Islamic Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Islam, Law and Identity

   Edited by Marinos Diamantides, Adam Gearey

   The essays brought together in Islam, Law and Identity are the product of a series of interdisciplinary workshops that brought together scholars from a plethora of countries. Funded by the British Academy the workshops convened over a period of two years in London, Cairo and Izmir. The workshops...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
2. Bedouin Justice

   Law and Custom Among the Egyptian Bedouin

   By Austin Kennett

   This volume was originally published in 1925 and is a digest of the law and practice of the Bedouin Courts, together with an account of desert life and customs. ...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Legal Pluralism in Indonesia

   Bridging the Unbridgeable

   By Ratno Lukito

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   With the revival of Islamic law and adat (customary) law in the country, this book investigates the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. It looks at how the ideal of modernity in Indonesia has been characterized by a state-driven effort in the post-colonial era to make the...

   Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse

   By Anastasia Vakulenko

   Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the issue of Islamic veiling that has become so topical in recent years. For some, Islamic veiling indicates a lack of autonomy, the oppression of...

   Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Honour, Violence, Women and Islam

   Edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Tahir Abbas

   Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women...

   Published August 18th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
6. Shari'a Compliant Microfinance

   Edited by S. Nazim Ali

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   In the recent past, Islamic finance has made an impressive case on the banking scene by becoming an alternative to the popular conventional financial systems, spurring a lively academic debate on how the Islamic finance industry can expand its services to cover the poor. Several propositions have...

   Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. A Discourse on Domination in Mandate Palestine

   Imperialism, Property and Insurgency

   By Zeina B. Ghandour

   British discourse during the Mandate, with its unremitting convergence on the problematic ‘native question’, and which rested on racial and cultural theories and presumptions, as well as on certain givens drawn from the British class system, has been taken for granted by historians. The validity of...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
8. The Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Islamic Banking

   A Comparative Look at the United Kingdom and Malaysia

   By Abdul Karim Aldohni

   Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law

   During the last ten years the Islamic banking sector has grown rapidly, at an international level, as well as in individual jurisdictions including the UK. Islamic finance differs quite substantially from conventional banking, using very different mechanisms, and operating according to a different...

   Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. New Courts in Asia

   Edited by Andrew Harding, Penelope Nicholson

   Series: Routledge Law in Asia

   This book discusses court-oriented legal reforms across Asia with a focus on the creation of ‘new courts’ over the last 20 years. Contributors discuss how to judge new courts and examine whether the many new courts introduced over this period in Asia have succeeded or failed. The ‘new courts’ under...

   Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Law and Religion in Public Life

    The Contemporary Debate

    Edited by Nadirsyah Hosen, Richard Mohr

    With religion at centre stage in conflicts worldwide, and in social, ethical and geo-political debates, this book takes a timely look at relations between law and religion. To what extent can religion play a role in secular legal systems? How do peoples of various faiths live successfully by both...

    Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge