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Seals, Signatures and the Banner of Abbas: Formalisms of Contractual Finality
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tolerance and Multiple Marriage
Friday, March 08, 2013
Rumi, Reason and Shi'ism
Monday, March 04, 2013
Qaradawi on Economics and Politics
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Great New Book on Islamic Law in the Mamluk Era by Kristen Stilt
Friday, December 21, 2012
A Problem of Overselling: Realistic Expectations and Islamic Finance
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What the NFL's Replacement Referees Have to Do with Islamic Law
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Are Salafists "Literalists"?
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Enough Already. On the "Innocence of Muslims."
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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Islamic Law In Our Times: Category Archive for Iraq Blogs
More Iraq Media Bias
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Similar Horizons, Unified Horizons and Other Transcendental Nonsense
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8/23/2012 10:21 AM
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Women in the Kuwaiti Parliament
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7/21/2012 9:43 AM
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Lessons from Wales
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7/10/2012 1:52 PM
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The Supposed Struggle to Succeed Grand Ayatollah Sistani
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The New NDI Survey of Iraqi Attitudes
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Iraqi De-Baathification and Egyptian "Political Isolation"
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6/1/2012 11:42 AM
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A Visit to the Suleymania Court House
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5/11/2012 9:57 AM
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The Iraq Federal Supreme Court Avoids Interpreting Shari'a--Again
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4/24/2012 3:12 PM
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The Early Elections Debate in Iraq
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4/19/2012 2:15 PM
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Is PM Maliki Growing Assertive Against the US: Reflections on a Recent Speech
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4/10/2012 8:51 PM
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Sectarian Divisions and Sectarian Hatreds
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3/21/2012 10:57 AM
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"Emo" Killing in the New Iraq
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3/15/2012 1:28 PM
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The Arab League Summit
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3/13/2012 8:59 AM
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Iraqi Protocol
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3/12/2012 10:52 AM
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Armored Cars and Making Law in Post Saddam Iraq
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3/9/2012 3:00 AM
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The Iraq Flaq Count from Kurdistan
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3/7/2012 7:12 AM
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The Dangers of Pop Linguistics: Arab Bluffs and Arab Compromise
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3/6/2012 3:23 PM
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Muqtada al-Sadr and Sarah Palin
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3/5/2012 1:35 PM
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Criminal Trials in the Middle East
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2/29/2012 7:38 PM
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A Shi'i's Lament
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12/6/2011 2:44 PM
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Rent Seeking and Legal and Economic Malaise in Iraq and the Middle East
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8/31/2011 5:27 PM
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Najaf and American Academia
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7/15/2011 2:29 PM
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Arabic Transliteration and the Bluebook
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7/14/2011 5:30 PM
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Hijab, Bicycles and the Need for Juristic Clarity
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7/12/2011 3:36 PM
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Judicial Power Rising in Kurdistan
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7/10/2011 12:12 PM
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Case Study on Why Najaf Clerics Shouldn't Do Law: Yaqubi and the Matter of Iraqi Citizenship Through Women
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7/8/2011 3:58 PM
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Varying Conceptions of Equality and the Iraqi Supreme Court
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6/22/2011 9:15 PM
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Brandon Davies, Iraq and the Privatization of Islamic Law
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3/25/2011 6:15 AM
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Demonstrations in the New Iraq, or It's the Economy, Stupid
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3/8/2011 5:15 PM
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The Shifting Grounds of Failure in Iraq
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3/6/2011 12:30 PM
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The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court and Islamic Law
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2/14/2011 6:07 PM
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Random Musings on Arabs and Democracy
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2/13/2011 12:37 PM
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Flexibility, Federalism and the Iraqi Constitution
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2/3/2011 2:27 PM
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The Iraqi Preamble and the Egyptian Unrest
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2/1/2011 2:52 PM
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My Recent Work on the Iraqi Judiciary and Constitution
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10/31/2010 5:28 PM
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Does Anyone Actually Believe in Countermajoritarian Difficulties: Lessons from Once Occupied Iraq
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10/26/2010 10:12 AM
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Iraq and Judicial Review
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7/22/2010 3:41 PM
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The Audacity of Courage
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7/12/2010 7:09 PM
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Qualifying Realism
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6/29/2010 3:41 PM
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Ethnic and Sectarian Quotas in the New Iraq
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6/28/2010 8:15 AM
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Governance
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6/22/2010 7:54 PM
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Cleric and Layperson in Muslim and Christian traditions
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6/10/2010 11:18 AM
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Juristic Intervention into Politics and Endorsement of the State
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6/7/2010 1:12 PM
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Iraqi High Court Certifies Election Results: A Comment on the Coverage
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6/1/2010 9:23 PM
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The death of Sardasht Osman
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5/16/2010 8:26 PM
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The Odd Characteristics of Najaf's Interventions in Politics
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5/8/2010 10:19 PM
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Islamic Law AND Constitutional Liberty: A Conference at St. Thomas School of Law
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4/13/2010 3:35 PM
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Constitutional Issues with the Iraqi Election
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3/18/2010 9:17 PM
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Iraq elections and more
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3/13/2010 8:46 PM
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Rights to Silence in the US and Iraq
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3/1/2010 9:18 PM
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Law in the American and Iraqi Paradigms: Myths and Realities
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2/22/2010 5:05 PM
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The Maqasid and Family Law
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2/16/2010 5:05 PM
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Institutional Failures in Islam
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2/10/2010 7:19 PM
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Death on the Fortieth
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2/5/2010 11:13 AM
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The Real Electoral Crisis in Iraq
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1/23/2010 5:11 PM
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On the Chimera of the Rule of Law in the New Iraq
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1/15/2010 7:38 PM
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Realism and the Right to an Attorney: Lessons from Iraq
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12/23/2009 12:15 PM
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Aspirational Constitutionalism in the New Iraq
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11/8/2009 1:31 PM
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Islam and State According to the Grand Ayatollahs of Najaf.
