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Overview
Background
Professor Ann Black researches in the field of comparative law, law & religion, and legal pluralism, with particular interest in Islamic law and the law and legal cultures of Asia, especially Brunei Darussalam. She teaches two comparative law courses in the undergraduate program - Asian Legal Systems and Introduction to Islamic law in addition to Fundamentals of the Common Law and Comparative Criminal Law in the School's Master's program. Professor Black received the UQ Teaching Excellence Award in 2022, and in 2023 she received the prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence at the Australian Awards for University Teaching.
Professor Black is a co-author with Gary Bell, of Law and Legal Institutions of Asia: Traditions, adaptations and innovations (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Modern Perspectives on Islamic Law, with Hossein Esmaeili and Nadirsyah Hosen, (Edward Elgar, 2013), and Religious Freedom in a Secular Society, with Jahid Hussein in Brill’s Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights (2022) and Religious Freedom and Accommodating Religious Diversity: Challenges and Responses (2023). Another book co-edited with Jahid Bhuiyan, Freedom of Religion and Religious Diversity: State Accommodation of Religious Minorities (Routledge) will be available October 2024.
Professor Black is the Executive Director, Comparative Law, in the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law and is the Program manager for the Centre's Indonesian Law Program, the Legal Pluralism Program, and the Korean Law Program and is a member of the Law and Religion in the Asia-Pacific and the Federalism and Multilevel Governance Program.
Availability
- Professor Ann Black is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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Southeast Asian law
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Comparative Criminal law
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Law & religion
Works
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2024
Book Chapter
Religious Minorities in Brunei and Malaysia
Black, Ann (2024). Religious Minorities in Brunei and Malaysia. Freedom of Religion and Religious Diversity. (pp. 246-270) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003458128-16
2024
Book Chapter
Religious rights: testing the limits of tolerance
Black, Ann (2024). Religious rights: testing the limits of tolerance. Courts and diversity: twenty years of the constitutional court of Indonesia. (pp. 145-172) edited by Bertus de Villiers, Saldi Isra and Pan Mohamad Faiz. Boston, MA USA: Brill/Nijhoff. doi: 10.1163/9789004691698_007
2023
Book Chapter
The Syariah factor: one of the many challenges for ‘Foreign’ judges in the courts of Brunei Darussalam
Black, Ann (2023). The Syariah factor: one of the many challenges for ‘Foreign’ judges in the courts of Brunei Darussalam. The Cambridge handbook of foreign judges on domestic courts. (pp. 409-426) edited by Anna Dziedzic and Simon N. M. Young. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009106238.241
2023
Conference Publication
Sharia and Australian Family Law
Black, Ann (2023). Sharia and Australian Family Law. Bangle Foundation's Domestic Abuse Awareness Conference , Australian Cente for Unity: Slack's Creek Mosque , 25-26 February 2023.
2023
Journal Article
The Syariah Factor <i>One of the Many Challenges for 'Foreign' Judges in the Courts of Brunei Darussalam</i>
Black, Ann (2023). The Syariah Factor One of the Many Challenges for 'Foreign' Judges in the Courts of Brunei Darussalam. Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges On Domestic Courts, 409-426.
2022
Conference Publication
Exporting a Constitutional Court to Brunei? An analysis of the Benefits and Prospects
Black, Ann (2022). Exporting a Constitutional Court to Brunei? An analysis of the Benefits and Prospects . 5th International Constitutional Court International Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, 5 -7 October 2022. Bali, Indonesia:
2022
Journal Article
Development of Sharia and legal studies in Australia
Black, Ann (2022). Development of Sharia and legal studies in Australia. Jurnal Hukum Islam, 20 (1) 2, 23-48. doi: 10.28918/jhi.v20i1.6506
2022
Book
Religious freedom in secular states: a 21st century perspective
Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Ann Black eds. (2022). Religious freedom in secular states: a 21st century perspective. Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights, Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff . doi: 10.1163/9789004449961_001
2021
Conference Publication
Development of sharia and legal studies in Australia
Black, Ann (2021). Development of sharia and legal studies in Australia. Ist International Conference of Sharia and Legal Studies., Pekalongan, Indonesia, 9 -10 November 2021.
2021
Other Outputs
Brunei Darussalam: Whither Pluralism in the “Abode of Peace”?
