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Members of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law

Directors

Mr Ian Edge

Mashood Baderin
Professor Mashood Baderin

Islamic Law, International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Public International Law, Human Rights & Islamic Law, especially interaction between International Law, Human Rights Law, and Islamic Law in Muslim States. Appointed as Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in the Sudan by the UN Human Rights Council at its 19th Session on 23rd March 2012.

  • Tel: 020 7898 4715
  • Email: mb78@soas.ac.uk
  • Room: 220
  • Office Hours: by email appointment
  • On Sabbatical:2012-13
Professor His Honour Judge Eugene Cotran
Chair of CIMEL Advisory Council
Staff Silhouette

African law; Middle Eastern law; immigration law; public and private international law


Ian D Edge
Director, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
Ian Edge Islamic law; the general law of Egypt and the Gulf; commercial law in the Middle East; conflict of laws and international transactions.
  • Tel: 020 7898 4665
  • Email: ie1@soas.ac.uk
  • Room: 241
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00
Nicholas H D Foster
Nick Foster Comparative commercial and comparative corporate law, with special reference to Islamic law and the laws of the Middle East, in particular the UAE; Islamic Finance.
  • Tel: 020 7898 4666
  • Email: nf4@soas.ac.uk
  • Room: 225
  • Office Hours: 4.30 - 6.30 Wednesday

Doreen Hinchcliffe
Doreen Hinchcliffe Islamic Law; Islamic Law of Succession
Martin W Lau
Martin Lau Laws of South Asia; comparative environmental law, Islamic law
  • Tel: 020 7898 4657
  • Email: ml1@soas.ac.uk
  • Room: 231
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30 - 12:30

Lynn Welchman
Member
Staff Silhouette Islamic law; law of the Middle East and North Africa, especially comparative family law; human rights; gender and law, Palestine and the law
  • Tel: 020 7898 4672
  • Email: lw10@soas.ac.uk
  • Room: 229
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 10.15 - 12.15 terms 2 and 3
  • On Sabbatical:Term 1 2012-13