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Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq (2008)
Book
Shah, N. (2008). Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test.

Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq (2008)
Book
Shah, N. A. (2008). Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

© Niaz A. Shah, 2008. All rights reserved. The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does mee... Read More about Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq.

Divergence and the Francovich remedy in German and English Courts (2008)
Book Chapter
Kunnecke, M. (2008). Divergence and the Francovich remedy in German and English Courts. In S. Prechal, & B. van Roermund (Eds.), The Coherence of EU Law: The Search for Unity in Divergent Concepts (233 - 254). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199232468.001.0001

This chapter assesses the extent to which the common law system differs from a codified system in the application of the Francovich principle and the extent to which this results in divergence. A comparison of the English and German law of state liab... Read More about Divergence and the Francovich remedy in German and English Courts.

The agendas of the restorative justice movement (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnstone, G. (2008). The agendas of the restorative justice movement. In Restorative Justice: from Theory to Practice; Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance (59-79). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1521-6136%2808%2900403-X

This chapter examines how the aspirations of the restorative justice movement are broader than tends to be acknowledged in debates about the virtues and vices of restorative justice. It suggests that, along with trying to change the social response t... Read More about The agendas of the restorative justice movement.

Offene Staatlichkeit Grossbritannien (2008)
Book Chapter
Künnecke, M., & McClean, M. (2008). Offene Staatlichkeit Grossbritannien. In A. von Bogdandy, P. Cruz Villalon, & P. M. Huber (Eds.), Handbuch Ius Publicum Euopaeum. Cf muller

Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison (2007)
Book
Künnecke, M. (2007). Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison. Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48689-3

Administrative legal systems are based on national constitutional legal traditions and cultural values. English judges have for centuries applied the common law. In Germany, judges have developed administrative legal principles for the protection of... Read More about Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison.

Self-defence, anticipatory self-defence and pre-emption: International law's response to terrorism (2007)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2007). Self-defence, anticipatory self-defence and pre-emption: International law's response to terrorism. Journal of conflict & security law, 12(1), 95-126. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcsl/krm006

This article makes the distinction between self-defence, anticipatory self-defence and pre-emption. It argues against pre-emption. In the presence of article 39 of the Charter the case for pre-emption is not convincing and the current international l... Read More about Self-defence, anticipatory self-defence and pre-emption: International law's response to terrorism.

Theatrum legale mundi: Symbola Cs. Varga oblata (2007)
Book
H. Szilágyi, I., Könczöl, M., Paksy, M., Takács, P., Tattay, S., & Cserne, P. (2007). Theatrum legale mundi: Symbola Cs. Varga oblata. Societas Sancti Stephani

A Festschrift for Professor Csaba Varga with contributions in English, German and French

Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach (2006)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2006). Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach. Human rights quarterly, 28(4), 868-903. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2006.0053

This article discusses three different Islamic approaches towards human rights, secular, non-compatible, and reconciliatory, and proposes an interpretive approach. It argues that if the discriminatory statutory Islamic laws of Muslim states are refor... Read More about Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach.