Books
A Theory of International Terrorism: Understanding Islamic Militancy (2006)
A Theory of International Terrorism studies Islamic militancy in the geopolitical contexts of Chechnya, Kashmir,...
A Theory of Universal Democracy: Beyond the End of History (2003)
Democracy is often associated with Western liberal values, such as free markets, individual rights and...
The Extinction of Nation-States: A World without Borders (1996)
This work explores whether the nation-state is a useful concept under contemporary international law. It...
Ghunghru (Urdu) (1975)
Thirty years ago, during the mid-seventies, when I was studying law in Pakistan, I wrote...
Ghantian (Urdu) (1974)
The Bells are stories of relationships. Written in complex metaphorical and hidden language, each story...
Foreign Affairs Commentaries
Morality, Terrorism, and the Laws of Motion, Counterpunch (2005)
The laws of motion do not justify terrorist violence. Nor do they merge good and...
International Law Articles
The New Commandment of Political Murders: Thou Shall Not Kill--But We Will, The Statesman (2005)
Thou sall not kill, but we will. Under the new commandment, a priveleged state reserves...
A Legal Theory of Revolutions, Boston University International Law Journal (1987)
A legal theory of revolutions presents the principle of social approval. In order to determine...
International Legal Theory
A Theory of International Terrorism: Understanding Islamic Militancy (2006)
A Theory of International Terrorism studies Islamic militancy in the geopolitical contexts of Chechnya, Kashmir,...
A Theory of Universal Democracy: Beyond the End of History (2003)
Democracy is often associated with Western liberal values, such as free markets, individual rights and...
The Extinction of Nation-States: A World without Borders (1996)
This work explores whether the nation-state is a useful concept under contemporary international law. It...
Islamic Articles
Combating Defamation of Religions, The American Muslim (2007)
The idea of combating the defamation of religions, though morally sound, is difficult from a...
Presidential Incitements to War Crimes, Middle East Online (2006)
On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, President George Walker Bush delivered an illegal speech and...
Headscarf Ban in Turkey: Suppressive Rulings, National Law Journal (2006)
Costume obsessions have haunted the Turkish legal system ever since the Islamic Ottoman Empire was...
Commentary on the Constitution of Medina, Understanding Islamic Law (2006)
The first Islamic state was founded not in the shadow of swords, as is commonly...
Hagarism: The Story of a Book written by Infidels for Infidels, Daily Star (Bangladesh) (2006)
The book titled "Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World," questions just about everything Muslims...
The Essentialist Terrorist, Washburn Law Journal (2005)
The essentialist terrorist is a violent monster that the Highly influential Terrorist Literature (HITLit) has...
Islam as Intellectual Property, Cumberland Law Review (2001)
The distinction between assets and ideas lies at the core of the misunderstanding between Islam...
Lessons from Malcolm X: Freedom by any Means Necessary, Howard Law Journal (1994)
It is no secret that Malcolm's doctrine of freedom by any means necessary generates fear....
Constitutional Kinship between Iran and the Soviet Union, New York Law School Journal of Comparative and International Law (1988)
Islamic egalitarianism embodied in the Iranian Constitution presents an alternative to both capitalism and secular...
Law and Literature
The Story of Two Kings, MWC News (2006)
"You go fight, Mighty King!" said the one-eyed Vice King. I must hide in a...
Poems, PW Review (2005)
I've never been to the Paradise, but I've seen the apples, grapes and pomegranates gently...
Who is feeding the bin Laden Legend, Taipei Times (2005)
At first blush, any comparison between (Ro)bin Hood and bin Laden seems odd, most certainly...
Legal Scholarship as an Act of Discovery, Legal Education for the 21st Century (1999)
In the present age of depth and legal superstitions, traditional legal scholarship confined to judicial...
Professor Prufrock, Journal of Legal Education (1986)
Almost by habit, Professor Prufrock will write a note about himself and stash it in...
Professorial Activism, Circuit Rider (1984)
Teaching law as science is morally confusing, if not dangerous. Supporting human laws on "scientific...
Law Articles
The Evolution of Money: A Story of Constitutional Nullification, University of Cincinnati Law Review (1999)
In a free economy, the market rather than the law dictates which form of money...
The Kashmir Dispute: A Plan for Regional Cooperation, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (1994)
India and Pakistan should negotiate to convert the existing line of control into a permanent...
Learning Legal Reasoning, Washburn Law Journal (1991)
Learning legal reasoning, like learning to draw or paint, is a life-long process. No mathematical...
The Hermeneutics of Sexual Order, Santa Clara Law Review (1990)
The hermeneutics of sexual order explores sacred Christian texts and the US Constitution to explore...
Professorial Activism, Circuit Rider (1984)
Teaching law as science is morally confusing, if not dangerous. Supporting human laws on "scientific...
Legal Commentaries
The Futility of Pakistan's 18th Amendment, Media with Conscience (2008)
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will soon propose to the Parliament the 18th amendment to...
A Lawyers' Mutiny in Pakistan, Jurist (2007)
The CJP’s suspension is indeed the most critical constitutional issue. Article 209 empowers the President...
The Pakistan Chief Justice Story: A Personal Narrative, JURIST (2007)
On March 9, 2007, I was visiting with a Pakistan Supreme Court Justice in Islamabad...
Combating Defamation of Religions, The American Muslim (2007)
The idea of combating the defamation of religions, though morally sound, is difficult from a...
Justice Antonin Scalia: Living in Another World, JURIST (2004)
For Scalia, the Constitution that came into formal existence in 1789 is a normative island...
Muslim World Affairs
THe Veil and the British Male Elite, Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel (2006)
All over the world, the law permits employers to impose reasonable grooming standards on employees....
Attack on America: An Islamic Perspective, JURIST (2001)
America and Allah are not at odds. Nor do they need to be. If the...
Pakistan Articles
A Lawyers' Mutiny in Pakistan, Jurist (2007)
The CJP’s suspension is indeed the most critical constitutional issue. Article 209 empowers the President...
The Pakistan Chief Justice Story: A Personal Narrative, JURIST (2007)
On March 9, 2007, I was visiting with a Pakistan Supreme Court Justice in Islamabad...
Public Scholarship
The Invention of Porno Torture, Counterpunch (2005)
Porno torture is not defined in law. However, laws do define pornography and torture separately....
The Jihad of Alan Dershowitz, Counterpunch (2004)
If to dispute well is law's chiefest end, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has honed...
Justice Antonin Scalia: Living in Another World, JURIST (2004)
For Scalia, the Constitution that came into formal existence in 1789 is a normative island...
Urdu Books
Ghunghru (Urdu) (1975)
Thirty years ago, during the mid-seventies, when I was studying law in Pakistan, I wrote...
Ghantian (Urdu) (1974)
The Bells are stories of relationships. Written in complex metaphorical and hidden language, each story...