Russell Powell

Biography

Professor Powell was an Associate with Coudert Brothers from 1996-1998 and an Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati before teaching at the University of Jordan and at Loyola University Chicago. He taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law from 2003-2005. His areas of expertise are business law (especially corporate law), jurisprudence (with particular interests in Catholic social thought and Islamic legal theory), and comparative law. Professor Powell reads and speaks a number of languages including Turkish and Farsi.

Articles

Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity: A History, 1789-2007 by Carter V. Findley, FORTHCOMING (2011)

Forgiveness in Islamic Ethics and Jurisprudence. 4 BERKELEY J. OF MID. EAST. & ISLAMIC L. __ (2011)

The Study of Secularism and Religion in the Constitution and Contemporary Politics Of Turkey: The Rise Of Interdisciplinarity and the Decline of Methodology? __ ST. THOMAS LAW J. __ (2011)

Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey by M. Hakan Yavuz. 33 POL. & LEG. ANTHRO. REV. 396 (2010)

Forgiveness in Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Role in Intercommunal Relations. ISLAMIC LAW & LAW OF THE MUSLIM WORLD EJOURNAL (2010)

Zakat: Drawing Insights for Legal Theory and Economic Policy from Islamic Jurisprudence, 7 PITTSBURGH TAX REV. 43 (2010).

Book Review: FAITH & LAW: HOW RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS FROM CALVINISM TO ISLAM VIEW AMERICAN LAW. Edited by Robert F. Cochran, Jr., THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (2009)

 Theology in Public Reason and Legal Discourse: A Case for the Preferential Option for the Poor, __ Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice __ (2009), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111713.

Catharine MacKinnon May Not Be Enough: Legal Change and Religion in Catholic and Sunni Jurisprudence, 8 Geo. J. Gender & L. 1 (2007), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1033119.

The Enron Trial Drama: A New Case for Stakeholder Theory, 38 U. Tol. L. Rev. 1087 (2007), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031476.

Toward Reconciliation in the Middle East: A Framework for Christian-Muslim Dialogue Using Natural Law Tradition, 2 Loy. Int'l L. Rev. 1 (2005), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031269.

Beyond Lane: Who is Protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act, Who Should Be?, 82 Denv. U.L. Rev. 25 (2004), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031255.