CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWS
We would like to invite reviewers to review a number of recently published books that may be of interest to the Islamic Law scholars and researchers. Books will be allocated for review on a first-come-first-served basis and you would have about one month to carry out the review. If you are interested in reviewing one of these books, please email Dr Khaled Bashir (khaled.bashir@abdn.ac.uk) which book you are interested in reviewing and we will arrange for a copy (paper or online format) to be sent to you.
We also invite readers to propose books that they wish to review. Books should be rooted in scholarly analysis and critique and/or empirical study of Islamic law and can be targeted at practitioners or written primarily for scholars in the field of Islamic law. Kindly send the titles to Dr Khaled Bashir.
Submission Guidelines
Recommended Format
A good book review provides a quick overview of the main ideas in the text. Also helpful is an account of how the book fits into, or engages in, an on-going philosophical debate. While not required, a compare and contrast approach can be useful to demonstrate both the main ideas and unique positioning of a book. An overview for a book review is good when it is broad and concise, including all and only the main points of the text. A good book review evaluates the text and deploys an argument regarding how successful the book is in achieving its own goals. This may, but need not, involve substantive disagreement with the argumentation found in the text. Many reviews will be best when they: (i) begin with any important background information (e.g. author biography); (ii) provide a summary of the contents of the book; and (iii) end with the reviewer’s evaluations.
The currently available books (courtesy of our good friends at Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, Oxford and Ashgate Publishers) are:
Islamic Banking and Finance: Definitive Texts and Cases Omar Masood ISBN: 978-0-230-33839-5 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse Anastasia Vakulenko ISBN: 978-0-41556550-9 Publisher: Routledge
Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan Niaz A. Shah ISBN: 978-0-415-56396-3 Publisher: Routledge
Islamic Economics and Finance: A European Perspective Edited by Jonathan Langton, Cristina Trullols and Abdullah Q. Turkistani ISBN: 978-0-230-30027-9 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
An Islamic Court in Context: An Ethnographic Study of Judicial Reasoning Erine E. Stiles ISBN: 978-0-230-61740-7 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
From Transnational Relations to Transnational Law: Northern European Laws at the Crossroads Edited by Anne Hellum, Shaheen Sardar Ali and Anne Griffiths ISBN: 978-1-4094-1896-2 Publisher: Ashgate
Islamic Finance: Law and Practice Edited by Craig R. Nethercott and David M. Eisenberg ISBN: 978-0-19-956694-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press
The Islamic Law of Inheritance Hamid Khan ISBN: 978-0-19-547336-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press
On Taqlid: Ibn al Qayyim’s Critique of Authority in Islamic Law Abdul-Rahman Mustafa ISBN: 978-0-19-993751-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press
Human Rights and Islam: An Introduction to Key Debates between Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law Abdullah Saeed, Top of Form ISBN: 978 1 78471 657 8 Publisher: Edward Elgar
Behind the Veil: A Critical Analysis of European Veiling Laws Neville Cox, ISBN: 978 1 78897 084 6 Publisher: Edward Elgar
Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful Edited by Mohd Ma’Sum Billah and Ezzedine Ghlamallah, ISBN: 978 1 78811 582 7 Publisher: Edward Elgar
Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes Emilia Justyna Powell ISBN: 9780190064633 Publisher: Oxford University Press
al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Royal Moroccan Edition: The Recension of Yaḥyā Ibn Yaḥyā al-Laythī Mālik b. Anas Harvard Series in Islamic Law 8 Edited by Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette ISBN 9780674241350 Publisher: Harvard University Press
Routledge Handbook of Islamic Law Edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ahmad Atif Ahmad and Said Fares Hassan ISBN-10: 1138803170 20th March 2020 Publisher: Routledge
Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring (Oxford Constitutional Theory) Nimer Sultany ISBN-10: 0198862679 Publisher: Oxford University Press
Human Rights in Islamic North Africa E. Ike Udogu ISBN-10: 1476680655 Publisher: McFarland
