Tuesday, August 28, 2018

New Volume: Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Vol. 2, 2018) is out. Contents include:
  • Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East
    • Ibrahim M.H. Aljazy & Raneem Asad, Arab Constitutions: Islamic Law and Arab Identity
    • Daniel Peterson, Blasphemy, Human Rights, and the Case of Ahok
    • Muhammad Munir, The Share of Orphaned Grandchildren under Islamic Law and Pakistani Legal System: A Re-evaluation of Representational Succession in Section 4 and Its (Mis)interpretation by Courts
    • Sheharyar Hamid, Drawing a Synergy between Theory and Practice – A Move towards a More Stakeholder-Oriented Regulatory Framework for Modern Islamic Finance Institutions: A Comparative Analysis
    • Adnan Trakic, Towards Shariʾah Compliant Dispute Resolution in Islamic Finance
    • Clive Walker, Foreign Terrorist Fighters and UK Counter Terrorism Laws
    • David Keane & Tenia Kyriazi, The Emergent Right to Human Rights Education in GCC States
    • Lawrence Emeka Modeme, The Security Council and the Legal Limits of Humanitarian Military Intervention
    • Matthias Vanhullebusch, Patterns and Future Trends of Human Rights Protection in Asia
    • Rosa Stella De Fazio, The Incorporation of International Law into the Palestinian Domestic Legal System: Analysis and Perspectives
    • Gayathri D. Naik, Groundwater Regulation in India: Applicability of Public Trust Doctrine and Right to Participation in Decision Making to Achieve Right to Water
    • Muhammad Abdullah Fazi, Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani & Azmi Bin Sharom, A Legal Analysis of the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh: A Fair Trial Perspective