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
- Evidence
- Criminal Law
- Introduction to Islamic Law
- Islamic Law and Commerce
- Law and Investment in Asia
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) | Encyclopedia Entry
- 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, 'Crime and Criminal Justice in Malaysia' in J Liu, S Jou & B Hebenton (eds), Handbook of Asian Criminology, Springer: New York (2013) 231-246
- Farrar, S, 'Degrading Searches and Illegally Obtained Evidence in the Malaysian Criminal Justice System' in P Roberts & J Hunter (eds), Criminal Evidence and Human Rights: Reimagining Common Law Procedural Traditions, Hart Publishing: UK (2012) 103-118
- Farrar, S, 'Islamic Banking and Finance – The Australian Way' in A Trakic & H Tajuddin (eds), Islamic Banking and Finance: Principles, Instruments & Operations, The Malaysian Current Law Journal Sdn Bhd: Malaysia (2012) 563-592
- Farrar, S, 'Foreign Investment Laws and the role of FDI in Malaysia's "new" economic model' in V Bath & L Nottage (eds), Foreign Investment and Dispute Resolution Law and Practice in Asia, Routledge: UK (2011) 153-173
- Farrar, S, 'Risk v Due Process: Placing Asian Counter-terrorism Strategies under a Rule of Law: Problems and Prospects', in Rocque, H (ed), Asia Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law , volume 1 (2005) 93-112
- Farrar, S, 'Accommodating Islamic Banking and Finance in Australia' (2011) 34(1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 413-442
- Farrar, S, 'Law and Development in the Islamic World: New Possibilities' (2011) 4(2) The Law and Development Review 115-127
- Farrar, S, ‘The “New” Malaysian Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2006' (2009) 4(2) Asian Journal of Criminology 129-144
- 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, ‘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, 'Law and Development in the Islamic World: New Possibilities', Law and Development Institute Annual Conference, Sydney, 16 October 2010
- Farrar, S, 'Virtual Autopsies, Conflicts of Rights, and the Best Evidence Rule', 21st Century Challenges in Evidence Law: International and Comparative Perspectives, Sydney, 24-25 September 2010
- Farrar, S, 'Law in Development Under Malaysia’s "New Economic Model" and the Opportunities for Korean Involvement', 20th Anniversary Conference, Korean Legislative Research Instititute, Seoul, 1 July 2010
- Farrar, S, 'Accommodating Islamic Banking and Finance in Australia and New South Wales', International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance – Cross Border Practices, Malaysia,1 5-16 June 2010
- Farrar, S, 'Body Searches and Illegally Obtained Evidence: Enforcing the Human Right not to be Subjected to Degrading Treatment in the Malaysian Criminal Justice System', Criminal Evidence and Human Rights: Common Law Perspectives, Sydney, 9-10 April 2010
- Farrar, S, 'Accommodating Islamic Banking and Finance in Australia: Charity or Profit?', Rights, Regulation and Responsibility: Australian and Singaporean Perspectives Law Research Symposium, Sydney, 30-31 July 2009
- Farrar, S, 'Accommodating Islamic Banking and Finance in New South Wales', Rights, Regulation and Responsibility: Australian and Singaporean Perspectives Law Research Symposium, Sydney, 30-31 July 2009
- 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
- Farrar, S, 'Southeast Asian Law: Muslim Laws' in Katz, S (ed), The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (2009) 322-234
