Systems of Law

Islamic Family Law is a practical book which assists practitioners in meeting the needs of clients who wish to follow Muslim (Shar'ia) law - how to...

The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law, or al-Muwafaqat fi Usul Al-Sharai'a, written by Ibrahim ibn Musa Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi is an ...

This book traces the emergence and development of the idea of literal meaning in Islamic legal hermeneutics. Literal meaning is what a text means i...

In this study, Robert Reilly provides a careful and critical assessment of the prospects for dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam. In par...

From property law to delict and unjustified enrichment, this textbook focuses on those areas of Roman law that have been most influential on Scots ...

Al centro di questo studio ci sono la comunità italica di Banzi, la colonia greca di Taranto ed i loro rispettivi statuti, incisi su bronzo nella p...

Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 C.E.)--senator and consul in the Rome of emperors Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, a...

Agrippina the Younger held a unique position in the first Roman imperial family. As great niece of Tiberius, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius a...

Pre-modern Muslim jurists drew a clear distinction between the nurturing and upkeep of children, or 'custody', and caring for the child's education...

For over a century, intellectual property (IP) regimes have been justified using Western philosophical theories rooted in the idea that IP must rew...

Contempt of court has been aptly described as the Proteus of the legal world, assuming an almost infinite diversity of forms. Its central concern i...

The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law or Al-Muwafaqat fi Usul al-Shari'a, written by Ibrahim ibn Musa Abu Isaq al-Shaibi, is an inn...