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The rule of law and racial difference in the British Empire (2023)
Book Chapter
Sharma, K. (2023). The rule of law and racial difference in the British Empire. In S.-S. Wheatle, & E. O’Loughlin (Eds.), Diverse Voices in Public Law (15-34). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529220766-005

This chapter begins by discussing the history and some modern conceptions of the doctrine of the rule of law (RoL) before turning its attention to the development and deployment of the doctrine within the British Empire. Firstly, it examines how the... Read More about The rule of law and racial difference in the British Empire.

Censorship and the Postal Service in China during World War One (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, L.-C. (2023). Censorship and the Postal Service in China during World War One. British Journal of Chinese Studies, 13(1), 41-62. https://doi.org/10.51661/bjocs.v13i1.150

This paper focuses on the first state-organised nationwide postal censorship in China during World War I (WWI). The war had far-reaching effects on China, both in terms of the subsequent development of the internal political situation and her interna... Read More about Censorship and the Postal Service in China during World War One.

Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity (2021)
Journal Article
Rofe, J. S. (2024). Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(4), 688-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.2010024

The article’s aim is to illustrate the intersection of Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development approaches. The value of exploring this relationship is to realise the potential contribution of sport diplomacy to the practitioners and policy makers w... Read More about Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity.

Restitution of conjugal rights and the dissenting female body: The Rukhmabai Case (2020)
Book Chapter
Sharma, K. (2020). Restitution of conjugal rights and the dissenting female body: The Rukhmabai Case. In S. Bonnerjee (Ed.), Subaltern Women’s Narratives: Strident Voices, Dissenting Bodies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003121220-18

Trial transcripts remain an under utilised source through which colonial women’s lived experiences as well as their narratives of resistance can be recovered. This paper aims to explore Indian Hindu women’s resistance to attempts to control their bod... Read More about Restitution of conjugal rights and the dissenting female body: The Rukhmabai Case.

América Latina – África del Norte – España: lazos culturales, intelectuales y literarios del colonialismo español al antiimperialismo tercermundista. (2020)
Book
Fleischmann, S., & Nenadovic, A. (Eds.). (2020). América Latina – África del Norte – España: lazos culturales, intelectuales y literarios del colonialismo español al antiimperialismo tercermundista. Iberoamericana Vervuert

Este libro investiga los lazos culturales, intelectuales y literarios entre América Latina, el norte de África y España desde los estudios culturales, la crítica literaria y la historiografía global. Se centra en la circulación de imaginarios y discu... Read More about América Latina – África del Norte – España: lazos culturales, intelectuales y literarios del colonialismo español al antiimperialismo tercermundista..

The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa (2019)
Book
Amoah, M. (2019). The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781838600501

Nationalism and the nation state, globalization and Pan-Africanism are leading international relations concepts which have a particular relevance for Africa as an emerging economic power. This book examines the concept of nationalism, the nationalist... Read More about The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa.

The role of religious institutions: Peace in Eastern Orthodoxy (2019)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2019). The role of religious institutions: Peace in Eastern Orthodoxy. In A. Kulnazarova, & V. Popovski (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Approaches to Peace (461-476). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78905-7_22

The historical and religious roots, transformations and current manifestations of attitudes to peace and peacebuilding in Eastern Orthodox cultures have attracted less thorough investigation and attention than their Western Christian counterparts to... Read More about The role of religious institutions: Peace in Eastern Orthodoxy.

Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge (2016)
Book
Hamzić, V. (2016). Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755609147

This book offers a path-breaking historical analysis of the discourses on sexual and gender diversity in, or related to, the Muslim world, as well as an ethnographic account of contemporary Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan, whose pluralist sexual and gend... Read More about Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge.

The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj (2015)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 40(2), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2014.985774

In the post-1857 colonial era, the Indian social and legal landscape underwent a seismic shift, caused by evermore direct and forceful British rule in many spheres of life, including human-animal and gender relations. This paper provides a brief anal... Read More about The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj.

Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan. (2015)
Book
Chang, B.-Y. (2015). Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315765662

In the struggles for political and cultural hegemony that Taiwan has witnessed since the 1980s, the focal point in contesting narratives and the key battlefield in the political debates are primarily spatial and place-based. The major fault line appe... Read More about Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan..

Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, June). Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn. Presented at Inaugural Colloquium of the Centre for Ottoman Studies, SOAS, University of London, London, UK

An overview of the many contemporary 'turns' in the field of Ottoman Studies, including 'the Imperial Turn', 'the Social Turn' and 'the Economic Turn', presented as an introduction to the Inaugural Colloquium of the Centre for Ottoman Studies at SOAS... Read More about Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn.

Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, June). Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies. Presented at Heterodox Approaches to Islamic Law and Policy, IGLP Research Conference, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

This is an introductory speech for the first research conference of the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School that sought to critically engage with the question of heterodoxy in Islamic legal theory and practice. The speech... Read More about Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies.

Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition. Presented at Westminster Law School Research Seminars, University of Westminster, London, UK

This paper offers a critical historical overview of the varying concepts of crime in Islamic legal tradition, focusing on the four examples from the classical, postclassical and the contemporary eras of Islamic law. The first example presents a brief... Read More about Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition.

Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’). Presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This lecture provides a case study for the previously-conducted general historical exploration of the fundamental tenets of Islamic criminal law. It introduces the pluralist legal system of Nigeria, with a particular focus on Muslim zina (adultery) l... Read More about Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’).

Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’). Presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This lecture discusses some of the elementary concepts relating to Islamic criminal law and justice and then briefly focuses on four specific examples, some historical and some contemporary, of the diversity immanent to this field; a diversity based... Read More about Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’).

The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, August). The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought. Paper presented at The New Marxist Writing in International Law, City University London

This project reassesses various Marxist approaches to human rights, arguing for a return to the 'negative hypothesis' – one in which the liberal panacea of rights is eschewed in favour of various forms of syndicated action. It begins with Marx and En... Read More about The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought.