This month we announce a new season of events opened by top legal scholar Prof Akhil Amar, and offer an Op-ed on Syria and a policy brief on women's rights in the subcontinent.
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Akhil Amar heads new season of events
Top US scholar opens series in NY with keynote speech on US Constitution
Do the recent populist uprisings across the globe reflect a genuine increase in the power of the people and a threat to republicanism as we know it today? How can we best realise the post-2015 UN Development goals on justice, corruption, and judicial accountability?
These are some of the questions that we will be addressing in our new season of lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, and book colloquia later this year.
The series kicks off tomorrow with a keynote speech in New York by esteemed legal scholar Prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, who will discuss the ideas behind his acclaimed book America's Unwritten Constitution.
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What price justice in a post-Assad Syria?
Opinion Piece forecasts uncertain future for judicial system in Syria As the UN denounces the use of chemical weapons in Syria as a war crime, expert in contemporary Islam Thomas Pierret looks ahead at the chances for a just settlement in a post-Assad Syria. In our latest Opinion Piece, he finds that Sharia law is being imposed in rebel-held Syrian provinces by Muslim clerics who are ill-equipped to deal with the demands of the war-torn state. |
