Sharia is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam,particularly the Quran and hadith. In Arabic,the term sharīʿah refers to God's immutable divine law and this is contrasted with fiqh,which refers to its interpretations by Islamic scholars. Fiqh,practical application side of sharia in a sense,was elaborated over the centuries by legal opinions issued by qualified jurists and sharia has never been the sole valid legal system in Islam historically;it has always been used alongside customary law from the beginning,and applied in courts by ruler-appointed judges,integrated with various economic,criminal and administrative laws issued by Muslim rulers.
The University of Notre Dame du Lac,known simply as Notre Dame,is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame,Indiana. Founded in 1842,the main campus of 1,261 acres has a suburban setting and contains landmarks such as the Golden Dome,the Word of Life mural,Notre Dame Stadium,and the basilica. Originally male-only,the university started accepting undergraduate women in 1972.
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University,emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame,and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career,he also taught at Brandeis University,Duke University,Vanderbilt University,and Boston University.
The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,located in Modena and Reggio Emilia,Emilia-Romagna,Italy,is one of the oldest universities in Italy,founded in 1175,with a population of 20,000 students.
Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.
International law is the set of rules,norms,and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey. In internation relations,actors are simply the individuals and collective entities,such as states and international organizations,which can make behavioral choices,whether lawful or unlawful. Rules are formal,often written expectations for behavior and norms are less formal,customary expectations about appropriate behavior that are frequently unwritten. It establishes norms for states across a broad range of domains,including war and diplomacy,economic relations,and human rights.
Legal anthropology,also known as the anthropology of laws,is a sub-discipline of anthropology that uses an interdisciplinary approach to "the cross-cultural study of social ordering". The questions that Legal Anthropologists seek to answer concern how is law present in cultures? How does it manifest? How may anthropologists contribute to understandings of law?
The Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law is the law school of Pepperdine University,a private research university in Los Angeles County,California. The school offers the Juris Doctor (JD),and various Masters of Laws (LLM) options in Dispute Resolution,International Commercial Arbitration,United States Law,and Entertainment,Media,and Sports Law. The school also offers joint degrees with its JD and Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) in partnership with other Pepperdine University graduate schools. The school now offers an online Master of Legal Studies program and an online Master of Dispute Resolution program.
Jane Dammen McAuliffe is an American educator,scholar of Islam and the inaugural director of national and international outreach at the Library of Congress.
The Dickson Poon School of Law is the law school of King's College London,itself part of the federal University of London,and serves as one of the nine schools of study within the college. It is situated on the Strand in the East Wing of Somerset House,in close proximity to the Royal Courts of Justice and the four Inns of Court in the heart of London's legal quarter. Among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world,it is currently ranked in the global top 15 and fifth in both Europe and the UK.
The Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies is a $10,000 book prize sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The Laura Shannon Prize is awarded annually to the author of the "best book in European studies that transcends a focus on any one country,state,or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole." "Contemporary" is construed broadly,and books about particular countries or regions have done well in the process so long as there are implications for the remainder of Europe. The prize alternates between the humanities and history/social sciences. Nominations are typically due at the end of January each year and may be made by either authors or publishers. The final jury selects one book as the winner each year and has the discretion to award honorable mentions.
Ebrahim Moosa is the Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought &Muslim Societies at the University of Notre Dame with appointments in the Department of History and in the Kroc Institute for International Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs. He is co-director of the Contending Modernities program at Notre Dame. He was previously Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies at Duke University. He is considered a leading scholar of contemporary Muslim thought. Moosa has been named as one of the top 500 Influential Muslims in the World.
Mary Ellen O'Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and a research professor of international dispute resolution at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace in Studies. Since joining the Notre Dame Law School in 2005,she has taught the courses International Law,International Law and the Use of Force,International Dispute Resolution,International Environmental Law,International Art Law,and Contracts. Prior to joining Notre Dame's faculty,she taught at Ohio State University (1999–2005),as the William B. Saxbe Designated Professor of Law in the Moritz College of Law and was a senior fellow of the Mershon Center for the Study of International Security and Public Policy. She was also a visiting professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law (1998–1999).
Vincent Phillip Muñoz is an American political scientist. He is the Tocqueville Professor in the Department of Political Science and Concurrent Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of two books on the principles of the American Founding focusing on religious liberty and the separation of church and state in the United States.
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is an American political scientist and the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Political Science at University of Iowa. She is known for her expertise on international relations and political methodology.
Krista Eileen Wiegand is an American political scientist. She is a full professor of Political Science and Director of the Global Security Program at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee. She also was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Studies Quarterly until the end of 2023.
Lionel M. Jensen is an American academic who is an associate professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures,concurrent associate professor of History,and a fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Islamic Law and International Law:Peaceful Settlement of Disputes is a 2020 book by the American political scientist Emilia Justyna Powell,in which the author examines the presence of Islamic law-related arguments in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.
