Research Areas
Middle Eastern law; international human rights law; human rights and globalization; women’s international human rights; law and international business; comparative constitutional law
Current Projects
Problems of human rights universality; human rights and globalization; recent developments affecting human rights and constitutionalism in the Middle East.
Representative Publications
“The Fatal Flaws in the U.S. Constitutional Project for Iraq,” 61 Journal of International Affairs. Religion & Statecraft 153 (Fall/Winter 2007).
“The Islam and Human Rights Nexus: Shifting Dimensions,” 4 Muslim World Journal of Human Rights published by The Berkeley Electronic Press (2007).
Islam and Human Rights. Boulder: Westview Press, 4th edition, 2007.
Education
PhD, University of Michigan, 1978; Certificate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1977; JD, University of Pennsylvania, 1975; MA, University of Michigan, 1966; BA, University of Michigan, 1964
Recent Consulting
Human rights situation in post-liberation Kuwait, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1991-92; Human rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Department of State, 1991-92; Human rights and Middle Eastern politics, CIA, 1996-97
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fulbright Fellowship, Morocco, 1992; Tunisia, 1993; Residency at the Bellagio Center of the Rockfeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy April - May 1998
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1977-present. Visiting appointments: Princeton University; Georgetown University; Yale University
Other Positions
Summer Law Clerk, Goodman and Ewing, 1975; Summer Law Clerk, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, 1974
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Editorial Review Board, Human Rights Quarterly, 1994-present; Editorial Board, Arab Law Quarterly, 1986-present
