Drawing on theories of legal pluralism, this book tests whether and to what extent claims of
the modern nation-state laws to exclusive dominance over other spheres are tenable, and …

In The Politics of Islamic Law, Iza Hussin compares India, Malaya, and Egypt during the
British colonial period in order to trace the making and transformation of the contemporary …

This paper endeavours to show that one can speak of legal pluralism in the English context.
Muslim law in Britain exists both on an official level, where recognition is given by the legal …

The present debate over the role that Islam should play in the Muslim Middle Eastern
countries would be radically different if the latter had not been dominated by the forces of …

Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics
and culture. Starting from modern concerns, this book examines the origins and evolution of …

To say that authority is the cornerstone of any law or legal system is to state the obvious.
Authority not only defines the law but in effect constitutes it formally and substantively. There …

Legal pluralism has emerged in the last few decades as a prominent theoretical perspective
in socio-legal research. Recently, scholars of Islamic law have begun to employ analytical …

The question of tolerance and Islam is not a new one. Polemicists are certain that Islam is
not a tolerant religion. As evidence they point to the rules governing the treatment of non …

This essay examines the juristic discourse on Muslim minorities from the second/eighth
century to the eleventh/seventeenth century with regard to (1) whether or not Muslims may …

This book explores the legal structure of the Ottoman Empire between the sixteenth and
early nineteenth centuries and examines its association with the Empire's sociopolitical …