Systems of law

This is a timely contribution to the debate on the rights and liberties of religion, beliefs, and conscience in an age of secularization.

What is equity?

This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities'' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.

What is equity?

This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities'' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

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

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

Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution.

Thomas Izbicki presents a new analysis of the medieval Church''s teaching about and disciplined practice of the Eucharist.

Thomas Izbicki presents a new analysis of the medieval Church''s teaching about and disciplined practice of the Eucharist.

This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.

This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.

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

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

This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.

This contextual analysis of Islamic financial law challenges our understanding of both Islamic law and global financial markets.

This contextual analysis of Islamic financial law challenges our understanding of both Islamic law and global financial markets.

This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.

The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.

This book considers the rarely studied but pervasive concepts of doubt that medieval Muslim jurists used to resolve problematic criminal cases.

The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.

This book considers the rarely studied but pervasive concepts of doubt that medieval Muslim jurists used to resolve problematic criminal cases.

This book studies the US Supreme Court and its common law approach to judicial decision making from a national and transnational perspective.

This book studies the US Supreme Court and its common law approach to judicial decision making from a national and transnational perspective.

Demonstrates the paramount importance of laws in securing political equilibrium, stability, the integration of conquered peoples and a long-lasting empire.

Demonstrates the paramount importance of laws in securing political equilibrium, stability, the integration of conquered peoples and a long-lasting empire.

This book, first published in 1973, provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the common law in Anglo-Norman England.

Food safety has become a major concern for consumers in the developed world and Europe in particular.

Food safety has become a major concern for consumers in the developed world and Europe in particular.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Globalisation of the market, law and politics contributes to a diversity of transnational sustainability problems whose solutions exceed the territorial jurisdictional limits of nation states in which their effects are generated or occur.

Globalisation of the market, law and politics contributes to a diversity of transnational sustainability problems whose solutions exceed the territorial jurisdictional limits of nation states in which their effects are generated or occur.

This book draws on the work of Rawls to explore the interaction between faith, law and the right to religious freedom in post-Soeharto Indonesia, the world's largest democracy after India and the United States.

This book draws on the work of Rawls to explore the interaction between faith, law and the right to religious freedom in post-Soeharto Indonesia, the world's largest democracy after India and the United States.

In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the events of 9/11, 7/7, the War on Terror and the Caliphate and atrocities of the so-called Islamic State have dominated Western consciousness and wreaked havoc in parts of the Muslim-majority world.

In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the events of 9/11, 7/7, the War on Terror and the Caliphate and atrocities of the so-called Islamic State have dominated Western consciousness and wreaked havoc in parts of the Muslim-majority world.

Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few.

Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few.

Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live.

Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live.

'Noncitizenship', if it is considered at all, is generally seen only as the negation or deprivation of citizenship.

'Noncitizenship', if it is considered at all, is generally seen only as the negation or deprivation of citizenship.

Remarkable advances are being made in life science and agricultural research to reform the methods of food production, particularly with regard to staple grain and legume crops, in ways that will better reflect ecological realities.

Remarkable advances are being made in life science and agricultural research to reform the methods of food production, particularly with regard to staple grain and legume crops, in ways that will better reflect ecological realities.

Legal aid for family cases in private law, mainly divorce and separation, where the state is not directly involved as it is in public law cases where there are issues of domestic violence or neglect or abuse of children, came to an abrupt end together with help for welfare and immigration cases on April 1 2013 when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into effect.

Legal aid for family cases in private law, mainly divorce and separation, where the state is not directly involved as it is in public law cases where there are issues of domestic violence or neglect or abuse of children, came to an abrupt end together with help for welfare and immigration cases on April 1 2013 when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into effect.

This book explores the contentious topic of women's rights in Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on Iran and the Iranian women's movement from 1906 to the present.