Law School, Coventry University. She has published extensively on Islamic Law and Human Rights and is the author ofSilent Voices, Untold Stories (OUP, 2010).

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Ignacio de la Rasilla, Islam and the Global Turn in the History of International Law

Ignacio de la Rasilla, The Protean Historical Mirror of International Law

Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, How Should International Lawyers Study Islamic Law and Its Contribution to International Law?

Ayesha Shahid, An Exploration of the ‘Global’ History of International Law: Some Perspectives from within the Islamic Legal Traditions

John D. Haskell, Subjectivity and Structures: The Challenges of Methodology in the Study of the History of International Law and Religion

Robert Kolb, The Basis of Obligation in Treaties of Ancient Cultures – Pactum Est Servandum?

Jean Allain, Khadduri as Gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations?

Ignacio Forcada Barona, In Search of the Lost Influence: Islamic Thinkers and the Spanish Origins of International Law

Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal & Frédéric Mégret, The Other ‘Other’: Moors, International Law and the Origin of the Colonial Matrix

Luigi Nuzzo, Law, Religion and Power: Texts and Discourse of Conquest

Ilias Bantekas, Land Rights in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman State Succession Treaties

Haniff Ahamat & Nizamuddin Alias, The Evolution of the Personality of the Malay Sultanate States

Matthias Vanhullebusch, On the Abodes of War and Peace in the Islamic Law of War: Fact or Fiction?

Mohamed Badar, Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Noelle Higgins, The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law of Rebellion: Its Significance to the Current International Humanitarian Law Discourse

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BOOK: Maaike VAN BERKEL, Léon BUSKENS and Petra M. SIJPESTEIJN eds., Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies : Studies in Honour of Rudolph Peters [Studies in Islamic Law and Society] (Leiden - New York: Brill, 2017). ISBN 978-90-04-34372-6, €125.00

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Last year, Brill published a book on the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents.

Contributors are Maaike van Berkel, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Léon Buskens, Khaled Fahmy, Aharon Layish, Sergio Carro Martín, Brinkley Messick, Toru Miura, Christian Müller, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Mathieu Tillier, and Amalia Zomeño.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Maaike van Berkel is professor of Medieval History at Radboud University. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of medieval Muslim societies, with a particular interest in literacy, court culture and urban organization.

Léon Buskens holds a chair for Law and Culture in Muslim societies at Leiden University and is director of the Netherlands Institute in Morocco. His research focuses on Islamic law and society, and the anthropology of Muslim societies, with a particular interest in Morocco and Indonesia.

Petra Sijpesteijn is professor of Arabic at Leiden University. Her research concentrates on recovering the experience of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic rule, using the vast stores of radically under-used documents surviving from the early Islamic world. 

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Introduction, Maaike van Berkel, Léon Buskens and Petra M. Sijpesteijn 

Notes on Contributors
Bibliography Rudolph Peters
Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law, Khaled Fahmy

I. REGIME CHANGE AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
The Qadis’ Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh–Tenth Centuries C.E.), Mathieu Tillier
Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt, Petra M. Sijpesteijn
The Mahdi’s Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform: Issues in Divorce, Inheritance, False Accusation of Unlawful Intercourse and Homicide,Aharon Layish

II. PRACTICES OF RECORDING AND VERIFYING
Identifying the ʿudūl in Fifteenth-Century Granada, Sergio Carro Martín and Amalia Zomeño
Crimes without Criminals? Legal Documents on Fourteenth-Century Injury and Homicide Cases from the Ḥaram Collection in Jerusalem, Christian Müller
From Trash to Treasure: Ethnographic Notes on Collecting Legal Documents in Morocco, Léon Buskens
Notes for a Local History of Falsehood, Brinkley Messick

III. DAILY LIFE
Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt, Maaike van Berkel
Ottoman amān: Western Ownership of Real Estate and the Politics of Law Prior to the
Land Code of 1876, Maurits H. van den Boogert
A Comparative Study of Contract Documents: Ottoman Syria, Qajar Iran, Central Asia, Qing China and Tokugawa Japan, Toru Miura 

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BOOK: Julia STEPHENS, Governing Islam - Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). ISBN 9781107173910, £ 62.99

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Cambridge University Press has just published a book which looks at the relation of colonial laws to contemporary struggles between Islam and secularism.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Governing Islam traces the colonial roots of contemporary struggles between Islam and secularism in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book uncovers the paradoxical workings of colonial laws that promised to separate secular and religious spheres, but instead fostered their vexed entanglement. It shows how religious laws governing families became embroiled with secular laws governing markets, and how calls to protect religious liberties clashed with freedom of the press. By following these interactions, Stephens asks us to reconsider where law is and what it is. Her narrative weaves between state courts, Islamic fatwas on ritual performance, and intimate marital disputes to reveal how deeply law penetrates everyday life. In her hands, law also serves many masters - from British officials to Islamic jurists to aggrieved Muslim wives. The resulting study shows how the neglected field of Muslim law in South Asia is essential to understanding current crises in global secularism.

