Chapters in books on Islamic law

Developing resources on Islamic law: bibliography and other useful information

This page includes details of chapters in books on Islamic law. The content is a section of the bibliography produced as part of the Developing an Islamic law curriculum project

• Al-Hibri, A. Y. (1999) “Islamic Law and Muslim Women in America” in M. Garber, and R. L. Walkowitz, (ed.) One Nation under God? Religion and American Culture. London: Routledge.
• Ali, S. S. (2007) “A Comparative Perspective of the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child and the Principles of Islamic Law. Law Reform and Children’s Rights in Muslim Jurisdictions” in S. Goonasekere (ed.) Protecting the World’s Children: Impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Diverse Legal Systems (2007) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ali, S. S. & Shahid, A. (2007) “Women, Law and Empowerment: Securing Equal Rights for Women in the Workplace. (A Case-Study of Women and Employment in Pakistan)” in Our Freedoms: A Decade’s Reflection on the Advancement of Human Rights (2007) The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association pp. 175-193.
  Ali, S. S. (2007) “Interpretative Strategies for Women’s Human Rights in a Plural Legal Framework: Exploring Judicial and State Responses to Hudood laws in Pakistan” in Anne Hellum, Shaheen Sardar Ali, Julie Stewart & Amy Tsanga (eds.) Human Rights, Plural Legalities and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by Walking. Harare: Weaver Books. Chapter 15
  Ali, S. S. (2007) “Where is the Toilet? Getting Down to Basics of Women’s Human Rights” in Anne Hellum, Shaheen Sardar Ali, Julie Stewart and Amy Tsanga (eds.) Human Rights, Plural Legalities and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by Walking. Harare: Weaver Books. Chapter 12.
  Ali, S. S. (2007) “Overlapping Discursive Terrains of Culture, Law and Women’s Rights: An Exploratory Study on Legal Pluralism at Play in Pakistan.” In Bennett, J. (ed.) Scratching the Surface: Democracy, Traditions, Gender Lahore: Heinrich Boll Foundation pp. 77-100.
• Ali, S. S. (2007) “Religious Pluralism, Human Rights and Muslim Citizenship in Europe: Some Preliminary Reflections on an Evolving Methodology for Consensus” in Leonon, T. & Goldschmidt, J. (eds.) Religious Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe Antwerp: Intersentia, pp. 57-79.
• Ali, S. S. (2007) “The Twain Doth Meet! A Preliminary Exploration of the Theory and Practice of as-Siyar and International Law in the Contemporary World” in Rehman, J. & Breau, S. (eds.) Religion, Human Rights and International Law: A Critical Examination of Islamic State Practices Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers pp. 95-136.
• Ali, S.S. (2002) “Testing the Limits of Family Law Reform in Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961” International Survey of Family Law. Bristol: Jordans.
• Ali, S. S. (2002) “Women’s Rights, CEDAW, And International Human Rights Debates: Toward Empowerment? in S. Rai, J. Parpart & Staudt, (eds.) Gender and Empowerment in a Local Global World. London: Routledge.
• Ali, S. S. (2000) “Using Law for Women in Pakistan” in A. Stewart ed. Gender, Law and Justice. London: Blackstone.
• Ali, S. S. (2000) “Development of the International Norm of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Sex: An Evaluation of Women’s Human Rights in Islam and International Law” in A. Stewart eds. Gender, Law and Social Justice. London: Blackstone.
• Ali, S. S. (2000) “Law, Islam and the Women’s Movement in Pakistan” in S.M. Rai (ed.) Gender and Democratisiation: International Perspectives. London: Routledge.
• Ali, S. S. and K. Arif. (1998) “Parallel Judicial Systems in Pakistan and Consequences for Human Rights” in F. Shaheed et al eds. Shaping Women’s Lives Laws, Practices and Strategies in Pakistan. Lahore: Shirkatgah.
• Ali, S. S. and Naz, R. (1998) “Marriage, Dower and Divorce: Superior Courts and Case Law in Pakistan” in Shaheed, F. et al (eds.) Shaping Women’s Lives Laws, Practices and Strategies in Pakistan. Lahore: Shirkatgah.
• Ali, S. S. and Azam, M. N. (1998) “Custody and Guardianship: Case Law 1947-97” in F.Shaheed, et al (eds.) Shaping Women’s Lives Laws, Practices and Strategies in Pakistan. Lahore: Shirkatgah.
• Ali, S. S. and Arif, K. (1998) “The Law of Inheritance and Reported Case Law Relating to Women” in Shaheed, F. et al eds. Shaping Women’s Lives Laws, Practices and Strategies in Pakistan. Lahore: Shirkatgah.
• Ali, S. S. (1997) “A Critical Review of Family Laws in Pakistan: A Women’s Perspective” in R. Mehdi, (ed.) Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice in Pakistan: North South Co-operation. Copenhagen: Social Science Monographs.
• Ali, S. S. (2000) “Law, Islam and the Women’s Movement in Pakistan” in S.M. Rai (ed.) Gender and Democratisiation. International Perspectives (2000) London: Routledge pp.41-63.
