This book has been replaced by a newer edition:
Understanding Islamic Law, Second Edition
by Raj Bhala
2016, 1456 pp, casebound, ISBN 978-1-6328-4950-2
$105.00
Understanding Islamic Law
by Raj Bhala
2011
Tags: Law School Study Aids, Lawyering Skills/Study Aids, Understanding Series
$49.00
ISBN 978-1-42241-748-5
eISBN 978-1-57911-042-0
The demand for a book like Understanding Islamic Law among law students and legal practitioners in America and throughout the English-speaking world is large and growing. Islamic Law is not merely a "hot topic". It is a growing trend that is an increasingly mainstream fixture in the legal landscape. There is nothing currently on the market for Law Schools, like Understanding Islamic Law, that is a comprehensive text, in English, by a non-Muslim law professor.
The first 11 chapters of Understanding Islamic Law give the essential foundational materials for the study of Islamic Law. The remaining chapters cover several other pertinent fields: banking and finance, contracts, criminal law, family law, and property.
Understanding Islamic Law also:
- Includes Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation;
- Provides A Glossary of Arabic Terms; and
- Incorporates recent developments such as the burkha ban in France.
Understanding Islamic Law (Sharia) is a thorough and balanced text that can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course.