Thursday, April 6, 2006

Mohammad H. Fadel has joined the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law as the law school's second full-time Islamic law scholar, also an expert in business law. Prof. Fadel, whose main areas of interest include corporate and securities law, law and economics, jurisprudence and Islamic law, will teach business organizations.

"I am looking forward to joining one of the pre-eminent law faculties in North America. The breadth of the intellectual resources of the University of Toronto makes it ideal for the inter-disciplinary study of Islamic law and jurisprudence," says Prof. Fadel.

Read the press release.

In July 2005, the Faculty welcomed its first Islamic law scholar, Professor Anver Emon. Read the press release (Word document)