• Ali, S. S. (1995) “The Constitutional, Legal, Ideological and Customary Status of Rural Women in the NWFP” in H.M. Naqvi and U.K. Adeel (eds.) Development, Change and Rural Women in Pakistan Islamabad: Ministry for Women’s Development and Youth Affairs and Pakistan Academy for Rural Development pp. 31-52.
• Ali, S. S. (1994) “Mysogynistic Trends in Islamic Jurisprudence — A Feminist Perspective” in Naheed, K. (ed.) Pakistani Women – Myth and Realities, Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications.
• Ali, S. S. & Mullally, S. (1992) “Women’s Rights and Human Rights in Muslim Countries: A case-study” in Hinds, H. Phoenix, A. and Stacey, J. (eds.) Working Out: New Directions for Women’s Studies London: Falmer pp.113-123.
• Anderson, J.N.D. (1968) “Islamic Family Law, Chapter 11 in Volume IV of International Encyclopaedia of Comparative Law, The Eclipse of the Patriarchal Family in Contemporary Islamic Law,” in JND Anderson (ed.) Family Law in Asia and Africa, London: Allen & Unwin.
• Berkovits, B. (1990) “Get and Talaq in English Law: Reflections on Law and Policy” in Mallat, C. and Connors, J. eds. Islamic Family Law London: Graham & Trotman.
• Caroll, L. (2000) “Arranged Marriages: Law, Custom and the Muslim Girl in the UK,” in P. Ilkkaracan, Women and Sexuality in Muslim Societies, Istanbul: Women for Women’s Human Rights. (WWHR) New Ways.
• Fakhro, M. (1996) “Gulf Women and Islamic Law” in M.Yamani, (ed.) Feminism and Islam. London: Ithaca Press.
  Humphreys, R. S. (1995) ‘Islamic Law and Islamic Society’, Islamic History: A Framework for Inquiry. London: I.B. Tauris, ch.9
• Mitchell, R. (1997) “Family Law in Algeria before and After the 1404/1984 Family Code”, in Gleave. (ed.) Islamic Law, Theory and Practice. London: I. B.Tauris.
• Moors, A. (1999) “Debating Islamic Family Law; Legal Texts and Social Practices,” in Meriwether, M. L. and Tucker, J. E. (eds.) A Social History of Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East Colorado and London: Westview Press.
• Poulter, S. (1990) “The Claim to a Separate Islamic System of Personal Law for British Muslims” in C. Mallat & J. Connors (eds.) Islamic Family Law. London: Graham & Trotman.
• Rehman, J (2007) “A Clash of Civilizations’ and ‘A Conflict of Cities” in T. Loenen , J and Goldschmidt, (eds.) Religious Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe (Antwerp: Intersentia) 2007, pp. 185–194.
• Rehman, J (2007) “Minority Rights and Muslims since 7 July” in R Walden (ed.) Terrorism and Human Rights (London: Charles Nathan Research Centre) pp.111–149.
• Rehman, J (2007) “Nation-Building in an Islamic State: Minority Rights and Self-Determination in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” in Rehman and Breau (eds.) Religion, Human Rights and International Law: A Critical Examination of Islamic Law and Practices (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) pp. 409–439.
• Rehman, J. (2007) “Religion, Minority Rights and the Muslims of the United Kingdom” in Rehman and Breau (eds.) Religion, Human Rights and International Law: A Critical Examination of Islamic Law and Practices. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
• Rehman, J (2006) “Conflicting Values or Misplaced Interpretations? Examining the Inevitability of a Clash between ‘Religions’ and ‘Human Rights’” in Nazila Ghanea (ed.), Does God Believe in Human Rights? The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
• Rehman, J (2002) “Islamic Perspectives of International Economic Law” in A.H.Qureshi (ed.) Perspectives in International Economic Law The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 235–258.
• Rehman, J (1997) “Women’s Rights: An International Law Perspective” in R. Mehdi and F. Shaheed (eds.) Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice: North-South Co-operation Copenhagen: New Social Science Monographs pp. 106–128.
• Siddiqui, M. (2000) “The Defective Marriage in Classical Hanafi Law: Issues of Form and Validity.” in G.R. Hawting, J.A. Mojaddedi, and A. Samely, (eds.) Studies in Middle Eastern Texts and Traditions in Memory of Norman Calder. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• —- (1996) “Law and the Desire for Social Control: An Insight into the Hanafi Concept of Kafa’a with Reference to the Fatawa ‘Alamgiri” in Mai Yamani, (ed.) Feminism in Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives. London: Ithaca Press.
• Spectorsky, S. A. (1992) Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh. [Selections from Masa’il Ahmad ibn Hanbal] Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Quraishi, A. (2000) “Her Honour: An Islamic Critique of the Rape Laws of Pakistan from a Woman-Sensitive Perspective,” in G. Webb, (ed.) Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists in North America. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
• Zweigert, K. and Kotz, H. (1987) ‘Islamic Law’ An Introduction to Comparative Law. London: Oxford University Press: vol.1, ch.29

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