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Governance Programme Papers

The Governance Programme was founded in 2014 by Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary. Its aim has been to assess critically current thinking on governance in relation to Muslim contexts – addressing deeply rooted religious and cultural sensitivities prevalent in matters of governance by exploring their impact on the way reforms are received and the way in which institutions are perceived and managed. Key goals of the programme have been to improve the quality of life by promoting the public good in the developing world. By generating key information in accessible, multi-lingual formats, the programme has been committed to encouraging healthy and informed debate among scholars and the public alike. The papers gathered here are down from the programme’s seminars, workshops and conferences between 2014 and 2019.

Submissions from 2019 2019

Islamic Law and Gender Equality in the Balance: Inheritance Law Reform in Tunisia, Roberta Aluffi

Islamic Law and Gender Equality in the Balance: Inheritance Law Reform in Tunisia, Dörthe Engelcke

On ‘Secularim’ as a Buzzword and a Strategy in Contemporary Iran: A Critique*, Yasuyuki Matsunaga

Some preliminary thoughts on the readiness to engage with Islamic intestate succession by Middle Eastern legislatures, Nadjma YAssari

Submissions from 2018 2018

Informal Community Courts and Formal Law Enforcement: The Ismaili CAB in the Chitral District of Pakistan, Gianluca Parolin and Syed Gohar Ali Shah

Mirza Salih Shirazi and his Safarnāmeh as a Case Study for a Legal-Governance Translation into Persian, Hassan Rezael

THE GREEK MUFTI SYSTEM IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: REFORM IN THE TRIANGLE OF THRACE, ATHENS AND STRASBOURG, Yüksel Sezgin

Sharia Law in Europe: A Greek case before the ECtHR that may bring changes, Konstantinos Tsitselikis

Submissions from 2017 2017

Constitution Making in a Revolution: the Case of Libya, Andrew Arato

Constitution Making in Post Gaddafi Libya, Suliman Ibrahim

The Genesis of Biopolitics and Modern Arabic Medical Discourse in Early Modern Egypt, 1805–1882, Kamran I. Karimullah

Moments of Hegemony: Historical Roots of Authoritarian Capitalism and Education Policy: The Case of Hungary, Attila Melegh

How to Engage with Governance Issues in Libya?, Jan Michiel Otto

Ethics, Authority and Individualism in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt, Junaid Quadri

Ethics, Authority and Individualism in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt, Junaid Quadri

The Russian Draft Constitution for Syria: Considerations on Governance in the Region, Leif Stenberg

Submissions from 2016 2016

Governance in the Constitutions of Iran: A Comparative Perspective, Said Amir Arjomand

Governance in Bahrain: The Good, the Bad and the Rentier, Abdulhadi Khalaf

Governance and the Constitution in Palestine: From the Books to Action, and Back, Asem Khalil

Constitutional Design in Islamic Countries: Comparative Notes on Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia, Ergun Özbudun

‘Translating’ the 1814 French Charter: Al-Ṭahṭāwī’s new semiotics of law and governance, Gianluca Parolin

Not Your Father’s Islamic State: Islamic Constitutionalism for Today’s Sharia-Minded Muslims, Asifa QURAISHI-LANDES

Submissions from 2015 2015

A New Water Culture towards Increasing Water Security, Mohamed Ait Kadi

Ethics as a Bridge between Traditional and Contemporary Water Governance, David Groenfeldt

Global Values for Global Development, Klaus M. Leisinger

The Right to Water: A Right in the Process of Implementation, Houria Tazi Sedeq

Submissions from 2014 2014

Ayatollah Khomeini’s Political Theory and Public Interest, Mohsen Kadivar

Islamists, Muslimists and the application of modern Islamic political thought, Mark Sedgwick