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Dr. Shams Al-Hajjaji

Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief

 

Bio: Dr. Al-Hajjaji serves as the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief at Luxembourg University Press asbl, where he oversees the publication of cutting-edge academic research with a focus on interdisciplinary studies, including environmental law, economics, and international relations. Dr. Al-Hajjaji holds a Ph.D. from the University of Luxembourg and a Juris Scientiae Doctor (JSD) from University of California Berkeley. Dr. Al-Hajjaji brings a wealth of experience to his leadership at Luxembourg University Press. Dr. Al-Hajjaji is academic journey is complemented by numerous fellowships and scholarships, reflecting his commitment to advancing knowledge and bridging gaps between legal theory and practice. In his current role, Dr. Al-Hajjaji is dedicated to fostering academic excellence and promoting innovative research that addresses global challenges, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of law, environment, and economics.

 

List of Publications:

 

  1. Book Chapters:

 

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (forthcoming 2025), Shura in Islamic Governance: Balancing Divine Guidance and Practical Decision-Making in Modern Contexts, in Bibliothèque de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études - Sciences religieuses, editors, Emanuele Conte, Raphaël Eckert, Corinne Leveleux, (Brepols)
  2. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (forthcoming 2025), Revenge and Reconciliation: The Role of Qiṣāṣ in Islamic Jurisprudence and Egyptian Criminal Law Practices, in Asilomar conference precedent, editor, Laurent Mayali (Robbins religious and Civil Law Collection- Berkeley Law School).
  3. Nele Matz-Lück and Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2024), The International Legal Framework for Area-based Marine Management Tools, in Area-Based Management Approaches to Shipping Risk Mitigation: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives editors: Aldo Chircop, Floris Goerlandt, Ronald Pelot, and Claudio Aporta. (Springer Publishing).

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-60053-1_4

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2024). Nurturing Benevolence: Exploring Endowments (Waqf) in Islamic Jurisprudence and in Egyptian Law, in International Trade with the Middle East and North Africa: Legal, Commercial and Investment Perspectives, editors: Susan Karamanian, Vivenne Brand, and Hossien Esmaeili (Routledge academic Publisher)

https://www.routledge.com/International-Trade-with-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Legal-Commercial-and-Investment-Perspectives/Esmaeili-Brand-Karamanian/p/book/9781032464299

 

  1. Peer Reviewed Articles:  
  1. Maxime Sebe,; Fabien Yao,; Recuero Virto Laura,; Kent Salo,; Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.,; Dennis Booge,; Christa Maradino,; Nele Matz-Luck,; Anna Rutgersson, (forthcoming 2025), Shipping Fuel Pathways in a Changing Climate, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 
  2. Zongbo Shi, Sonja Endres, Anna Rutgersson, Al Hajjaji, S. A. D., Selma Brynolf  , Dennis Booge 6 , Ida-Maja Hasselöv 5 , Christos Kontovas, Huan Liu, Christa Marandino, Volker Matthias, Jana Moldanová, Kent Salo , Maxim Sebe, Yi Wen , Mingxi Yang, Chao Zhang (2023). Ship Plumes and Sustainable Shipping, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Special Issue on Progress and Development in Ocean Atmosphere Science at the Midway Point Through the Second Decade of the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Project.

https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/11/1/00052/197500/Perspectives-on-shipping-emissions-and-their

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023), National Legal Models to Regulate Scrubbers Washwater, Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review, vol 47-2.

https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ilr/vol46/iss2/1/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023). Coastal State versus Flag State: How Countries Mitigate the Environmental Harm from Scrubbers?, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Tulane University Law School vol. 47.

https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/tulmar47&div=14&id=&page=

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023). Judicial Independence in Egypt Post 2013 Military Coup: Current versus Prospective Reforms, Hikma Journal- Doha Institute for Graduate Studies- Qatar.

https://hikama.dohainstitute.org/en/issue07/Pages/art08.aspx

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2022). Uncertainty in Law and Science: The International Legal Status of Scrubbers’ Wash Water, Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, University of Maine School of Law. vol 27

https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/oclj/vol27/iss1/4/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2020). Islam and Reform of Authoritarianism: The Case of Muslim Majority Government. International Journal of Legislative Drafting & Legal Reform, 8(1), 3-25.

https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/42819

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2019). A Tale of Two Theories: Government by Judiciary Theory Versus Guardianship of the Jurist Theory. 33 Emory International Law Review, Emory Law School, 503.

https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr/vol33/iss4/2/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). Government by Judiciary in Islam: Islamic Theory of Government and Malpractice of Muslim Governments (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco), 2 California Western International Law JOURNALS- California Western School of Law, 284.

https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=cwilj

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). The Dilemma of Judicial Appointment in Egypt Questions of Gender Equality, Elimination of Political Opposition and Underprivileged Citizens. DePaul Journal for Social Justice. College of Law- Depaul University 

https://via.library.depaul.edu/jsj/vol11/iss1/3/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). Jordanian Constitutional Court Toward a Democratic, Effective and Accessible Court. Indonesian Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume V, Issue 2.

