A masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversity Al-Qadi al-Nu'man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available for the first time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh), which presents ...
A study of human rights in an international context. The book focuses especially on the interaction between human rights as a value and norm in international relations, and Islam as a constituent of political culture in particular societies.