Legal History

This classic text is rendered directly from the original Arabic by one of America's leading Islamic scholars. This paperback edition has been specially published for the many courses for which this book has been requested.... More

In this, the first English translation of one of the most famous books by the influential Islamic thinker al-Sadr, an acclaimed historian explains and places in context the philosopher's views.... More

Modern Muslim intellectuals have been trying to reestablish a foundation for the revival of Islamic law. In this fascinating study, Daniel Brown assesses the implications of new approaches to the law on contemporary Islamic revivalist movements, and explores the impact of modernity on attitudes towa... More

This book, written by a lawyer and unique for its perspective based in both legal and social history, illuminates the important role played by the concept of the rule of law in the transformation of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free society. The convicts had first-hand experience of crim... More

The book is a critical study of the law of evidence in ancient India from the days of Gautama and other ancient lawgivers and the development of that branch of law through the centuries. Hardbound... More

Muslim personal law has been time and again challenged evenin the Muslim countries. Recently division bench of the Bangladesh High Courtruled that utterance of the word talaq or divorce three times in one sitting bythe an estranged Muslim husband would not constitute a valid and legallypermissible d... More

Enthused and encouraged by the exemplary success of Life Insurance Corporation of India the Government of India in the early 1970s decided to bring in the general insurance industry also into the vortex of a nationalised setup to provide comprehensive insurance security to the people of India.How ef... More

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With tremendous wit, clarity, and insight, Kadri journeys through 2,500 years of jurisprudence and reveals how age-old superstitions--often religious and mystical, sometimes even sacrificial--continue to infuse what is thought of as a quintessentially rational process.For as long as accuser and accu... More

Nathan Brown's penetrating account of the development and operation of the courts in the Arab world is based on fieldwork in Egypt and the Gulf. The book addresses important questions about the nature of Egypt's judicial system and the reasons why such a system appeals to Arab rulers outside Egypt. ... More

Wael B. Hallaq is already established as one of the most eminent scholars in the field of Islamic law. In his latest book, he traces the history of Islamic legal theory from its beginnings until the modern period. The book is the first of its kind in organization, approach to the subject, and critic... More

For as long as accuser and accused have faced each other in public, criminal trials have been establishing far more than who did what to whom-and in this fascinating book, Sadakat Kadri surveys four thousand years of courtroom drama. A brilliantly engaging writer, Kadri journeys from the silence of ... More

In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer's eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present. A bold and brilliant debut from a prize-winning new writer. 'The Trial' spans a vast di... More

This is a translation of a 12th-century Sanskrit legal text, with the original text. The Dayabhaga was one of the most important texts in the history of Indian law. The text, fairly late and inspiring little attention, is important because the British elevated it to such prominence in their new colo... More

The central issue in this book is this book is the interaction between indigenous law and received law, in a comparative description of six Asian countries with different religious or philosophical traditions. The national reports cover Sunni-Islamic Iran, Hindu India, multi-religious Sri Lanka, Bud... More

A seminar attempt to bridge the gap between legal historians and the scholars of religion. A revealing analysis of Manu Smriti, Karma and furnishes a discussion of justice and punishment and the relationship between religion and law in general. Hardbound... More

This is an invaluable record of a historic case that shook India. The judgement by the Supreme Court of India created an unprecedented storm that led to the framing of the Muslim (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Bill and revived the demand for a common Indian civil code. The contributors to this vo... More

Study of Mand#229;anavadharmaand#226;sand#229;astra of Manu, text on ancient Hindu law.... More

The present study is confined to Muslim women in Delhi and Lucknow-the two important centres of Islamic culture in India. Its main purpose is to find and ascertain the status of Muslim women in the universally accepted male cominated society and also to re-examine it in the light of their personal l... More