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This well-informed book explains, reflects on and analyses Islamic law, not only in the classical legal tradition of Sharia, but also its modern, contemporary context. Its wide-ranging coverage will appeal to researchers and students of Islamic law, or Islamic studies in general.

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An excellent introduction to the most significant institutions, procedures and substantive areas of Islamic law, and to selected problems in applying that law. --Mark D. Welton, Middle East Journal

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Contents: Foreword by The Honorable Sir William Blair Preface Prologue 1. The Nature of Law, and its Relationship with Religion, in Islam 2. Islamic Law and Institutions 3. Seeing a Western Nation through Muslim Eyes: Citizenship and the Sharia in Modern Nation-states 4. Fatwa and Muftis 5. Islamic Family Law 6. Mediation, Arbitration and Islamic Alternative Dispute Resolution 7. Islamic Law and Economics 8. Property Rights, Inheritance Law and Trusts (waqf) 9. Islamic Criminal Law 10. Contemporary Debates On and Within Islam Epilogue Index

Modern Perspectives on Islamic Law

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      Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
      Published 28 June 2013
      ISBN-13 9780857934468
      978-0857934468
      ISBN-10 0857934465
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      International law Systems of law: Islamic law

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This well-informed book explains, reflects on and analyses Islamic law, not only in the classical legal tradition of Sharia, but also its modern, contemporary context. Its wide-ranging coverage will appeal to researchers and students of Islamic law, or Islamic studies in general.

      Trade Review
      An excellent introduction to the most significant institutions, procedures and substantive areas of Islamic law, and to selected problems in applying that law. --Mark D. Welton, Middle East Journal

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Foreword by The Honorable Sir William Blair Preface Prologue 1. The Nature of Law, and its Relationship with Religion, in Islam 2. Islamic Law and Institutions 3. Seeing a Western Nation through Muslim Eyes: Citizenship and the Sharia in Modern Nation-states 4. Fatwa and Muftis 5. Islamic Family Law 6. Mediation, Arbitration and Islamic Alternative Dispute Resolution 7. Islamic Law and Economics 8. Property Rights, Inheritance Law and Trusts (waqf) 9. Islamic Criminal Law 10. Contemporary Debates On and Within Islam Epilogue Index

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