Shari’ah and Common Law

Shari’ah and Common LawHarmonisation of law, a term that refers to the bringing together of two different legal traditions, has developed a negative connotation when considered in the context of Shariah and common law. Harmonisation began to be looked at as an attempt by one legal system to impose its values on the other. A major reason for that is the lack of understanding of the scope to which these two legal traditions converge. One of the principal findings of this book

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Winner at the 2016 Gellet Burgess Award - Society & Culture and at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards

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