Provides a historical foundation for understanding contemporary debates about Islam, law, and secularism

Combines colonial legal archives with vernacular legal sources

Explains why Islamic law has occupied such a pivotal role in global debates about the relationship between religion and the state

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julia Stephens, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Julia Stephens is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Her research and teaching span the fields of modern South Asian history, law, Islam, colonialism, and gender. Her writings have appeared in History Workshop Journal, Law and History Review, Modern Asian Studies, and the Journal of British History.

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List of maps and figures

Acknowledgments

Note on translation, transliteration, and abbreviations

Introduction

1. Forging secular legal governance

2. Personal law and the problem of marital property

3. Taming custom

4. Ritual and the authority of reason

5. Pathologizing Muslim sentiment

6. Islamic economy – a forgone alternative

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index.

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BOOK: "La Mer des Califes. Une histoire de la Méditerranée musulmane (VIIe-XIIe siècle)" by Christophe Picard (Paris, January 2015)

La Mer des Califes. Une histoire de la Méditerranée musulmane (VIIe-XIIe siècle), by Christophe Picard

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Fernand Braudel reconnut l’Islam comme l’une des grandes civilisations méditerranéennes, mais comme un acteur de second plan durant les siècles de croissance des échanges en Méditerranée. Dans son sillage, les histoires de la Méditerranée médiévale accordent une place subalterne aux marins de l’Islam, généralement relégués au rang de pirates.

Cet ouvrage propose une histoire totalement renouvelée de l’espace méditerranéen. La production écrite des Arabes, prolifique durant toute la période médiévale, et la documentation archéologique en pleine croissance permettent de réévaluer le rôle des musulmans dans l’histoire de la Méditerranée, dont tant de sites portent encore la trace.

On découvre alors que les califes et les oulémas ne se sont pas détournés de l’espace maritime, bien au contraire. Des marins, guerriers et marchands ne cessent de la sillonner tandis qu’elle est abondamment décrite par les géographes, cartographes et encyclopédistes. Territoire du jihad des califes, elle n’a cessé de faire l’objet d’une attention soutenue de la part de l’Islam médiéval.

Author

Christophe Picard est professeur à l’université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Il est l’auteur de nombreux ouvrages consacrés à l’Islam médiéval.

BOOK: "Le Droit musulman algérien à l'époque coloniale. De l'invention à la codification", by Cl. Bontems (2014)

Le Droit musulman algérien à l'époque coloniale. De l'invention à la codification, by Cl. Bontems

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En 1834 la France décide officiellement de coloniser l'Algérie. Elle doit alors affronter le problème du droit applicable à la population locale. Les problèmes fonciers en particulier, requièrent la détermi­nation du droit des Algériens. Faute de se lancer dans une enquête anthropologique sur le droit pratiqué avant 1830, le colonisateur, obéissant à une sorte de déterminisme orientaliste, déclare que le droit en vigueur est le «droit musulman» selon le rite malékite. Pour ce faire il exhume un traité juridique datant du XIVe siècle: le mukhtasar de Sidi Khalil. Une traduction officielle en est donnée par N. Perron et la version arabe est imprimée au milieu du XIXe siècle. C'est ainsi que le droit musulman algérien est «inventé».

Le droit musulman algérien est mis en œuvre par des acteurs judiciaires auxquels il n'a jamais été enseigné. Les auxiliaires de justice, puis les magistrats s'efforcent, selon des critères occidentaux, de préciser un droit qu'ils présentent tout à la fois comme immuable et arriéré. Ce faisant, parfois inconsciemment, souvent volontairement ils dénaturent le système juridique extrait du passé.

Lorsque l'enseignement du droit musulman et des coutumes indigènes se met en place à l'École de droit d'Alger à partir de 1879, les cours sont assurés par des conseillers à la Cour d'Alger, seuls capables d'accomplir cette tâche. Ils contribuent à enraciner ce droit qui procède d'une alchimie étrange associant les vestiges du passé et la jurisprudence contemporaine. Viennent ensuite les universitaires ; ils persévèrent dans la même voie, avec néanmoins quelques interrogations sur le bien fondé de leur démarche, sans oser cependant la remettre en cause.

REMINDER: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Citizenship between Middle Ages and Modern Era (Rome, 21 June 2013)

What:  5th Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Citizenship "Cittadinanze e strategie di potere tra Medio Evo ed Età Moderna", organized by Sara Menzinger, Giuliano Milani and Massimo Vallerani, devoted to Forme di diminuzione della cittadinanza  

  

Where: RomaTre University, Law Faculty, Via Ostiense 161, room 278 (2nd floor) 

When: 21 June 2013, 3:30 pm 

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All materials available here (everyone can open the papers  but to download them you need an account on academia.edu or on facebook).  

