[P6624] Law, Translation, and Material Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Islamic History

Created by SYSTEM Manager
Thursday, 12/02/21 2:00 pm

ABSTRACTS:

The Role of Manichaean Texts and Communities in the Transmission of Buddhist Narratives into Arabic in the Abbasid Period by Almutawa, Shatha
Supersession or subsumption? The Sunni-Hanafi legal theory, tafsir studies, and the inter-religious dialogue by Ansari, Nadir
Jurisdiction Matters in Ilkhanate Iran: Law and Reality by Chen, Edith
"No One Can Specialize the General": Norm, Text, and the Jurist’s Role in Islamic Legal Theory by Farahat, Omar
“The Sultan has a choice…”: the reversal of the Hanafi doctrine of conquered land by Taylor, Malissa

MEMBERS:

Malissa Taylor

(University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Panel Participating Role(s): Presenter;

Omar Farahat is an Assistant Professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. His areas of interest include legal theory, comparative law, theoretical and theological ethics, and religious forms of regulation relative to modern legal systems. His current...

Panel Participating Role(s): Presenter;

Shatha Almutawa

(American University, Washington DC)

Panel Participating Role(s): Presenter;

Edith Chen

(University of Oxford)

Panel Participating Role(s): Presenter;

Nadir Ansari

(University of Toronto)

Panel Participating Role(s): Presenter;