Black, Ann (2021, 09 23). Brunei Darussalam: Whither Pluralism in the “Abode of Peace”? Religion and Global Society
2021
Other Outputs
Something amiss in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam: reflections on diversity, inclusion, and the rule of law
Ann Black (2021, 06 24). Something amiss in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam: reflections on diversity, inclusion, and the rule of law Advancing Together: Rule of Law Updates and Perspectives 10-14 .
2021
Conference Publication
The Syariah Factor: One of the many challenges for foreign judges in the courts of Brunei Darussalam
Black, Ann (2021). The Syariah Factor: One of the many challenges for foreign judges in the courts of Brunei Darussalam. Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts , Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong , 3-7 May 2021.
2020
Journal Article
Brunei’s stoning for ‘gay-sex’ law flies under the radar
Black, Ann (2020, 04 24). Brunei’s stoning for ‘gay-sex’ law flies under the radar East Asia Forum
2020
Journal Article
An Islamic Court in Context: an ethnographic study of Judicial Reasoning An Islamic Court in Context: an ethnographic study of Judicial Reasoning By Erin E. Stiles [Palgrave McMillan, 2009]
Black, Ann (2020). An Islamic Court in Context: an ethnographic study of Judicial Reasoning An Islamic Court in Context: an ethnographic study of Judicial Reasoning By Erin E. Stiles [Palgrave McMillan, 2009] . Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice , 16 (1), 222-227.
2019
Conference Publication
Can I have a fatwa?: uses and abuses of fatwa in an electronic and global age
Black, Ann (2019). Can I have a fatwa?: uses and abuses of fatwa in an electronic and global age. Global Law Conference: CLE, Paris, France, 3-5 January 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Brunei Darussalam: undertaking a bold experiment in criminal law
Black, Ann (2019). Brunei Darussalam: undertaking a bold experiment in criminal law. National Criminal Law of ASEAN Countries, Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University, 21 May 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Cultural expertise in Australia: colonial laws, customs, and emergent legal pluralism
Black, Ann (2019). Cultural expertise in Australia: colonial laws, customs, and emergent legal pluralism. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 78
2018
Conference Publication
At the Crossroads: Islam, law & tolerance in SE Asia
Black, Elizabeth Ann (2018). At the Crossroads: Islam, law & tolerance in SE Asia. Global Law Conference, CLE, Paris, 4th- 5th January, 2018.
2018
Book Chapter
Going global: Australia looks to internationalise legal education
Black, Ann and Black, Peter (2018). Going global: Australia looks to internationalise legal education. Legal education in Asia: from imitation to innovation. (pp. 42-71) edited by Andrew Harding, Jiaxiang Hu and Maartje de Visser. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Nijhoff. doi: 10.1163/9789004349698_004
2018
Conference Publication
Law, religion and tolerance in Southeast Asia: at the crossroads?
Black, Ann (2018). Law, religion and tolerance in Southeast Asia: at the crossroads?. Britain Pacific Conference, London, United Kingdom, 14-21 December 2018.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Ann Black is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Aspects of law in Asia: comparative analysis
Potential topics could include:
- Religious freedom in Asian countries
- Minority rights in a particular Asian nation
For further information contact Professor Anne Black, e: a.black@law.uq.edu.au
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Shariah law from a comparative law perspective
Potential topics could include:
- Islamic family law reform
- Family and inheritance law for Muslims in secular Western nations
- Constitutional law in particular Muslim nations
- The role of law in the process of Islamisation in a particular Muslim nation or region
For further information contact Professor Anne Black, e: a.black@law.uq.edu.au
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Multicultural Co-living and Five Shared Values: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Protections for Multicultural Communities in Japan and Singapore
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Chapman
Completed supervision
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2022
Master Philosophy
The Chrysanthemum Throne: The Status of the Emperor and Gender Discrimination in Japanese Law
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Chapman
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Navigating dual legal systems: Islamic inheritance law in Australia's secular legal framework
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Morrison
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of the Constitutional Court in Securing Constitutional Government in Indonesia
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Promoting and Protecting the Right to Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
State Courts, Traditional Dispute Resolution and Indigenous Peoples in South Kalimantan: A Socio-Legal Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Jennifer Corrin
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