Dr. Fadhlina Alias is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. She holds an LLB with Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the International Islamic University Malaysia, and an LLM in International Commercial Law from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She is also a certified mediator. Her main research area is Medical Law and Bioethics, with a particular focus on end-of-life decision-making, advance medical directives, and regulatory reform in Malaysia. Her scholarship examines the intersection between law, medicine and Islamic ethics, and she has published widely on the ethico-legal aspects of end-of-life care in indexed journals and edited volumes, including Springer’s Journal of Religion and Health, Medicine and Law, Journal of Law and Medicine, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue and Al-Shajarah. She is the author of Medical Decisions at the End of Life: An Islamic Perspective published by USIM Press. Dr. Fadhlina has also held several academic leadership roles at her faculty, including Head of the Bachelor of Laws and Shariah with Honours Programme, Faculty e-Learning Coordinator, and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Judicial and Advocatory Practice Offshore Programme at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She is actively involved in editorial and review work, including for the Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, a Scopus-indexed journal, where she has served in editorial capacities across several terms, and has received institutional recognition for her publication, teaching, innovation and consultation work.
Dr. Puteri Nemie Jahn Kassim is a Professor at the Civil Law Department, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She obtained her Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom and her Master’s and PhD in Law from IIUM. Since obtaining her PhD in the area of Medical Negligence, she has written extensively in local and international journals in the areas relating to Medical and Healthcare Law and Ethics. Her recent journal articles include an article published by Springer in Journal of Religion and Health entitled the "Religious, Ethical and Legal Considerations in End of Life Issues: Fundamental Requisites for Medical Decision-Making". She has also authored several books which include Nursing Law and Ethics, and Law and Ethics Relating to the Medical Profession published by International Law Book Services, and Cases and Commentary on Medical Negligence in Malaysia published by Sweet & Maxwell Asia. She was appointed by the Malaysian Ministry of Health as a member of a national committee for drafting the new Organ Transplant Act for Malaysia and served as an international editorial board member for a Scopus-indexed journal, Medicine and Law by the World Association on Medical Law. She has procured many national research grants and an international grant from Sumitomo Foundation Japan, to study the Japanese system for compensating cerebral palsy cases. Her passion for research led her to win two outstanding research awards at the faculty level. Her administrative posts include Research Coordinator and Head of Civil Law Department, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM.