https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/40278

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). Modern Application of the Islamic Principle of Brotherhood: An Assessment of the Syrian Refugees' Relocation Solution in Egypt. San Diego International Law Journal, Volume 19 issue 2

https://digital.sandiego.edu/ilj/vol19/iss2/3/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). NATO, the EU, and the Arab Refugee Crisis. 6 Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs. Volume 6 Issue 1.

https://elibrary.law.psu.edu/jlia/vol6/iss1/7/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018). Reform of Judicial Independence Rules in Egypt. Indonesian Journal of International and Comparative Law.

https://international.vlex.com/vid/reform-of-judicial-independence-708064989

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, April). The Egyptian Judiciary in The Age of the Republic The Role of Internal Conflicts in Controlling The Judicial System. Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law.

https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/30391

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). A Call for Judicial Reform in Egypt. Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Volume 11, Issue 2, 257.

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/icl-2017-0017/html

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). Civil Liability for Environmental Damage: Discrepancies between National and International Courts in Fishery Cases. Texas Environmental Law Journal, volume 47 , issue 2, 111.

https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/40267

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). Clash of the Titans: A Comparative Approach to Reform of Judicial Accountability in Egypt. Seattle University Law Review, volume 41, Issue 1 62. 

https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol41/iss1/3/

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). Criminal Liability for Environmental Damage – National Courts versus the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Groningen Journal of International Law, Volume 5, Issue 1., 96.

https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/10/1/article-p1_1.xml

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). The Reform of Judicial Appointment Process in the Ordinary Judiciary in Egypt. Middle East Law and Governance, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3054669

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017). Replacement Policy for Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes: An Environmental Approach. Environmental Claims Journal, Volume 29, Issue 3, 235.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10406026.2017.1345527

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2013). The Long-Empty Canyon: A Study of the Old/New Legal Problems of the Nile Basin. Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science, 5(2), 141-154.

https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/article/10.11648.j.wros.20130205.22

