Dr Salim Farrar
Profile
Degrees
LLB (Hons), LLM Lond; Dip in Sharia Law and Practice IIU Malaysia; PhD Warw; PG Cert in Teaching in Higher Education Coventry
Courses Taught
- Criminal Procedure
- Public International Law
Areas of Interest
- Islamic Law
- 'Human Rights'
- Criminal Justice
- Comparative Criminal Justice in Asia
Brief Biographical Detail
He first graduated in Law from King’s College London in 1991 and was called to the English Bar in 1992. Following a two-year stint in Malaysia from 1994-1996, he returned to England to pursue a doctorate in comparative criminal justice at the University of Warwick and as a British Academy Scholar. Upon completion of his doctorate, he went on to teach at the Universities of Coventry, Warwick and Manchester before his most recent appointment as an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2004. His principal research and teaching interests are in Islamic Law, Criminal Justice and ‘Human Rights’, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He speaks English, Arabic, Bahasa Malaysia and French, and has just written a book on the reforms of the Malaysian criminal process.
Publications
Books | Book Chapters | Refereed Journal Articles | Annotations | Book Reviews | Conference Papers | Seminars (by invitations)
- Farrar, S, The Criminal Process in Malaysia: Cases and Materials, Revised Edition (Prentice Hall): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (2008)
- Farrar, S, The Criminal Process in Malaysia: Cases and Materials, Volume 1, Pearson (Prentice Hall): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2007)
- Farrar, S, Blackstone’s Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing (Joint Editor with Professor B. Mitchell), Oxford University Press: Oxford and New York (1st Edition 2002) (3rd Edition, 2007) (4th Edition, 2008)
- Farrar, S, “Southeast Asian Law: Muslim Laws”, in Stanley N.Katz (Editor) Encyclopedia of Legal History, Oxford University Press: New York (March, 2009 forthcoming)
- Farrar, S, “The Role of the Defence” in Mohamed al-Ani, Adel Maged, Daniel Newman and Michael Bohlander (eds), Principles of Islamic Criminal Law: General Principles, Offences, Procedure and Sentencing, Hart Publishing [by invitation] (forthcoming)
- Farrar, S, ‘The “New” Malaysian Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2006” Asian Journal of Criminology (2009, forthcoming)
- Farrar, S, ‘An Islamic Response to the “Human Rights” Discourse; Analysis of the Problem and Proposal for an Alternative Dialogue’ (2007) 3 Journal of Islamic Law Review 27-62
- Farrar, S, ‘Risk v Due Process: Placing Asian Counter-terrorism Strategies under a Rule of Law: Problems and Prospects’ (2005) 1 Asia Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (APYIHL) 93-112 [by invitation]
- Farrar, S, ‘Revelation, Philosophy and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights: Reconciling the Irreconcilable?’ (2005)13 IIUM Law Journal 259-291
- Farrar, S, ‘Islamic Jurisprudence and the Role of the Accused’ (2003) 23(4) Legal Studies 587-604
- Farrar, S, ‘Myths and Legends: An Examination of the Historical Role of the Accused in Traditional Legal Scholarship; a Look at the Nineteenth Century’ (2001) 21(2) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 331-353
- Farrar, S, The Evidence Act 1950, Noter-Up (1998), Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, Sek Yong (Managing Ed), Malayan Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur
- Farrar, S, The Evidence Act 1950, Noter-Up (1997), Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, Farrar, S, Kevin Ooi (Managing Ed), Malayan Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur
- Farrar, S, The Immigration Act 1959/63 (1997), Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, Kevin Ooi (Managing Ed), Malayan Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur
- Farrar, S, The Passports Act 1966 (1997), Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, Kevin Ooi (Managing Ed), Malayan Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur
- Farrar, S, The Evidence Act 1950 (1996), Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, Kevin Ooi (Managing Ed), Malayan Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur
- Farrar, S, ‘Muslim Laws, Politics and Society in Modern Nation States: Dynamic Legal Pluralisms in England, Turkey and Pakistan. Ihsan Yilmaz’ (2007) 2 Asian Journal of Criminology 97-99 (DOI. 10.1007/s11417-007-9030-3) [ by invitation]
- Farrar, S, ‘Responding to the “Human Rights” Discourse “Islamically”: In Search of a “Humane” dialogue’, Law and Society Conference, University of Humboldt, Berlin, 25-28 July 2007
- Farrar, S, ‘Muddled hybridity or an equitable and just response to a complex local problem? A study and analysis of reform in the context of the pre-trial criminal process in Malaysia’, ASLI Conference, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 24-26 May 2007
- Farrar, S, ‘Risk v Due Process: Placing Asian Counter-terrorism Strategies under a Rule of Law: Problems and Prospects’, ASLI Conference, East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai, 24-26 May 2006
- Farrar, S, ‘Orientalism, Human Rights and the Secularisation of the Islamic Juridical Tradition’ (2000) Conference Paper, Annual Law and Anthropology Conference, Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford University, 1 December 2000
- Farrar, S, ‘In the Shadow of Chop Square: An Examination of Media Constructions of Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System’ (2000) Conference Paper, 3rd International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, Birmingham University, 22 June 2000
- Farrar, S, ‘Comparative Criminal Justice and the Reconciliation between Universal Discourses’, Griffith University Law School, Goldcoast, Australia, 20 June 2007
- Farrar, S, ‘Revelation, Philosophy and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights: Reconciling the Irreconcilable?’, (2005) Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws Public Lecture Series, No. 1/2005
- Farrar, S, ‘Orientalism, Occidentalism and the Recognition of a Cultural Self in Comparative Method’ (2001) Seminar Paper, Postgraduate Seminar Series, Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Birmingham University, 13 February 2001