Issues in Islamic Law

Contents: Introduction; Part I Islamic Family Law: Marriage in Islamic law: the modernist viewpoints, M. Khadduri; Invalid and void marriages in Hanafi law, J.N.D. Anderson; Equality (kafa'ah) in the Muslim law of marriage, F. Ziadeh; Mahr: legal obligation or rightful demand, M. Siddiqui; Marriage guardianship and minor's marriage in Islamic law, L. Carroll; Polygamy in traditional and contemporary Islamic law, D. Hinchcliffe; Women and divorce: the position of the Shari'ah, A.M. Kola; A critical appraisal of 'triple divorce' in Islamic law, N. Ahmad; Tafwid al-talaq: transferring the right to divorce to the wife, F. Khan; A husband's authority: emerging formulations in Muslim family law, L. Welchman. Part II Islamic Law of Succession: the role of pre-Islamic customs in the Islamic law of succession, M. Rahman; Islamic inheritance system: a socio-historical approach, D.S. Powers; The Qur'anic law of inheritance, R. Kimber; Representational succession in contemporary Islamic law, N.J. Couklson. Part III Islamic Law of Financial Transactions: Negotiating contracts in Islamic and Middle Eastern law, M. Zahraa; Contracts in Islamic law: the principles of commutative justice and liberality, H. Hassan; The concept of musharakah and its application as an Islamic method of financing, M.T. Usmani; Islamic laws on riba (interest) and their economic implications, M. Siddieq Noorzoy; The Islamic law of real security, N.H.D. Foster. Part V Islamic Criminal Law: Islamic criminal law and procedure: religious fundamentalism v. modern law, M. Lippman; The concept of had in Islamic law, F. Rahman; Effective legal representation in 'Shari'ah' courts as a means of addressing human rights concerns in the Islamic criminal justice system in Muslim states, M.A. Baderin. Part V Islamic Judicial Procedure: Muslim procedure and evidence, Anderson; Evidence from memory to archive, B. Messick; Debates on women's status as judges and witnesses in post-formative Islamic law, K. Bauer; On judicial review in Islamic law, Powers; The structure and procedure of the Shari'ah courts: historical dynamics and some contemporary practices, S.S.S. Haneef. Part VI Islamic International Law (Siyar): The siyar - an Islamic law of nations?, A. Bousenita; Protection of diplomats under Islamic law, M.C. Bassiouni; Suicide attacks and Islamic law, M. Munir; Name index.