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Implications Of The Selection Of Islamic Law In European Private International Law, Grace Brody
Implications Of The Selection Of Islamic Law In European Private International Law, Grace Brody
Michigan Journal of International Law
The English Court of Appeal in Beximco v. Shamil Bank chose to apply only English law in a breach of contract case, even though the choice of law clause in the contract at issue also selected Islamic law. The court cited three main reasons for this decision. First, article 3(1) of the Rome I Convention “contemplates” that a contract can be governed only by the “law of a country,” and there is no mention of the application of a “non-national system of law such as Sharia law.” Second, Islamic law does not consist of “principles of law” but instead a …