  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2009). Due Process in Islamic Sharia: Historical Perspective on Political Executions During Umayyad Era (661 to 750 AD).  Al-Huqūq Journal Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  2. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2008). Temporary Detention in Constitutional Law and Islamic Sharia.  Al-Huqūq Journal Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  3. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2007). The Refugees and Article 56 of the 1971 Constitution.  Al-Huqūq Journal Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  1. Book Reviews
  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023) Review of the Political Foundation of Judicial Independence in Dictatorship and Democracy. Hikma Journal- Doha Institute for Graduate Studies- Qatar.
  2. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2014). Review of the New Global Law by Rafael Domingo. Berkeley Journal of International Law, Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, California USA.
  1. Scientific Presentations:
  1. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023, October 20-Invited Speaker), Revenge and Reconciliation: Customary Law and the Role of Qisas in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Country Practices, Robbins Religious and Civil Law Collection, The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, California, USA.
  2. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023, April 14-Invited Speaker), National Legal Models to Regulate Scrubbers Washwater, Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review Symposium, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  3. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2023, January 30-Invited Speaker), European Climate Law and the Regulation of the Shipping Industry: The Quest for the Zero-Emission Target, European University in Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain
  4. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2022, September 26), The Governance of the Shipping Industry Under the European Climate Law: Confrontation versus Collaboration, session “Adapt to climate change”, Sea Tech Week, University of Brest, Brest, France.
  5. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2022, September 24), Conflicts over the Strait of Hormuz, Maritime Talk: Security, Safety and Freedom of Navigation Through Straits, International Foundation of the Law of the Seas, Hamburg, Germany.
  6. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2022, July 9). Uncertainty in Law and Science: The International Legal Status of Scrubbers’ Wash Water, The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law, The 13th Annual Conference, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
  7. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.  (2022, June 24- Invited Speaker). Manipulation Game: The Judicial Alliance with the Political Regime in Egypt, State and Government in Egypt: Nature of the Political System and its Determinants Since 2013, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha Institute For Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar.
  8. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.  (2022, June 20- SRI-Congress Scholarship). The Legal Framework of Scrubbers: Comparative Law Approach, Suitability Research and Innovation Congress, Pretoria, South Africa.
  9.  Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.  (2022, May 10- Invited Speaker). European Climate Law and Shipping Industry, British University in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  10. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.  (2022, March 1). Legal Analysis of Alternative Fuels: The Divergence Between IMO, the Green Deal, and the European Climate law, Oceans of Conflicts and Climate Change: In Search of Pathways for Sustainable and Equitable Ocean and Coasts, Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, USA.
  11. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D.  (2021, December). ShipTrase: First year Legal Development Belmont Forum CRA Ocean Projects, Kiel, Germany. 
  12. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, July- Invited Speaker). The Legal Behaviour of EU Legal Institutions to Achieve the New Green Deal/European Climate Law, Department of Legal Studies of Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi”, Milan, Italy.
  13. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, April- Feature Speaker). Endowments in Islamic Jurisprudence and Arab Countries’ Practices, 2021 Arab Australian International Business and Corporate Law Conference, College of Business Government and Law, Flinders University College, Adelaide, Australia.
  14. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, March, Invited Speaker), Rule of Law in International Relations, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
  15. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, March), The Legal Framework of Scrubbers: International Law Approach, Maritime Transportation Workshop, Kiel Marine Science and Centre for Sea and Society, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  16. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, March), The Preliminary Findings of the ShipTrase Project- Legal Aspects, German Belmont Forum CRA Oceans Projects, Kiel, Germany.
  17. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2021, February), The Role of Mufti Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Government, Meeting on Development in Islamic Jurisprudence, Cairo, Egypt.
  18. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2020, December), Citizenship Training Course: Ritzer’s Integrative (Micro, Macro) Theory of Social Analysis, Department of Integration, Ministry of Family and Integration, Luxembourg.
  19. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2020, July), Constitutional Rights for non-Luxembourgish: Theory and Practice, Department of Integration, Ministry of Family and Integration, Luxembourg.
  20. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2020, March). Mare Nostrum: The Revival of the Maritime Boundary Conflict in the Eastern Region of the Mediterranean Sea, International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas, Hamburg, Germany.
  21. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2019, July). Wilayat Al-Qadi and its Malpractice in Iran, Egypt, and Jordan. Comparative Law Seminar, Faculty of law, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
  22. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2019, April). Comparative Approach of Juridical Independence in European Countries: Germany, France, and the UK. Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  23. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018, August), The Amplification and Melding of Counter Terrorism Agencies: From Security Service to Police and Back Again, Academy of European Public Law, Session 2018, Athens, Greece.
  24. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2018, June). Government by Judiciary in Islam: Islamic Theory and Mal/Practice of Muslim Governments  (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco). Annual Meeting on Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada.  
  25. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, December). NATO, the EU, and the Arab Refugees Crisis in Europe. Paper NATO Defense College Workshop on Refugees Crisis, Roma, Italy.
  26. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, November). Judicial Appointment in Comparative Context: Judicial Appointment Power versus Judicial Appointment Qualifications. Annual Loyola Constitutional Colloquium, Chicago, USA.
  27. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, November). Legal Pluralism in Islamic Jurisprudence; Theory and Practice. International Conference on Constitutionalism in a Plural World, Portuguese Catholic University Law School, Porto, Portugal
  28. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, August). Toward a Democratic, Effective and Accessible Jordanian Constitutional Court, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg, Germany
  29. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, April). Call for Judicial Reform. Colloquium on the Preconditions for Effective and Inclusive Governance in the Arab World, Tunis, Tunisia.
  30. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2017, April). Judicial Accountability in Comparative Context. Annual Conference of the Young Comparatives, Istanbul, Turkey.
  31. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2016, December). Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes. International Conference on Nuclear Security; Commitments and Actions, Vienna, Austria.
  32. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2016 October). The Government in Islam and its application in Saudi Arabia and Iran. Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
  33. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2016, May). Water Scarcity in California: The Effect of Internal Migration on Environmental Sustainability.  California Student Sustainability Convergence, California, USA.
  34. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2016, January). Judicial Appointment in Egypt Questions of Gender Equality, Elimination of Political Opposition and Underprivileged Citizens. Guest Lecture at University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
  35. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2015, October). Judicial Accountability in Egypt. Paper presented at Inaugural UC Conference on Social Science and Law, Beckman Centre, Irvine, CA, USA.
  36. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2015, August). Land Grabbing in Egypt. Paper presented at Economic Imperialism Conference, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  37. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2015, May). Economic Analysis of the International Environmental Law Disputes. Paper presented at Seventh Annual Conference of Society of Environmental Law and Economics, Netherlands.
  38. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2014, November). Criminal Liability in the Proceeding of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea. Paper presented at Canadian Council on International Law, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada.
  39. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2013, July). Study of the Old/New Legal Problems of the Nile Basin. Paper presented at Water Resources and environmental management: water, energy, security & climate change conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
  40. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2012, May). Vision/Respective on the Egyptian Constitutional Draft Articles. Paper presented at Egyptian Judges Association Annual Meeting, Cairo, Egypt.
  41. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2012, April). Challenges of Democracy in Egypt after Mubarak. Paper presented at the United States State Department, Washington, USA.
  42. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2012, February). Status of the Somalia Piracy under International Humanitarian Law. Paper presented at the Arabian Conference of International Humanitarian Law as the Egyptian Ministry of Justice Delegate, Beirut, Lebanon.
  43. Al Hajjaji, S. A. D. (2009, February). Witness, Testimony, and Perjury in Egyptian Legal System. Paper presented at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Cairo, Egypt.