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Sharia Law Poses No Threat To American Courts, Nathan B. Oman Dec 2010

Sharia Law Poses No Threat To American Courts, Nathan B. Oman

Popular Media

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Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson May 2010

Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Ornamental Repugnancy: Identitarian Islam And The Iraqi Constitution, Haider Ala Hamoudi Jan 2010

Ornamental Repugnancy: Identitarian Islam And The Iraqi Constitution, Haider Ala Hamoudi

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Nearly six years after the enactment of Iraq’s final constitution, the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq has yet to render a single ruling respecting the conformity of any law to the “settled rulings of Islam” despite being empowered to do precisely that under Article 2 of the Iraqi Constitution. This so-called repugnancy clause is swiftly devolving from a matter that was of some importance during constitutional negotiations into one that is more symbolic than real – an assertion of identity, primarily of the Islamic variety (though when combined with Article 92, to some extent of the Shi’i Islamic variety) – …