[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Monday, July 13, 2009<\/p>\n
9:15 am Conference Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n
A. LEGAL THEORY AND TERMINOLOGY<\/p>\n
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Panel I Shari’a and Custom: Theory<\/b> (chair: Knut Vikor, University of Bergen)
\n1. Jonathan Brockopp (Pennsylvania State University), Sunna, not Custom
\n2. Ahmed El Shamsy (Harvard University), Codifying Custom into Law: Malik\u2019s Muwatta’<\/i> and the Practice (‘amal<\/i>) of Medina
\n3. Murteza Bedir (Sakarya University), Custom in the Waqi’at<\/i> Texts: Solution to a Paradox?
\n4. Nejmeddine Hentati (Zaytuna University, Tunis), The Role of Custom (‘urf<\/i>) in the Formation of Maliki Law<\/p>\n
1:30 pm Keynote Address<\/b>, by Martha Mundy (London School of Economics), Degrees of Freedom: The Custom of Government<\/p>\n
2:45 – 5:30 pm Panel II Shari’a and Custom: Fiqh<\/b> (chair: Yossef Rapaport, Queen Mary University of London)
\n5. Steven Judd (Southern Connecticut State University), Al-Awza’i\u2019s Role in Incorporating Custom into Islamic Law
\n6. Ersilia Francesca (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli “L\u2019Orientale”), Custom and Legal Theory in the Ibadi fiqh
\n7. Christian M\u00fcller (CNRS, Paris), Custom as Social and Juridical Categories in 11th-Century Hanafi Law
\n8. Alfonso Carmona (University of Murcia), ‘Amal<\/i> and the Making of Legality in the Maliki Islamic West<\/p>\n
Tuesday, July 14, 2009<\/p>\n
9:15 – 10:45 am Panel III Shari’a and Custom: Terminology and Concept<\/b> (chair: Martha Mundy, London School of Economics)
\n9. Frank Stewart (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), False Friends: Overlapping Terminology in Arab Customary Law and in Islamic Law
\n10. A. Kevin Reinhart (Dartmouth College), Shari’ah as ‘Urf: Ziya G\u00f6kalp\u2019s Reconstruction of shari’ah<\/i>, ‘adah<\/i> and ‘urf<\/i>
\n11. Abdessamad Belhaj (Catholic University of P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny Peter, Hungary), Custom as a Source of Islamic Law in fiqh al-aqalliyat<\/i><\/p>\n
B. CASES AND APPLICATION<\/p>\n
11:15 am – 1:00 pm Panel IV The Pre-Modern Period<\/b> (chair: Ron Shaham, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
\n12. Delfina Serrano (CSIC, Madrid), Is The Ship Included in the Assessment of the General Average Contribution for Jettisoned Cargo? On the Role of Custom in Twelfth-Century Maliki Maritime Law
\n13. Eugenia Kermeli (Bilkent University), Conflict and Compromise: The Reaction of Ottoman Muftis and Qadis to Customs of New Converts to Islam, 17th-18th Centuries
\n14. Marion Katz (New York University), Law, Custom, and Women\u2019s Work in the Law of Nikah
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\n2:30 – 3:30 pm Panel IV The Pre-Modern Period, cont.<\/b>
\n15. Rob Gleave (University of Exeter), Shar’<\/i> and ‘Urf<\/i> in Bushahr: The Position of Custom in Shi’i Law
\n16. Paolo Sartori (Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg), Established Customs in Shar’i Courts: Qadis and Animal Theft in the Central Asian Steppe<\/p>\n
4:00 – 5:00 pm Panel V The Modern Period<\/b> (chair: Barbara Roberson, University of Warwick)
\n17. Irene Schneider (University of G\u00f6ttingen), The Concept of Honour and its Reflection in the Iranian Penal Cod
\n18. Aharon Layish (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), The Impact of Islamic Law on Tribal Customary Law as Reflected in Arbitrators\u2019 Awards in the Judean Desert<\/p>\n
Wednesday, July 15, 2009<\/p>\n
9:30 – 11:30 am ISILS Business Meeting (for members only)<\/p>\n
2:30 – 3:30 pm Panel V The Modern Period, cont.<\/b>
\n19. Abdulmumini A. Oba (University of Ilorin, Nigeria), The Impact of Customs on Islamic Family Law in Northern Nigeria
\n20. Randi Deguilhem (CNRS\/IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence), Islamic Law and Customs in Contemporary France: The Waqfs of the Islamic Relief Society<\/p>\n
C. A COMPARATIVE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE<\/p>\n
4:00 – 5:00 pm Panel VII Contextualization and Summing-Up<\/b>
\nComments by Frank Vogel (Harvard Law School) and Ruud Peters (University of Amsterdam) followed by at-large discussion<\/p>\n
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