Jamal J. Ahmad Nasir

Jamal Jamil Ahmad Nasir CVO is a lawyer and the former minister of justice in Jordan. He is a specialist in the rights of women under Islamic law.

Career

Nasir was admitted to the bar as a barrister of Lincoln's Inn. In 1955 he received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, for a thesis on the subject of "The doctrine of Kafa'a according to the early Islamic authorities and modern practice, with a critical edition of the Zaidi MS Al-mir'at al-mubayyina lil nazir ma huwa al-haqq fi mas'alat al-kafa'a".^[1] He is the former minister of justice in Jordan. He has written two books on aspects of Islamic law formerly poorly covered in the English language.^[2]

Selected publications

The Islamic law of personal status. Graham & Trotman, London, 1986. (2nd 1990, 3rd revised Kluwer 2001) ISBN 0860108252
The status of women under Islamic law and under modern Islamic legislation. Graham & Trotman, London, 1990. (2nd 1994, 3rd Brill 2009)
Israeli occupation and the law of belligerency: The case for justice, morality and human rights. Jamal J.A. Nasir, Amman, 2010.

Under My Wig' by Dr Jamal Nasir.ISBN 978-1-908531-33-9. Published by Gilgamesh Publishing 2013

References

^ Jamal J Nasir (18 March 2018). "The doctrine of Kafa'a according to the early Islamic authorities and modern practice, with a critical edition of the Zaidi MS Al-mir'at al-mubayyina lil nazir ma huwa al-haqq fi mas'alat al-kafa'a". Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via explore.bl.uk.
^ Nasir, J.J. (15 April 2009). The Status of Women under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation: Third Edition of the Revised and Updated Work. Brill Nijhoff. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004172739.i-227. ISBN 9789047426202.

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[1] Jamal J Nasir (18 March 2018). "The doctrine of Kafa'a according to the early Islamic authorities and modern practice, with a critical edition of the Zaidi MS Al-mir'at al-mubayyina lil nazir ma huwa al-haqq fi mas'alat al-kafa'a". Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via explore.bl.uk.

[2] Nasir, J.J. (15 April 2009). The Status of Women under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation: Third Edition of the Revised and Updated Work. Brill Nijhoff. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004172739.i-227. ISBN 9789047426202.

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