Intisar A. Rabb, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and director of its Islamic Legal Studies Program will discuss “Qāḍī Justice: Islamic Law as Procedure” on Thursday, March 2, at this year’s McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion.
Rabb also holds an appointment as a professor of History at Harvard and is the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She has published extensively on the topic of Islamic law in historical and modern contexts.
This talk is the 19th annual McElroy Lecture, made possible through a gift from the estate of Philip J. McElroy ’29, ’30, ’32, provides a forum for prominent thinkers and leaders to address fundamental issues of law, religion and society. It seeks to educate students, legal professionals and the wider public on a variety of questions related to moral philosophy, freedom of conscience, the interaction of legal and religious institutions and the role of religion in public life. Its goal is to encourage discussion of these issues in our community and deepen our understanding of them.
Other notable speakers in the McElroy series have included U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Cardinals Adam Maida and Roger Mahony and Kent Greenawalt.
The lecture will be held at the School of Law’s Riverfront Campus, 651 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 226, followed by a complimentary reception in the atrium. The lecture is free, but advance registration is required. Parking is provided nearby at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in the parking garage at 611 Congress Street.
For additional details and to register online, visit Detroit Mercy Law.
