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BA, UC Berkeley; JD, UCLA School of Law; MA (History) Univ. of Texas at Austin; LLM, Yale Law School; PhD, UCLA History Department; JSD, Yale Law School.
U of T Departmental Affiliations: Centre for the Study of Religion ; Faculty of Social Work; Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
A native Californian, Anver M. Emon joined the Faculty of Law in 2005. Professor Emon's research focuses on premodern and modern Islamic legal history and theory; premodern modes of governance and adjudication; and the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim world. His general academic interests include medieval intellectual and religious history; law and religion; legal history; and legal philosophy. He teaches Tort Law and offers specialized seminars on Islamic legal history, gender and Islamic law, and law and religion. Additionally, he supervises graduate students in advanced research in Islamic law and history. Professor Emon is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Law and Religion.
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