Islamic law

Providing the English reader with an introductory guide to the major aspects of Islamic law, this text places particular emphasis on the tensions between Muslim and English law. It discusses the sources of Islamic law, family inheritance, and contract and commercial law. Learn More

This volume reflects the late Norman Calder's own interests and contributions. It includes articles by scholars who are similarly renowned for their sophisticated and challenging approaches to Arabic and Islamic texts. Also represented are his former students and colleagues working in the field of Rabbinic Studies, which informed his own work. Learn More

Assessing the treatment of women under Iran's justice system, this book offers a rare analysis of women's situation in a system of justice that adheres to Islam's Sacred Law. It also demonstrates that the Sacred Law is one of the most complex, detailed and comprehensive legal theories that Islam has produced in its capacity as a doctrine of social justice. Learn More

At the time of his death in 1998, at the age of 47, Norman Calder had become the most widely-discussed scholar in his field. This work focuses on his monograph, "Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence" (Oxford, 1993), which challenged existing theories about the origins of Islamic Law. Learn More

A collection of essays, which suggest that concepts from Western political theory are compatible with a liberal interpretation of Islamic universals and that such universals can form the basis for a contemporary approach to the protection of human rights and the articulation of a modern Islamic civil society. Learn More

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A practical manual in how to meet the needs of Muslim clients, the book explains basic concepts of Islamic Family Law and how the English legal system can be used to satisfy the diverse needs of Muslim clients. Learn More

Taking an inter-disciplinary approach which straddles law, anthropology sociology and women's studies, the author shows how women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims. Learn More

The increasingly transnational nature of terrorist activities compels the international community to strengthen the legal framework in which counter-terrorist activities should occur, including at the intergovernmental level. This monograph examines one such important intergovernmental organisation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Learn More

Arguing for new consideration of calls for implementation of Islamic law as projects of future-oriented social transformation, this book presents a richly-textured critical overview of the day-to-day workings of one of the most complex experiments with the implementation of Islamic law in the contemporary world - that of post-tsunami Aceh. Learn More

The articles in this volume engage critically with selected substantive issues in Islamic law, including family law; law of inheritance; law of financial transactions; criminal law; judicial procedure; and international law (al-siyar). Learn More

This volume provides a much needed collection of articles that explore the complexities involved in the application of Islamic law within the contemporary legal systems of different countries today, with particular reference to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan. Learn More

This volume addresses the sources, methods and principles of Islamic law leading to an appreciation of the skills of independent juristic and legal reasoning necessary for deriving specific rulings from the established sources of the law. Learn More

Based on analysis of hundreds of fatwas and juristic treatises, this book uncovers the internal debates within minority communities on issues including integration, political participation, leisure, finances, and attitudes toward non-Muslims. Learn More

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