Prof. Mark Cammack on the next EMC

The Recent Upturn in Divorce in Indonesia

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (18/3)

Prof. Mark Cammack has confirmed his presence as the keynote speaker in the next English Meeting Club (EMC) that will be held on April 1, 2010 at the office of Badilag (Religious Courts Body in the Supreme Court). Mark, Professor of Law from Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, will be presenting his paper entitled “The Recent Upturn in Divorce in Indonesia.”

“I am writing this paper and would like some inputs and comments from members of EMC,” Prof. Mark told badilag.net Thursday morning (18/3).

Prof. Mark has been in Indonesia for a research on inheritance law practiced in Indonesian Religious Courts. He has written a number of books and articles concerning with Islamic Law in Indonesia. His most recent book is “Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions” (Harvard University Press: 2007) and his newest article is “Discovering Islamic Law" (2009).

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The other speaker in the next EMC will be Shofa’u Qalbi, judge candidate at East Jakarta Religious Court, who will be delivering his paper titled “Questioning Letter of Permission for Civil Servants in Divorce Cases.”

Badilag hereby invites interested participants throughout Indonesia to attend the regular English Discussion.