Islam, Law and the Modern State: (Re)imagining Liberal Theory in Muslim Contexts (Iclars Series on Law and Religion) Arif A. Jamal ISBN-13: 978-0367893729 Publisher: Routledge
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i (Makers of the Muslim World) Steven C. Judd ISBN-13: 978-1786076854 Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Palestine and the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Justice Series) Seada Hussein Adem ISBN-13: 978-9462652903 Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
An Islamic Jihad of Nonviolence Salih Sayilgan ISBN-13: 978-1532657566 Publisher: Cascade Books
Islam and International Criminal Law and Justice Tallyn Gray ISBN-13: 978-8283481884 Publisher: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Ottoman Law of War and Peace - Revised edition Viorel Panaite ISBN-13: 978-9004406377 Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
Law and the Wearing of Religious Symbols in Europe Hardcover Erica Howard ISBN: 9780367178901 Publisher: Routledge
Corpus Juris of Islamic International Criminal Justice (2nd edition) Farhad Malekian ISBN-13: 978-1527513907 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
International Law and Islam: Historical Explorations Brill’s Arab and Islamic Laws Series, Volume: 14 Edited by Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral and Ayesha Shahid ISBN: 978-90-04-38837-6 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Norway Brill’s Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, Volume: 17 Edited by Marianne Bøe ISBN: 978-90-04-37942-8 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Sweden Brill’s Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, Volume: 15 Edited by Mosa Sayed and Göran Larsson ISBN: 978-90-04-34742-7 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Ireland Brill’s Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, Volume: 16 Edited by Kathryn O'Sullivan ISBN: 978-90-04-36710-4 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt Brill’s International Studies in Human Rights, Volume: 124 Nora Salem ISBN: 978-90-04-34684-0 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Volume 2, 2018 - Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East Brill’s The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Volume: 2 Edited by Javaid Rehman and Ayesha Shahid ISBN: 978-90-04-34688-8 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Islamic Jurisprudence on the Regulation of Armed Conflict: Text and Context Brill’s History of Warfare, Volume: 127 Nesrine Badawi ISBN: 978-90-04-41062-6 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
National Trials of International Crimes in Bangladesh Transitional Justice as Reflected in Judgments M. Rafiqul Islam ISBN: 978-90-04-38938-0 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb Territories, People, Identities Brill’s Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 40 Edited by Giovanna Calasso and Giuliano Lancioni ISBN: 978-90-04-33103-7 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Dār al-Islām Revisited Territoriality in Contemporary Islamic Legal Discourse on Muslims in the West Brill’s Muslim Minorities, Volume: 29 Sarah Albrecht ISBN: 978-90-04-36454-7 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
How Muftis Think Islamic Legal Thought and Muslim Women in Western Europe Brill’s Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 44 Lena Larsen ISBN: 978-90-04-36779-1 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Ottoman Law of War and Peace: The Ottoman Empire and Its Tribute-Payers from the North of the Danube. Second Revised Edition Viorel Panaite ISBN: 978-90-04-40637-7 Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
Early Islamic Law in Basra in the 2nd/8th Century Aqwal Qatadah b. Da'amah al-Sadusi Brill’s Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 142 Edited by Abdulrahman al-Salimi ISBN: 978-90-04-33947-7 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans Mouradgea d’Ohsson and His Masterpiece Brill’s The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 5 Carter Vaughn Findley ISBN: 978-90-04-36312-0 Publisher: Brill, Nijhoff
The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief The 25 Years since Kokkinakis Brill’s Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights, Volume: 13 Edited by Jeroen Temperman, T. Jeremy Gunn and Malcolm D. Evans
Minority Religions under Irish Law: Islam in National and International Context Brill | Nijhoff’s Muslim Minorities, Volume: 31 Edited by Kathryn O'Sullivan ISBN: 978-90-04-39823-8 Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff