LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Ahmad Nizam Abbas is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Singapore and is practicing in Straits Law LLC as an Associate Director in
both Civil and Muslim law. He is Chairman of the Muslim Law Practice
Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and served on the board of the
Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura or
MUIS) from 2007 to 2010. In 1997, he was part of the Law Society’s team
that appeared before the Select Committee of Parliament on the amendments
to the Administration of Muslim Law Act.
Sharifah Thuraiya Su’ad Ahmad Alhabshi is Researcher at the S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang
Technological University in Singapore. She holds a BA (Hon.) in History
and Civilization, and an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from the
Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
Mark E. Cammack is Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and
former Section Head of the Islamic Law Section of the American
Association of Law Schools. He is the editor Islamic Law in Contemporary
Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions (co-edited with R. Michael Feener)
(Harvard: 2007). His articles and chapters on Indonesian legal system have
appeared in, inter alia, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
The American Journal of Comparative Law, and Indonesia.
R. Michael Feener is Research Leader of the Religion and Globalization
cluster at the Asia Research Institute and Associate Professor of History at
the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the
intellectual and cultural history of Islam, as well as on law in contemporary
Muslim societies. His books include: Islam in World Cultures: Comparative
Perspectives (2004), Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia (2007),
Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions (co-edited
with Mark Cammack, 2007), Islamic Connections: Muslim Societies in
South and Southeast Asia (co-edited with Terenjit Sevea, 2009), and
Mapping the Acehnese Past (co-edited with Patrick Daly and Anthony Reid,
2010). He is currently preparing a monograph on the Islamic legal system in
contemporary Aceh.
Muhammad Haniff Bin Hassan is Associate Research Fellow at the S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang
Technological University in Singapore. He holds a M.Sc. in Strategic
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Studies at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies at Nanyang
Technological University. He received his early education in Aljunied
Islamic School in Singapore, and continued his tertiary education at the
Faculty of Islamic Studies, National University of Malaysia, with honors
degrees in Syar‛iah and Civil law. His publications include six books and
three translation works.
Nik Hasyila Bte Nik Ibrahim graduated with a double degree in Law and
Syariah at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Prior to
this, she received her education at Maahad Muhammadi, in Kota Bharu,
Kelantan, Malaysia.
Clark B. Lombardi is Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate
Professor of International Relations at the University of Washington. He is
the author of State Law as Islamic Law in Modern Egypt (Brill 2006) and of
numerous articles on the application of Islamic law in contemporary legal
systems. He is series editor (with Anver Emon and Lynn Welchman for the
Oxford Islamic Legal Studies book series and a senior editor of the
forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law.
Ratno Lukito is Professor of Comparative law at the Faculty of Syariah and
Law, and Vice Director of the Postgraduate Program at the Sunan Kalijaga
State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He obtained his Masters
from the Department of Islamic Studies at McGill University, Canada, and
his Ph.D from the Institute of Comparative Law at McGill’s Faculty of Law.
His publications include Islamic Law and Adat Encounter: the Experience of
Indonesia (2001), Interpersonal Law in Modern Indonesia: Trapped between
Pluralism and Uniformism (2007), Hukum Sakral dan Hukum Sekuler: Studi
tentang Konflik dan Resolusi dalam Sistem Hukum Indonesia (2008), and
Legal Pluralism in Indonesia: Bridging the Unbridgeable (forthcoming
2012).
Euis Nurlaelawati is Senior Lecturer in Islamic law at the Faculty of
Shari`a and Law, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta and
a researcher at that University’s Centre for the Study of Law and Human
Rights. Her research areas include the development and application of
Islamic family law in Indonesia, judicial practices, and gender issues. Her
major publications include: Modernization, Tradition and Identity: The
Kompilasi Hukum Islam and Legal Practices in Indonesian Religious Courts
(2010) and Demi Keadilan dan Kesetaraan: Dokumentasi Program
Sensitivitas Jender Hakim Pengadilan Agama (co-edited with Arskal Salim,
2009). She is currently researching Shari‛a-based law in Indonesia, with a
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focus on the legal position of women and children for Leiden University’s
Islam Research Project (IRP).
Abdurrahman Rahim is a judge in the Religious Court of the Supreme
Court in the Republic of Indonesia. He started as a candidate for judge in
the Religious Courts of Cibinong (West Java) in 2008, and has been a judge
in the Religious Courts of Sambas (West Kalimantan) since June 2010. His
other professional experience includes work as a journalist with the Rakyat
Merdeka newspaper in Jakarta. He has recently published on the resolution
of communal property disputes, and he is currently completing a research
project on Shari`a economic law and post dispute settlement.
Farid Sufian Shuaib is Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Laws,
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Deputy Director of
the Law Centre in IIUM. His research focuses on the legal systems and
constitutional law in Southeast Asia. His books include: Powers and
Jurisdiction of Syariah Courts in Malaysia (2nd Ed., 2008), Constitution of
Malaysia: Text and Commentary (co-authored with Abdul Aziz Bari, 3rd Ed.,
2009), and The Administration of Islamic Law in Malaysia (co-authored with
Tajul Aris Ahmad Bustami, and Mohd. Hisham Mohd. Kamal, 2nd Ed.,
2010)).
Amanda Whiting is Associate Director (Malaysia) at the Asian Law Centre,
The University of Melbourne, Australia. She obtained her Ph.D. and LLB
from Melbourne University, and has published widely on various aspects of
Islamic law in contemporary Malaysia. Her most recent article is
“Secularism, the Islamic State, and the Malaysian Legal Profession,” Asian
Journal of Comparative Law 5.1 (2010).
Najibah Mohd Zin is Associate Professor in the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah
of Laws at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She
obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and Masters of Comparative law
(MCL) from IIUM, and her Ph.D in law from Glasgow Caledonian
University in the UK. She currently lectures on Shari‛a law, family law, and
women’s legal issues. In addition to teaching and supervising postgraduate
research, she is also a member of the Syariah Committee under the
Malaysian Attorney General’s Office and the Syariah Judiciary of Malaysia,
as well as a panel member for the Malaysian Bar Advocates and Solicitors’
Disciplinary Board Committee. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK.
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