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Islamic Law: Specific Topics

Guide to Islamic law resources in the C J Koh Law Library as well as open access resources.

Specific Topics in Islamic Law

Topics/Jurisdictions in Islamic law

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Marriage (Islamic law); Divorce (Islamic law); Domestic relations (Islamic law); Women (Islamic law); Women - Legal status, laws, etc (Islamic law); Muslim women - Legal status, laws, etc.

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Islamic Law and Gender; CIMEL SOAS Islamic Family Law Introduction by Chibli Mallat and Feminism and Islam Introduction by Mai Yamani

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Commercial law (Islamic law); Contracts (Islamic law); Finance (Islamic law); Banking law (Islamic law); Finance - Religious aspects - Islam; Banks and banking - Islamic countries

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Islamic Finance; CIMEL SOAS Islamic Law and Finance Introduction by William Ballantyne and Commercial Law Introduction by Hilary Lewis Rutley and Chibli Mallat

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Inheritance and succession (Islamic law); Wills (Islamic law)

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Criminal law (Islamic law); Punishment (Islamic law)

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Islamic Criminal Law and An Introduction to Islamic Criminal Justice: A Teaching and Learning Manual (Shaleen Mansoor, London: UK Centre for Legal Education, 2011)

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Constitutional law (Islamic law); Islam and the state

See also: CIMEL SOAS Islam and Public Law Introduction by Chibli Mallat

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Waqf; Property (Islamic law); Right of property (Islamic law)

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Intellectual property (Islamic law); Copyright (Islamic law)

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Human rights - Religious aspects - Islam; Human rights - Islamic countries; Civil rights (Islamic law)

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Human Rights (Islamic law)

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: International law (Islamic law); War (Islamic law)

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Islamic International Law

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Comparative law; Law - (Jurisdiction) - Islamic influences

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue: Islamic law - interpretation and construction; Islamic law - sources; Qur'an; Koran; Hadith; Sunna

See also: Oxford Bibliographies - Principles of Law (usul al-fiqh) - important reference as Islamic law comprises several schools and is not monolithic; Qur'an; Sunna; Hadith and more under 'Related Articles'

Subject header(s) in LINC catalogue - See Islamic law subdivided by A-Z jurisdictions, e.g. Islamic law - Southeast Asia