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School of Law

Professor Lynn Welchman

MA (Cantab) PhD (London)

Overview

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School of Law

Professor of Law with particuclar reference to the Middle East and North Africa

Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS)

Member

Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Member

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member

Centre for Gender Studies

Member

Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL)

Member

Honour Crimes Project

Co-director

Name:
Professor Lynn Welchman
Email address:
Telephone:
020 7898 4672
Address:
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
229
Office Hours:
Tuesday 10.15 - 12.15 terms 2 and 3
On Sabbatical:
Term 1 2012-13

Teaching

Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised

Expertise

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Available for
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Press
  • Briefings
  • Special Study Programmes
  • Short Term Consultancy
  • Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
  • Near and Middle East
Country Expertise
  • Palestine
  • Syria
Languages
  • Arabic
  • French

Publications

Jump to: Authored Books | Edited Books | Book Chapters | Articles | Conference or Workshop Items

Authored Books

Welchman, Lynn (2007) Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States. A Comparative Overview of Textual Development and Advocacy. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. (ISIM Series on Contemporary Muslim Societies)

Welchman, Lynn (2000) Beyond the Code: Muslim Family Law and the Shar''i Judiciary in the Palestinian West Bank. Kluwer Law International.

Welchman, Lynn (1999) Islamic Family Law: Text and Practice in Palestine. Women’s Centre for Legal Aid.

Edited Books

M, Baderin and M, Monshipouri and S, Mokhtari and L, Welchman, eds. (2006) Islam and Human Rights: Advocacy for Social Change in Local Contexts. Global Media Publications.

Welchman, Lynn and Hossain, Sara, eds. (2005) Honour: Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women. Zed Books (London).

Welchman, Lynn, ed. (2004) Women's Rights and Islamic Family Law: perspectives on reform. Zed Press.

Book Chapters

Welchman, Lynn (2010) 'Bahrain, Qatar, UAE: First time Family Law Codifications in Three Gulf States.' In: Atkin, Bill, (ed.), International Survey of Family Law 2010 edition. Bristol: Jordan, pp. 163-178.

Welchman, Lynn (2010) 'Women, Family and the Law. The Muslim personal status law debate in Arab states.' In: Hefner, Robert W., (ed.), New Cambridge History of Islam, Vol.6. Cambridge: CUP, pp. 411-437.

Welchman , Lynn (2009) 'Family, Gender and Law in Jordan and Palestine.' In: Cuno, Kenneth M. and Desai , Manisha, (eds.), Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University press, pp. 126-144.

Welchman, Lynn (2005) 'Criminal Law: Overview.' In: Joseph, Suad, (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Vol. II: Family, law and politics. Brill, Netherlands, pp. 388-402.

Welchman, Lynn and n/a, (2005) 'Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan.' In: Welchman, Lynn and Hossain, Sara, (eds.), Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women. Zed Books UK, pp. 199-208.

Welchman, Lynn (2005) 'Human Rights: Overview.' In: Joseph, Suad, (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Vol. II: Family, law and politics. Brill, Netherlands, pp. 265-268.

Welchman, Lynn (2005) 'Rocks, Hard Places and Human Rights: Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy in Arab States.' In: Ramraj, V. V. and Hor, M. and Roach, K., (eds.), Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy. Cambridge University Press, pp. 581-608.

Welchman, Lynn and Hossain, S. (2005) 'Introduction: 'Honour', Rights and Wrongs.' In: Welchman, L. and Hossain, S., (eds.), 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms, and Violence against Women. Zed Books, pp. 1-21.

Welchman, Lynn (2002) 'Islamic Law: Stuck with the State?' In: Huxley, A, (ed.), Religion, Law and Tradition. RoutledgeCurzon (London), pp. 61-83.

Welchman, Lynn (2000) 'The Middle East Peace Process and the Rule of Law: Irreconcilable Objectives?' In: E, eds and Yamani, M, (eds.), The Rule of Law in the Middle East and the Islamic World. IB Tauris, 51-65,.

Articles

Welchman, Lynn (2011) 'Muslim Family Laws and Women's Consent to Marriarge: does the law mean what it says.' SocialDifferenceOnline. Journal of the Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference at Columbia University, 1 . pp. 63-79.

Welchman, Lynn (2011) 'A Husband's Authority: Emerging Formulations in Muslim Family Laws.' International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 25 (1). pp. 1-23.

Welchman, Lynn (2009) 'The Bedouin Judge, the Mufti, and the Chief Islamic Justice: Competing Legal Regimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.' Journal of Palestine Studies, 38 (2). pp. 6-23.

Welchman, Lynn (2007) 'Honour and Violence Against Women in a Modern Shar`i Discourse.' Hawwa Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 5 (2-3). pp. 139-165.

Welchman, Lynn (2004) 'Egypt: new deal on divorce.' The International Survey of Family Law . pp. 123-142.

Welchman, Lynn (2004) 'Muslim World Journal of Human Rights.' Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 1 .

Welchman, Lynn (2004) 'The Role of International Law and Human Rights in Peacemaking and Crafting Durable Solutions for Refugees: Comparative Comment.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 9 (2002-2003). pp. 88-109.

Welchman, Lynn (2003) 'In the Interim: Civil Society, the shar'i Judiciary and Palestinian Personal Status Law in the Transitional Period.' Islamic Law and Society, 10 (1). pp. 34-69.

Welchman, Lynn (2001) 'Summary Report: CIMEL/INTERIGHTS Roundtable on Crimes of Honour.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, vol. 6 . pp. 439-461.

Welchman, Lynn (2001) 'Jordan: Capacity, Consent and Under-age Marriage in Muslim Family Law.' The International Survey of Family Law, 2001 Edition . pp. 243-265.

Welchman, Lynn (2000) 'Palestine: Pre-State Positioning on Family Law.' International Survey of Family Law . pp. 289-307.

Conference or Workshop Items

Welchman, Lynn (2005) How does change happen? In: UNSPECIFIED.

Welchman, Lynn (2005) Reframing Islam: Politics into Law. In: Reframing Islam: Politics into Law Conference, Galway. (Unpublished)

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