1st Edition

International Law and Muslim States Saudi Arabia in Context

By Dawood Hamzah Copyright 2022
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses the general interaction between international law and Islamic law in the Muslim world today. It interrogates factors that often form the root of the tension between the two legal regimes. Literalist interpretations of Islamic law and the modern international law's disposition that does not give due consideration to differences among cultures and civilizations are some of these... Read more

1 Introduction  2 Interaction of International Law and Domestic Law: Between Theory and Practice  3 Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia: Between Conservatism and Moderation  4 Saudi Arabia Between Theory and Practice of International Law  5 International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia  6 International Economic Relations and Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia  7 International Arbitration and Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia  8 Conclusion and Recommendations

Biography

Dawood Adesola Hamzah is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, and a lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.