Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The meanings and contexts of Shari''a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari''a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book shows that Shari''a and its ''fiqh'' (laws set forward by various Islamic legal schools) comprise a far more ...