Nadjma Yassari

Swiss Institute of Comparative Law

Director

Lausanne, CH-1015

Switzerland

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

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748

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (9)

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Adding by Choice: Adoption and Functional Equivalents in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law

American Journal of Comparative Law (AJCL), Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 927-962, 2015, DOI: 10.5131/AJCL.2015.0028, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/4
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2016
Nadjma Yassari
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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comparative law, inter-islamic comparison, adoption, tabannī, kafāla, filiation, nasab, acknowledgment of parenthood, milk-relationship, functional equivalents, adoption surrogates, genetic descent, presumption of paternity

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Staatszerfall und Internationales Privatrecht (Failing States and Private International Law)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 944-971, October 2018, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2018-0095, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 18/13
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2018
Nadjma Yassari
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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Staatszerfall, failing states, IPR, Emittlung, Anwendung und Auslegung des ausländischen Rechts, Lückenfüllung bei Nichtermittelbarkeit des ausländischen Rechts, Ersatzrechtsordnungen, Mutterrechtsordnungen

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Introduction – Negotiating Parenthood in Muslim Countries: Changing Concepts and Perceptions

American Journal of Comparative Law (AJCL), Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 819-827, 2015, DOI: 10.5131/AJCL.2015.0024, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/2
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Jan 2016
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Muslim family law, comparative law, Inter-Islamic comparison, parental care, custody, guardianship, best interests of child, adoption, private international law, legal transfer, interreligious law, interfaith marriages

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Adoption und Funktionsäquivalente im islamischen Rechtskreis (Adoption and Functional Equivalents in Islamic Law)

Zwischenbilanz – Festschrift für Dagmar Coester-Waltjen zum 70. Geburtstag, pp. 1059-1071, Katharina Hilbig-Lugani, Dominique Jakob, Gerald Mäsch, Philipp Reuß, and Christoph Schmid, eds., Gieseking, 2015, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/13
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 May 2016
Nadjma Yassari
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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Adoption, Annahme als Kind, Funktionale Rechtsvergleichung, Iran, Irak, Tunesien, islamisches Recht, Funktionsäquivalent, Abstammung, Rechtskniffe, Anerkenntnis, Auslegung des islamischen Rechts, abanni, farzandkhandegi, iqrar, sarparasti

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Mehr Freiheit wagen im religiösen Recht – Formfreiheit im iranischen Testamentsrecht (Risking More Freedom in Religious Law – Freedom of Form in Iranian Succession Law)

»Mehr Freiheit wagen« – Beiträge zur Emeritierung von Jürgen Basedow, pp. 413-434, Anatol Dutta and Christian Heinze, eds., Mohr Siebeck, 2018, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 18/15
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2018
Nadjma Yassari
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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Religiöses Recht, Erbrecht, letztwillige Verfügungen, Formvorschriften, Iran, Testamentsform, islamisches Beweisrecht, schiitisches Recht, Rezeption europäischen Recht im Iran, iranisches Verfahrensrecht, Wächterrat, Oberstes Verwaltungsgericht Iran

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New Kids on the Block: Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany and Iran

Max Planck Lawcast, Episode 9
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 18 Dec 2023
Nadjma Yassari and Christopher Murphy
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
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Max Planck Lawcast

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Underage Marriage: Legal and Social Practice in Muslim Jurisdictions

Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 25/8, Arab Law Quarterly, Advance Articles, 2025 [10.1163/15730255-bja10184]
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Apr 2025
Dörthe Engelcke, Dominik Krell and Nadjma Yassari
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Oxford - Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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extramarital sexual relations (zinā), family law, Islamic law, reform, puberty (bulūġ), benefit (maṣlaḥa), need (ḍarūra), underage marriage

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The Financial Relationship between Spouses Under Iranian Law – A Never-Ending Story of Guilt and Atonement?

Changing God’s Law: The Dynamics of Middle Eastern Family Law, edited by Nadjma Yassari, Routledge, Abingdon 2016, 131-150
Posted: 02 Nov 2016
Nadjma Yassari
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law

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Iran, Family and inheritance law, spousal relationship, financial relation of spouses, reforms in Iranian family law, Family Protection Act 2013

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Between Procedure and Substance – A Review of Law Making in Egypt

Changing God’s Law: The Dynamics of Middle Eastern Family Law, edited by Nadjma Yassari, Routledge, Abingdon 2016, 113-130
Posted: 02 Nov 2016
Nadjma Yassari and Nora Alim
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and Independent

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Egypt, law reform, family and inheritance law , informal marriages, wills, paternity, procedural reform