Program: 

Prof. Caterina Bori (Università degli Studi di Bologna): Fama e infamia come "prova" nella dottrina giuridica islamica (XIII-XIV secolo)

Prof. Antonia Fiori (Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’): Infamia e purgatio nel diritto canonico medievale

SEMINARS: Citizenship and Power between Middle Ages and Modern Era (RomaTre University, Law Faculty, March-December 2013)

What: Seminar: "Regole di cittadinanza e strategie di potere tra Medioevo ed Età Moderna"

Where: Facoltà di Giurisprudenza - Università “Roma Tre” - Via Ostiense 161, Stanza 278, II piano

When: March-December 2013 

The seminar, which takes place within the framework of the PIMIC Project (Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom), is organized by Sara Menzinger, Giuliano Milani and Massimo Vallerani 

Provisional Program: 

4 March 2013, h. 15.30

Cives prima della cittadinanza: percezioni di identità collettive urbane tra IX e XI secolo nell’Italia centro-settentrionale

Chris Wickham: l’XI secolo lombardo

Mario Ascheri: Privilegi per le città nella crisi post-carolingia

22 March 2013, h. 15.30

Cittadinanza politica nel Medioevo bizantino e islamico

Marco Di Branco: Cittadinanza e rivolte nel Medioevo bizantino

Patrick Lantschner: Civic revolts in Italian and Islamic cities between Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (14^th-16^th century)

19 April 2013, h. 15.30

Doveri fiscali e forme di appartenenza alla comunità cristiana e alla civitas

Michel Lauwers: La decima come simbolo di appartenenza alla comunità cristiana (titolo provvisorio)

Sara Menzinger: Pagare per appartenere: giustificazione teorica del prelievo tra XII e XIII secolo

Massimo Vallerani: Obblighi fiscali e livelli di cittadinanza nei comuni italiani

24 May 2013, h. 15.30

Esclusione dalla cittadinanza: forme di allontanamento materiale e perdita di diritti politici e civili

Giuliano Milani: forme di esclusione politica dalla civitas

Giacomo Todeschini: Forme di esclusione dalla comunità (titolo provvisorio)

21 June 2013, h. 15.30

Forme di diminuzione della cittadinanza

Antonia Fiori: infamia e purgatio nel pensiero ecclesiastico

Massimo Vallerani: fama e infamia nel mondo comunale

Caterina Bori: il ruolo della fama nel processo islamico (XIV sec.)

19-21? September 2013

Paolo Cammarosano: tema da definire

25 October 2013, h. 15,30

Forme di appartenenza alla civitas nell’Italia meridionale (XII-XVI sec.)

Vito Lorè

Serena Morelli           

22 November, h. 15.30

Costruzione di teorie di cittadinanza per il mondo coloniale

Enrica Rigo

Luigi Nuzzo

December 2013 (data da definire)

Cittadinanza politica in Dante

Justin Steinberg (l’opera): uso di regole ed eccezioni di cittadinanza nella Divina Commedia

Giuliano Milani (la biografia): la perdita di cittadinanza di Dante, da fiorentino di nascita a fiorentino politico

NOTICE: Call for Doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellowships (PIMIC)

PIMIC‐ITN: Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom, an integrated training network in research and diffusion for comparative history, is offering 10 PhD Fellowships

(each worth c. 50,000 Euros per annum for three years)

Deadline 24 March 2013

“Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom” is a research project which will develop from 2013 to 2016. It has been funded as a ‘Marie Curie Initial Training Network’ with a grant of 3.3 million euros. The project combines academic research on medieval power and institutions with training in the wider dissemination of research‐based knowledge, based on a formal network established between universities and private sector companies and funded by the European Union. It provides funding for 10 PhDs at universities in Spain, Britain, Italy,France, and Israel, and two postdoctoral positions, one based at a Dutch publisher (Brill), one at a Spanish TV/film company (Lopez‐Li). During their studies, the PhD students will all have secondments to the publisher and the film company, the post‐docs will come to the Universities to run sessions on print and media diffusion of research. Further training workshops are provided, on academic and other skills, as well as a larger‐scale ‘Media School for Historians’. The project concludes with a conference on ‘Consequences in the Contemporary World.’PIMIC Academic PartnersCCHS‐CSIC (Coordinator): Dr. Ana Rodríguez University of St. Andrews: Dr. John Hudson Universitá Roma Tre: Dr. Emanuele Conte Birkbeck College London: Dr. Caroline Humfress Universitá Roma Tor Vergata: Dr. Sandro CarocciUniversity of Tel Aviv: Dr. Gadi Algazi
Université Paris I‐Panthéon‐Sorbonne: Dr. Michel Kaplan School of Oriental and African Studies: Dr. Hugh KennedyPIMIC Private Sector PartnersLopez‐Li Films (Spain)
Brill Publishers (Netherlands)
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Contact: pimic@cchs.csic.es


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