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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.

Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, January). Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law. Paper 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 paper critically assesses the potentials and the limits of the two major streams of historiography of Islamic law - the 'scripturalist' and the 'new historian' stream - in order to account for many significant yet often overlooked factors that... Read More about Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law.