Tahir Mahmood is an Indian legal scholar and author of a large number of books frequently cited in the judgments of the

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and numerous High Courts. He had his higher legal education in

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and

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and has over fifty years of academic experience. Currently he is with Amity University where his designation is "Distinguished Jurist Chair, Professor of Eminence & Chairman, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies."

Biography

Career

He has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law in

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(1992–95), Chairman of Government of India's National Commission for Minorities (1996–99), and Member of the

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(2007–09). His major interest areas have been religion-state relations,

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and Indian family laws. He has authored over twenty books besides editing a large number of anthologies and new editions of some classic works. He launched two prestigious journals - the Islamic and Comparative Law Quarterly in 1981 and the Religion and Law Review in 1992. His major books are ''Laws of India on Religion and Religious Affairs (''2008), ''Religion, Law and Society across the Globe'' (2013), ''Principles of Hindu Law: Personal Law of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs'' (2014), ''Reminiscing on Law Brains: Bench, Bar and Academia'' (2014), ''Minorities Commission 1978-2015: Minor Role in Major Affairs'' (2nd edition 2016) and ''Muslim Law in India and Abroad'' (2nd edition 2016). His thematic autobiography, ''Amid Gods and Lords: Living through Labyrinths of Religion and Law,'' was published in a second edition in 2015. He regularly writes for English and Urdu media. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Law and Religion Studies at

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(US), Steering Committee of the International Consortium of Law and Religion Studies at the

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(Italy), and Editorial Board of the

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(Jeddah-London).

Awards and recognition

Shah Waliullah Award for Contemporary Understanding of Islamic Law (India 2009), Distinguished Academic Services Award (US, 2010).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahmood, Tahir 1941 births Living people Deans of law schools in India Indian legal writers Indian legal scholars 21st-century Indian Muslims