Book Launch: Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia by Dominik Krell
Event date
1 December 2025
Event time
11:30 - 13:00
Oxford week
MT 8
Audience
Anyone
Venue
Hybrid - Manor Road Building - Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Registration
Notes & Changes
For the full schedule of seminars, please refer to the CSLS Seminar Series Michaelmas Term Card. If you are unable to attend in person, you can join via the Zoom link provided.
We would like to invite you to the book launch: Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia by Dominik Krell (BRILL 2025).
The book offers an in-depth exploration of the Saudi judiciary in the twenty-first century. Drawing on Saudi legal literature and court judgments, as well as interviews with leading members of the judiciary, the author addresses two central questions: first, what is the Saudi jurists’ understanding of an Islamic judiciary? And second, how is this understanding reflected in the Saudi legal system, its laws, institutions, and court practices?
The event will feature three speakers who will comment on the book:
- Fernanda Pirie (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)
- Martin Lau (SOAS)
- Muhammad Zubair Abbasi (Royal Holloway)
The book is available to download for free here.