Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin (2016)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin. LSE Review of Books,

In The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State, Iza R. Hussin traces a riveting history of Islamic law as it encounters, and is inevitably transformed by, British colonialism in Malaya, Egypt and I... Read More about Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin.

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’).