Law: Islamic Law

By Maria Bhatti

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shariʿa law in order to determine possible tensions that may arise between the two systems. It develops evidentiary and procedural rules under Shariʿa, as well as examining the consequences of…

Hardback – 2018-10-09
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Islamic Law in Context

By Nobuaki Kondo

The relationship between Islamic law and society is an important issue in Iran under the Islamic Republic. Although Islamic law was a pivotal element in the traditional Iranian society, no comprehensive research has been made until today. This is because modern reformers emphasized the lack of rule…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge
Royal Asiatic Society Books

By Stewart Fenwick

This book draws on the work of Rawls to explore the interaction between faith, law and the right to religious freedom in post-Soeharto Indonesia, the world’s largest democracy after India and the United States.　 It argues that enforcement of Islamic principles by the state is inconsistent with…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
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ICLARS Series on Law and Religion

By Roja Fazaeli

This book explores the contentious topic of women’s rights in Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on Iran and the Iranian women’s movement from 1906 to the present. The work contextualizes the authorial self through the use of personal narrative and interviews. A new critique of…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge
Gender in Law, Culture, and Society

By Salim Farrar, Ghena Krayem

The book explores the relationship between Muslims, the Common Law and Sharīʽah post-9/11. The book looks at the accommodation of Sharīʽah Law within Western Common Law legal traditions and the role of the judiciary, in particular, in drawing boundaries for secular democratic states with Muslim…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
Routledge

Edited by Nadjma Yassari

This volume identifies and elaborates on the significance and functions of the various actors involved in the development of family law in the Middle East. Besides the importance of family law regulations for each individual, family law has become the battleground of political and social…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
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Islamic Law in Context

Edited by Kyriaki Topidi, Lauren Fielder

This volume shows how and why legal empowerment is important for those exercising their religious rights under various jurisdictions, in conditions of legal pluralism. At the same time, it also questions the thesis that as societies become more modern, they also become less religious. The authors…

Paperback – 2018-05-11
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ICLARS Series on Law and Religion

By Nahda Shehada

Written from an ethnographic perspective, this book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines the way judges, lawyers and litigants operate with respect to the law and with each other, particularly given their different positions in the power…

Hardback – 2018-03-29
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Islamic Law in Context

By Sonia Zaman Khan

Peaceful legal and political ‘changing of the guards’ is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere. As a relatively new democracy, marred by long periods of military rule, Bangladesh has been encountering serious problems because of a prevailing culture of mistrust,…

Hardback – 2017-11-09
Routledge

By Ratno Lukito

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…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Edited by Elisa Giunchi

This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America. It uses court transcriptions and observations to discuss how the most contentious marriage-related issues - consent and age of spouses, dower, polygamy, and divorce - are adjudicated…

Paperback – 2016-12-14
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Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

By Farah Deeba Chowdhury

This book examines the interrelationship between law, culture, patriarchy and religion in the context of contemporary Bangladesh. It explores the role of Islam in society and politics generally, and its influence on gender equality in particular. The work focuses on the situation of married women.…

Hardback – 2016-12-12
Routledge
ICLARS Series on Law and Religion