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The Legal Platform of the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies is led by
Dr. Karin Karmit-Yefet Yafe from the Faculty of Law at Haifa University,
and Dr. Ido Shahar from the Department of Jewish and Islamic Studies at
Haifa University.
Dr. Karin Karmit-Yefet Yafe from the Faculty of Law at Haifa University,
and Dr. Ido Shahar from the Department of Jewish and Islamic Studies at
Haifa University.
The platform focuses on the similarities and differences
between the legal systems of the various religious denominations, and
works for an informed and critical discussion of relationship patterns that
exist within the legal systems, between themselves and between them
and the State. The Legal Platform serves as a framework within which
experienced and young researchers meet with professionals from the
Legal profession (judges and lawyers) and hold an informed dialogue in
between the legal systems of the various religious denominations, and
works for an informed and critical discussion of relationship patterns that
exist within the legal systems, between themselves and between them
and the State. The Legal Platform serves as a framework within which
experienced and young researchers meet with professionals from the
Legal profession (judges and lawyers) and hold an informed dialogue in
order to identify issues and points of disagreement, and finding solutions.
In so doing, the Legal Platform initiates the following actions:
Publication of the journal Kadat and Qadin. The online journal will present
religious rulings of the Sharia Court in family law, to Hebrew speakers.
Since 2001, Muslim Sharia law has been applied not only in the Sharia
courts, but also in the family courts that hear claims concerning spousal
and child support, custody and paternity of Muslim litigants. Currently, the
civil judges or the legal community do not have at their disposal reliable
and detailed sources of information regarding the rules of Sharia law in
the issues under discussion.
The journal “Kadat and Qadin”, a joint
initiative of the Ministry of Justice and the Haifa Laboratory for Religious
Studies, seeks to fill the gap in this context, and provide an up-to-date,
rich and in-depth knowledge of the Hebrew language to Islamic legal
practitioners.
initiative of the Ministry of Justice and the Haifa Laboratory for Religious
Studies, seeks to fill the gap in this context, and provide an up-to-date,
rich and in-depth knowledge of the Hebrew language to Islamic legal
practitioners.
Its main purpose is to clarify and make available important
rulings of the Sharia courts in Israel to Hebrew speakers. Issues of the
journal are expected to be published twice a year in an online edition on
the Laboratory website.
rulings of the Sharia courts in Israel to Hebrew speakers. Issues of the
journal are expected to be published twice a year in an online edition on
the Laboratory website.
Holding an Annual Conference: The Legal Platform Annual Conference by
the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies. The intention is to convene key
players in the religious legal arena (civil judges, religious judges, lawyers,
State representatives, as well as academic researchers), for a focused
discussion on selected issues held once a year.
The Ministry of Justice, the
Bar Association and Academia representatives will participate in the
organization of the conferences, and made available to the general public
both through recording and publication of the lectures on the Laboratory’s
website.
Bar Association and Academia representatives will participate in the
organization of the conferences, and made available to the general public
both through recording and publication of the lectures on the Laboratory’s
website.
The intention is to enable a comprehensive and in-depth
comparative and interfaith discourse to assist in the application of
religious law in Israel while catering to the needs of society and the
individual. Presently, this type of platform is absent from the legal,
academic and public discourse, thus – the Legal Platform would fill a
significant void.
comparative and interfaith discourse to assist in the application of
religious law in Israel while catering to the needs of society and the
individual. Presently, this type of platform is absent from the legal,
academic and public discourse, thus – the Legal Platform would fill a
significant void.
Holding the Haifa Workshop on Religious Law. The Haifa Workshop on
Religious Law will invite senior and young researchers (research students)
to dedicated meetings that will be held twice in each semester (four
meetings per year) during the academic year.
Each year, an issue or two
pertaining to Religious Family Law will be focused on, and an Open Call
would be issued, inviting senior and young researchers to make
presentations on that topic. The event will be held as a workshop format,
that is, with a special emphasis on the discussion part between the
presenter, commentator and other participants.
pertaining to Religious Family Law will be focused on, and an Open Call
would be issued, inviting senior and young researchers to make
presentations on that topic. The event will be held as a workshop format,
that is, with a special emphasis on the discussion part between the
presenter, commentator and other participants.
The goal is to hone and
refine the scientific discourse on Religious Family Law. We intend to try
and issue – every few years – one thematic issue in one of the legal
journals published in Israel, with the comprehensive results of the
workshop.
refine the scientific discourse on Religious Family Law. We intend to try
and issue – every few years – one thematic issue in one of the legal
journals published in Israel, with the comprehensive results of the
workshop.
Combining these three initiatives – Publishing the “Kadat and Qadin”
journal; holding annual conferences; and holding workshops for
researchers throughout the year – would turn the Legal Platform of Haifa
Laboratory for Religious Studies the first and only center of its kind
dedicated to perfecting and honing the discourse about the application of
religious law in Israel.
