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Judicial Decision-Making In Islamic Banking And Finance, Spencer J. Coopchik Dec 2012

Judicial Decision-Making In Islamic Banking And Finance, Spencer J. Coopchik

Spencer J. Coopchik

In a globalized economy it is important for Western lawyers and investors to understand Islamic banking and finance. Islamic banking’s rapid growth in the past two decades has come as surprise to many in the financial markets. More surprising is that the legality of most financial transactions is decided by a select group of jurists sitting on Shari’ah Supervisory Boards. Islamic banking is a financial system governed by the Shari’ah. Many often misperceive Islamic banking as traditional financial practices veiled in Islamic legal fiction. This misconception is due in part to a lack of understanding of the Islamic legal principles …


Re-Emerging Equality. Traditions Of Justice In The Cultural Roots Of The Arab Revolutions, Giancarlo Anello, Khaled Qatam Dec 2012

Re-Emerging Equality. Traditions Of Justice In The Cultural Roots Of The Arab Revolutions, Giancarlo Anello, Khaled Qatam

giancarlo anello

For years, modern Egyptian Islamic thinkers have been attempting to define Islamic ideals of social justice and the way in which they had been betrayed in the post-colonial period. This paper will discuss and critique the mid-20th century works of theorists of the Muslim Revolution like Mahmud Abbas ‘Aqqad (author of al-dymuqratyah fy al-islam, Democracy in Islam) and Sayyid Qutb (author of al-‘adalah al-ijtima‘iyya fy al-islam, Social Justice in Islam) in order to shape the discourse about the relevance of their theories of democracy, justice and equality for today’s political movements.


Winterthouhgts, Matilda Arvidsson Dec 2009

Winterthouhgts, Matilda Arvidsson

Matilda Arvidsson

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Taking Choice-Of-Law Provisions Seriously: What Religious Legal Theory Has To Tell Us About The Enforceability Of Religious Arbitration Awards”, Michael Helfand Nov 2009

Speaker, “Taking Choice-Of-Law Provisions Seriously: What Religious Legal Theory Has To Tell Us About The Enforceability Of Religious Arbitration Awards”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.