A Summary of “Territory and Jurisdiction”
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This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Adnan A. Zulfiqar‘s contribution titled “Territory and Jurisdiction” to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu.
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Adnan Zulfiqar, Rutgers Law School
Adnan A. Zulfiqar is Assistant Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. He is a legal historian working on Islamic law, criminal law and law in the Global South, with specific interests in legal obligation, jihad and revolution, policing, and criminal codes. He previously helped draft and implement criminal codes in the Maldives and Somalia, and regularly provides expert media commentary for various outlets, is proficient in multiple languages and has spent over a decade in the Middle East, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. He received a JD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.