Arif 
JAMAL

 
Associate Professor (Educator)

Editor-in Chief, Asian Journal of Comparative Law

Arif’s research and teaching interests are in the fields of law and religion, Muslim legal traditions, comparative law, and legal and political theory. He has held visiting appointments at law schools in the US, Italy, and Hong Kong, as well as at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London. He is the author of Islam, Law and the Modern State (2018) as well as of articles published in several journals, including the American Journal of Comparative Law, the German Law Journal and the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. Currently, he serves as joint Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law.

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Contact

lawaaj@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516-3626
FED-02-24

Education

PhD (University College London); LLM (School of Oriental and African Studies); LLB (Toronto); BA (McGill); Barrister & Solicitor (British Columbia)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Introduction to Legal Theory (JD)

Islamic Law

Arif’s research and teaching interests are in the fields of law and religion, Muslim legal traditions, comparative law, and legal and political theory. He has held visiting appointments at law schools in the US, Italy, and Hong Kong, as well as at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London. He is the author of Islam, Law and the Modern State (2018) as well as of articles published in several journals, including the American Journal of Comparative Law, the German Law Journal and the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. Currently, he serves as joint Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law.

Arif’s initial degrees were from McGill University (BA) and the University of Toronto (LLB), and he was called to the Bar of British Columbia. He then earned an LLM degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and completed his PhD at the Faculty of Laws, University College London (UCL).

Books
Arif A. Jamal and Shazny Ramlan, Halsbury's Laws of Singapore (Islamic Law) (LexisNexis 2021)

Book Chapters
Arif A. Jamal, 'Access to Justice and an Islamic Ethic of Justice' in Helena Whalen-Bridge (ed), The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice: Asian and Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge University Press 2022) 247

Arif A. Jamal, 'Freedom of religion in Asia' in Anne Fornerod (ed), La liberté de religion en question(s) (Larcier 2022) 59

Arif A Jamal, 'Making Islamic Penal Clauses: Translation, Transformation and Transmogrification' in Thio Li-ann and Jaclyn L Neo (eds), Religious Offences in Common Law Asia: Colonial Legacies, Constitutional Rights and Contemporary Practice (Hart Publishing 2021) 103

Journal Articles
Arif A. Jamal and Habib Motani, 'Islamic Wealth Management: Prospects, Challenges, and the Case of Singapore' (2024) 19 (3) Capital Markets Law Journal 260

Arif A. Jamal, 'Protection of Religious Minorities' [2023] Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law

Arif A. Jamal, 'Uniformity, Diversity, and the Challenge of Plurality: Globalisation and the Ummah' (2022) 1 Quaderni di Diritto e Politica Ecclesiastica 141

  • Legal and Political Theory
  • Comparative Law
  • Law and Religion
  • Muslim Legal Traditions
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