Systems of law: Islamic law

The Islamic finance industry has grown at a phenomenal pace over the past decade.

In Muslim countries, apostasy and blasphemy laws are defended on the grounds that they are based on Islamic Shari'a and intended to protect religion.

In this book, a judge at the Shari''a Court of Jerusalem explains the religious law of Muslim minorities.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

For over a thousand years, Muslim scholars worked to ensure that Islamic law was always fresh and vibrant, that it responded to the needs of an evolving Muslim community and served as a moral and spiritual compass.

In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices.

Dante is one of the towering figures of medieval European literature.

The idea of maslaha has a rich history in classical legal thought and literature.

This volume shows how and why legal empowerment is important for those exercising their religious rights under various jurisdictions, in conditions of legal pluralism.

This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America.

Shows that the shari''a and Islamic law are compatible with contemporary international human rights laws and norms, and appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

The question of tolerance and Islam is not a new one.

Introducing undergraduate students to Islamic law, this accessible textbook does not presume legal or technical knowledge.

Freedom of religion is an issue of universal interest and scope.

This book explores relations between state, religion and law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all has been heightened debate over the place of shari`a law in modern politics and ethical life.

In this landmark publication, the world's leading expert in the legal system of Saudi Arabia explains and documents the uncodified principles of contract, tort, and property that frame the business laws of the Kingdom.

This book takes a hermeneutic approach toward reading the writings of Jamal al-Banna and Tariq al-Bishri across several decades in order to explore contemporary Islamic political thought under authoritarianism.

There is a long and rich history of opinion centred on female prayer leadership in Islam that has occupied the minds of theologians and jurists alike.

Centered on legal discourses of Islam''s first six centuries, this book analyzes juristic writings on the topic of rape.

Asks and answers the hardest questions about the relationship between British Islam and English law using classical pluralist theory.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

In February 2018, the 'Independent Review on Sharia Law in England and Wales' was published, headed by Professor Mona Siddiqui.

Peaceful legal and political 'changing of the guards' is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere.

This book is a contribution to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim populations and Islamic contexts.

In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system.

This book outlines the legal status of Muslims in Italy.

To truly understand the current interest in the development of Islamic banking and finance in South-East Asia, and how it is different from the conventional banking system, the author believes one must firstly understand the religious relationship originating from the Qur'an, and then trace the historical geographic and political developments of Islam over recent centuries.

Empirically analyzes Islam and human rights in constitutions of Muslim-majority states and theorizes why some adopted Islam in their constitutions.

Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.

The book explores the relationship between Muslims, the Common Law and Shari?

Original Islam investigates the primacy of Madinan Islam and the madhhab (school of law) of its main exponent, Malik ibn Anas.

This volume critically analyses Muslim Personal Law (MPL) in India and offers an alternative perspective to look at MPL and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) debate.

This profound book is a powerful yet balanced critique of mainstream economics that makes a forceful plea for taking economics out of its secular and occident-centred cocoon.

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance.

This book deals with Law of Waqf (Muslim Endowment Law) and its judicial response in India.

In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law.

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Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics and culture.

Shows that the shari''a and Islamic law are compatible with contemporary international human rights laws and norms, and appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation.

This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.

Freedom of religion is an issue of universal interest and scope.