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Authored Books

Lau, Martin (2006) The Role of Islam in the Legal System of Pakistan. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff. (London-Leiden Series on Law, Administration and Development, Volume: 9)

Lau, Martin (2002) Afghanistan's legal system and its compatibility with international human rights standards : final report. Geneva: International Commission of Jurists.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Lau, Martin, ed. (2023) Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Vol.22 (2021-2022). Leiden: Brill.

Lau, Martin, ed. (2022) Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Vol.21 (2019-2021). Leiden: Brill.

Book Chapters

Lau, Martin (2023) 'Pakistan.' In: Smits, Jan M., Husa, Jaakko, Valcke, Catherine and Narciso, Madalena, (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 145-152.

Lau, Martin and Nasrallah, Faris (2023) 'Public Policy.' In: Blanke, Gordon and Corm-Bhakos, Soraya, (eds.), The MENA Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration. Huntington, NY 11743, USA: Juris Net, LCC.

Lau, Martin (2022) 'The Public Policy Exception and International Commercial Arbitration in the MENA Region: A Contextual Analysis.' In: Arbitration in the MENA. New York: JurisNet, pp. 1-64. (Arbitration in the MENA)

Scobbie, Iain (2007) 'An Intimate Disengagement: Israel's Withdrawal from Gaza, the Law of Occupation and of Self-Determination.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Lau, Martin, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 11 (2004-2005). Leiden: Brill, pp. 3-31.

Baderin, Mashood (2006) 'Effective Legal Representation in “Sharī’ah” Courts as a Means of Addressing Human Rights Concerns in the Islamic Criminal Justice System of Muslim States.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Lau, Martin, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (2004-2005). Leiden: Brill, pp. 135-167.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006) 'Islam, Religion of the Environment.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Lau, Martin, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Netherlands: Brill, pp. 403-410.

Lau, Martin (2003) 'Article 2a, the Objectives Resolution and the Islamisation of Pakistani Laws.' In: Ebert, H.-G. and Hanstein, T., (eds.), Beitraege zum Islamischen Recht III. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang, pp. 173-204.

Lau, Martin (2002) 'An Introduction to Afghanistan's Legal System.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Lau, Martin, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 8. Leiden: Brill, pp. 27-44.

Lau, Martin (2002) 'Pakistan Country Survey.' In: Cotran, Eugene, (ed.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer International (Netherlands), pp. 394-412.

Lau, Martin (2000) 'Islam and Constitutional Development in Pakistan.' In: Edge, Ian, (ed.), Comparative law in global perspective: essays in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the SOAS Law department. Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational, pp. 293-323.

Lau, Martin (1996) 'Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Protection in Pakistan.' In: Boyle, Alan E. and Anderson, Michael R., (eds.), Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 285-302.

Lau, Martin (1996) 'Opening Pandora'Cotrans Box: The Impact of the Saima Waheen case on the Legal Status of Women in Pakistan.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Mallat, Chibli, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Liddle Eastern Law. The Hague: Kluwer, pp. 518-533.

Journal Article

Lau, Martin (2024) 'Print, Publish, Punish: The Qur’an and the Law from Colonial India to Contemporary Pakistan.' Arab Law Quarterly, 38 (4). pp. 371-429.

Lau, Martin (2018) 'More Law, More Crime? The Pitfalls of Pakistan's Illegal Dispossession Act 2005.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 19 (1). pp. 351-376.

Lau, Martin (2018) 'The Role of Environmental Tribunals in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online, 20 (1). pp. 1-48.

Lau, Martin (2005) 'Islam and Human Rights in Comparative Perspectives: The New Constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan.' Hikakuhō-kenkyū = Comparative law journal, 66. pp. 208-222.

Lau, Martin (2004) 'The Independence of Judges Under Islamic Law, International law and the New Afghan Constitution.' Zeitschrift fur auslaendisches oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht. Heidelberg Journal of International Law., 64 (4). pp. 917-927.

Lau, Martin (1995) 'Indian Tort Law: A Historical Enquiry.' Delhi Law Review, 17. pp. 24-40.

Book Reviews

Lau, Martin (2022) 'Book Review of: Olaf Köndgen, A Bibliography of Islamic Criminal Law, Brill: Leiden, Boston 2022, 467 p, ISBN: 978-90-04-44750-9 (hardback), ISBN: 978-90-04-47278-5 (e-book/pdf).' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 21 (1). pp. 235-237.