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COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC LAW (SHARI'AH)
-- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PRACTICING LAWYERS
By Howard L. Stovall
[Given the increased importance of Islamic law (Shari'ah) in the Arab World, the following short bibliography has been prepared to provide a sample of law review articles (and a few book chapters), in the English language, addressing various commercial aspects of Islamic law.]
ABDER-RAHMAN, Dahman Ben, "A Contribution to the Study of the Koranic Sources of Saudi Business Law", 3 Arab Law Quarterly 132 (1988).
ANDERSON, J. N. D., "Modern Trends in Islam: Legal Reform and Modernization in the Middle East", 20 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1 (January 1971).
ANDERSON, J. N. D., "The Shariah and Civil Law", 1 Islamic Quarterly 29 (1954).
ANDERSON, J. N. D. and COULSON, N. J., "The Moslem Ruler and Contractual Obligations", 33 N.Y.U. Law Review 917 (November 1958).
ARABI, Oussama, "Contract Stipulations (Shurut) in Islamic Law: The Ottoman Majalla and Ibn Taymiyya:, 30 International Journal of Middle East Studies 29 (1998).
ASHERMAN, "Doing Business in Saudi Arabia: The Contemporary Application of Islamic Law", 16 The International Lawyer 321 (1982).
BALLANTYNE, William M., "Whither Arab Commercial Law: The Law of God or of Mammon?", 23 Middle East Executive Reports 8 (January 2000).
BALLANTYNE, William M., "The Shari'a: Bridges or Conflict?", Arab Regional Newsletter (International Bar Association, December 1994), p. 2.
BALLANTYNE, William M., "The Shari'a and its Relevance to Modern Transnational Transactions", in International Bar Association, Arab Comparative and Commercial Law - