Professor Martin W Lau
MA, PhD (London)
Overview
- Name:
- Professor Martin W Lau
- Email address:
- ml1@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4657
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 231
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday 10:30 - 12:30
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Access to justice & dispute resolution: special applications
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Development, environment and the law in the South
- Independent study project on a selected legal topic
- Law and society in South Asia
- Law and society in South Asia (MA/LLM)
- Procedural principles and ethical standards
PhD Students supervised
- Janan Al-Asady, The new Iraqi oil law: An analysis of the constitutional and commercial basis underlying oil agreements and concessions.
- Jean-Philippe Dequen, Inherent conflict within Muslim succession personal law in India
- Kari Lipschutz,
- Leila Alikarami,
- Mohammed Abdul Aziz,
- Nargess Tavassolian,
- Noryati Haji Ibrahim,
Expertise
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Available for
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
- TV
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
Languages
Publications
Authored Books
Lau, Martin (2006) The Role of Islam in the Legal System of Pakistan. Martinus Nijhoff.
Lau, Martin (2002) The Compatibility of Afghanistan's Legal System with International Human Rights Standards. ICJ (Geneva).
Book Chapters
Lau, Martin (2003) 'Article 2a, the Objectives Resolution and the Islamisation of Pakistani Laws.' In: Ebert, H.-G. and Hanstein, T., (eds.), Beitraege zum Islamischen Recht III. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang, pp. 173-204.
Lau, Martin (2002) 'Pakistan Country Survey.' In: Cotran, E, (ed.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Kluwer International (Netherlands), pp. 394-412.
Lau, Martin (2002) 'An Introduction to Afghanistan's Legal System.' In: Cotran, E. and Lau, M., (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 8. Brill, pp. 27-44.
Lau, Martin (2000) 'Islam and Constitutional Development in Pakistan.' In: I, ed, (ed.), Comparative Law in a Global Perspective. Transnational, pp. 293-323.
Lau, Martin (1996) 'Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Protection in Pakistan.' In: M, eds, (ed.), Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection. Oxford University Press, pp. 285-302.
Lau, Martin (1996) 'Opening Pandora''s Box: The Impact of the Saima Waheen case on the Legal Status of Women in Pakistan.' In: Yearbook of Islamic and Liddle Eastern Law. Kluwer, pp. 518-533.
Articles
Lau, Martin and n/a, (2005) 'Islam and Human Rights in Comparative Perspectives: The New Constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan.' Comparative Law Journal, 66 . pp. 208-222.
Lau, Martin (2004) 'The Independence of Judges Under Islamic Law, International law and the New Afghan Constitution.' Zeitschrift fue auslaendisches oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht. Heidelberg Journal of International Law., 64 (4). pp. 917-927.
Lau, Martin (1996) 'Indian Tort Law: A Historical Enquiry.' 17 Delhi Law Review . pp. 24-40.
