The members of the Society for Arab and Islamic Law (Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht e.V., GAIR) have made it their aim to contribute to mutual understanding between the legal systems and legal practice of Europe and of the Islamic world, particularly the Arab world. Founded in 1997, the Society currently has more than 150 members, chiefly lawyers from academia and practice, scholars of Oriental and Islamic studies, and students.
The activities of the Society for Arab and Islamic Law (GAIR) include
- organising events, in particular an annual conference held each autumn with academic papers on a central theme. Some of the contributions to past annual conferences have been published in book form
- national and international meetings of those interested from academia and practice,
- initiating and supporting academic and practical legal work,
- publishing works such as the series ‘Recht, Gesellschaft und Islam | Law, Society, and Islam’ and the Zeitschrift für Recht & Islam / Journal of Law & Islam
On its website, GAIR also offers the opportunity to make academic work (examination, diploma and doctoral theses, habilitation theses), articles and papers on topics in Arab and Islamic law, as well as reports on stays abroad and internships, accessible to a wider public.