Resetting Neoliberal Values: Lawmaking in Malaysia's Islamic Finance
| Autor: | Jane Pollard, Yew Wah Chow, Jessie P. H. Poon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Corporate governance
05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Financial market 0507 social and economic geography Islam Lawmaking Islamic finance Work (electrical) Political economy Political science 0502 economics and business Production (economics) 050207 economics 050703 geography Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 108:1442-1456 |
| ISSN: | 2469-4460 2469-4452 |
| Popis: | In economic geography and cognate disciplines, a good deal of attention has been paid to the roles of investors, lenders, analysts, advisors, actuaries, and other skilled financial professionals in forming and reproducing financial and other markets. Relatively neglected, by contrast, is the work of lawyers, judges, and other legal agents. This article redresses this imbalance by making two contributions. First, we highlight the role of legal labor in financial market formation in Malaysia, specifically the role of Shariah jurists and translators in institutionalizing the (re)production of Islamic values in market life. Second, drawing on cases of financial litigation and interviews with Shariah scholars, we argue that Malaysia's strategy to develop its Islamic financial governance institutions, to bolster its international stature, and to extend the regional, national, and international reach and mobility of its Islamic values is intrinsically geographical in nature. The strategy involves a rescaling and... |
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