“The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective.” Southern Economic Journal, 78 (2012): 1086-95.
(with Scott Lustig) “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life.” Journal of Law and Economics, 55 (2012): 631-66.
“The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy,” New York Times, May 28, 2011.
Radio interview with Kai Ryssdal on Marketplace (March 4, 2011): “Historical Roots of Middle Eastern Uprisings.“
“The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective,” in Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, ed. James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, and Lee Cabatingan (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 71-89.
Topics of volumes:
with Simone Cofferati: “Islam, Economy, and Democracy.” EAST (Europe and Asia Strategies), English edition, 13 (February 2007): 77-79.
“The Absence of the Corporation in Islamic Law: Origins and Persistence.” American Journal of Comparative Law, 53 (July 2005): 785-834.
“Property,” Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, vol. 2 (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004): 553-54.
“Islamic Statecraft and the Middle East’s Delayed Modernization,” in Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations, ed. Peter Bernholz and Roland Vaubel (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2004), pp. 150-83.
“Opportunistic Taxation in Middle Eastern History: Islamic Influences on the Evolution of Private Property Rights” (August 2002).
“The Provision of Public Goods under Islamic Law: Origins, Impact, and Limitations of the Waqf System ,” Law and Society Review, 35: 4 (December 2001), 841-97. Abstract
“The Vulnerability of the Arab State: Reflections on the Ayubi Thesis.” Independent Review, 3 (Summer 1998): 111-23.
“Islamic Economics and the Clash of Civilizations,” Middle Eastern Lectures, 2 (1997): 25-38.
(with Mongi Azabou and Mustapha Nabli) “The Wholesale Produce Market of Tunis and Its Porters: A Tale of Market Degeneration,” in Mustapha Nabli and Jeffrey Nugent (eds.), The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1989): 352-374. Abstract
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