Doctrinal Incoherence and the Harm Principle in Parental Medical Decision-Making
Two recent Supreme Court decisions expose a fundamental instability in the constitutional framework governing parental medical decision-making for minors. In United States v. Skrmetti (2025), the Court upheld a categorical...
Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia: A profound shift in how Canadian tort law recognises and redresses intimate partner violence – but what will the material impacts be for survivors?
In Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia 2026 SCC 16, the Supreme Court of Canada recognised (6-3) a new tort of intimate partner violence, based on coercive and controlling behaviour, overturning the Ontario...
Towards Marriage as a Partnership: Matrimonial Property under Muslim Family Law in Pakistan
There are broadly two ways of thinking about marriage in Islamic law. The first sees it as a relationship of ownership: the husband holds effective control, reflected in his absolute...
The Parental Veto: An Extra-Legal Requirement in Indian Marriages
The state government in Gujarat, India, recently tabled draft rules under the Gujarat Marriage Registration Act, 2006. It introduces parents’ consent as a mandatory requirement for the registration of consensual...
A Decolonial Jurisprudence in Making – the Right of a Woman to Dissolve a Marriage in Pakistan
Recently, the Supreme Court of Pakistan handed down a judgment, titled Dr. Seema Hanif Khan v.Waqas Khan and others, that may prove more significant than its immediate legal consequences suggest....
And the Law Comes Knocking: Section 69 and the Impact on Live-in Relationships in India (Part 3 of 6)
Section 69 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, drags legality into the wayward path of promises and their betrayal. The law formalises the judicial treatment of sexual consent said to...
The 2025 Mudawana Reform Protests in Morocco
Under the guise of benevolent masculinity, many a man will present themselves as an old-fashioned gentleman eager to do things the traditional way and provide for the woman they are...
Personal Status Law in Saudi Arabia: A Shift in Child Custody Rights of Mothers
Saudi Arabia enacted the Personal Status Law (PSL) in 2022. Saudi officials described it as a groundbreaking development but various human rights organizations criticised it for providing insufficient protections to...
