6 December 2019

The Transformation of Islamic Law: The Use of Legal Transplants in the MENA Region

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Date: 6 December 2019
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: SOAS Senate House Building, Paul Webley Lecture Theatre

About this event

Assessing the Western Influence on the Law and Legal Systems of the Arab World and Middle East

Speakers

Dr Jonathan Ercanbrack Chair, Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law; Lecturer in Transnational Financial Law, SOAS, University of London
Dr Amel Makhlouf Lecturer in Law, Sorbonne Law School; Institute for Research and Studies on the Mediterranean and the Middle East (iReMMO)
Dr Joséphine Hage-Chahine Lecturer in Law, Sorbonne Law School; Associate in International Arbitration, Leboulanger & Associés

Moderator

Ian Edge, Founding Director, CIMEL; Part-time Academic; Barrister at Law

The conference will be followed by a networking drinks reception.

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