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11/5/2009 8:39 AM
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Reexamining the Doors of Ijtihad in Najaf
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11/1/2009 4:16 AM
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Najaf Views on Sunnism and Shi'ism
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10/28/2009 1:26 PM
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Rule of Law as Pan Iraqi Coalition?: Are you kidding me Tom Friedman?
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10/27/2009 2:01 PM
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Islam and democracy in Iraq: A Realist Perspective
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10/18/2009 1:09 PM
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Arab Novels and Cross Cultural Understandings
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10/14/2009 9:15 AM
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Alcohol and the Iraq Elections: Thoughts on Religious Expertise
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10/10/2009 1:11 PM
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Katie Couric and the Ahmedinijad Interview: Opportunities Missed
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10/2/2009 2:49 PM
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A Typical Friday in Baghdad
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9/27/2009 1:32 PM
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JURIST Article on Law and Society in Iraq WITH FIXED LINK (I hope)
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9/10/2009 10:02 AM
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The Death of the Sayyid
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9/5/2009 12:55 PM
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Gold and the Old Problems of the New Iraq
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8/31/2009 6:11 AM
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Women in the New Iraq
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7/10/2009 4:21 AM
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The Obama Speech and the "Muslim Perspective"
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6/17/2009 1:32 PM
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On the Dangers of Legal Formalism, from the Perspective of Iraq
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6/14/2009 9:33 AM
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Freedom of Religion in Iraq and the United States: An Interesting Case from Judge Sotomayor
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6/3/2009 6:02 AM
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The Liberal Failure of Iraq
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5/8/2009 11:40 AM
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American and Muslim Perspectives on Law, Constitution and Religion
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4/17/2009 2:12 PM
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Is the Afghan Shi'a Family Law Really That Radical?: A Contrarian's View
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4/5/2009 10:14 PM
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Optical Enactment and the Shari'a
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3/20/2009 3:38 PM
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The Iraqi Academics Conference
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3/16/2009 10:01 PM
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Lilly Ledbetter and the Difficulties of Shi'i Taqlid
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1/30/2009 4:36 PM
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Islam and the Alliance for the Nation of Law
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1/25/2009 1:48 PM
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Divisions and Unities Between the Muslim Sects
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1/20/2009 10:22 AM
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Authority and Its Avoidance
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1/16/2009 4:24 PM
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Back to the Shoe Thrower
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12/29/2008 10:12 AM
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Iraq and US Disconnect: Legal Misunderstandings
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12/19/2008 11:14 AM
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What Muntadhar the Shoe Thrower Reveals About the Mistakes of the Iraq Invasion
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12/16/2008 4:12 PM
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Proxies and Purposes in Islam
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11/19/2008 9:37 PM
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Law and law: Negotiating the tension between God's Will and Human Reality
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10/29/2008 10:24 PM
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On the Primacy of the State in the Organization of Law in Muslim Polities
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10/5/2008 12:37 PM
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On the Limitations of Liberalism in Muslim Polities
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10/3/2008 1:25 AM
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Fundamental Misunderstandings of Law and Islam in Iraq
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9/29/2008 8:29 AM
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Sistani and Soap Operas: On Resistance and Compromise to Western Influence
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9/12/2008 4:09 PM
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The Role of Islam in the Iraqi Personal Status Code: Realism in Action
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8/27/2008 9:11 PM
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An evening with Iraqi judges
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8/15/2008 6:01 PM
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Patronage and the Role of Government in Iraq and the US
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8/14/2008 6:57 PM
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Women's Rights and the Iraq Constitution
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8/13/2008 8:11 AM
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US Taxpayer Financing in the New Iraq: The Story of the Suleymania Law Library
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8/9/2008 9:06 AM
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Orientalism and the New Iraq
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8/3/2008 3:00 AM
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A visit to a Kurdish village
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7/31/2008 6:17 AM
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