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The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 26.00Wael Hallaq treats the rise of Islamic law from 622 to 950 AD when the law and legal system reached maturity. This is the first book that offers such a wide coverage of Islamic legal history, with the intention of informing students and non-specialists in a readable and insightful narrative. more...
Muslim Women in Law and Society
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al Taher al-Haddad. Considered as one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars of an early "feminist" tract coming from a Muslim in Arab society. Awarded the 2008... more...
Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 28.00An exploration of Islamic law from the perspective of women and gender. more...
Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 39.95Muslim family law and its principles 15 regarding marriage, divorce, personal maintenance, paternity, and child custody is one of the most widely applied family law systems in existence today. A number of states have recently codified Muslim family law fo more...
Women, Islam and International Law
BRILL 2008; US$ 160.00Addresses Islam and women's human rights from a fresh perspective. This work attempts to define some basis for constructive dialogue and interaction in the context of international law and, in the context of participation of many Muslim States in the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. more...
Islamic Jurisprudence in the Classical Era
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 79.00In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four essays in the field of Islamic law by Norman Calder that have never been previously published. more...
Muslim Marriage in Western Courts
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 104.95This book describes and analyzes the notion of Mahr, the Muslim custom whereby the groom has to give a gift to the bride in consideration of the marriage. It explores how Western courts, specifically in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany, have approached and interpreted Mahr. Returning to the overarching concept of liberalism, the book... more...
Islamic Divorce in North America
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 64.99Policy-makers and the public are increasingly attentive to the role of shari'a in the everyday lives of Western Muslims, with negative associations and public fears growing among their non-Muslim neighbors in the United States and Canada. The most common way North American Muslims relate to shari'a is in their observance of Muslim marriage... more...
Family Law in Islam
I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 82.50In both the West and throughout the Muslim world, Islamic family law is a highly - and hotly - debated topic. In the Muslim World, the discussions at the heart of these debates are often primarily concerned with the extent to which classical Islamic family law should be implemented in the national legal system, and the impact this has on society. "Family... more...
Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 46.95Islamic 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 women and the threat of Islamic radicalism to western... more...









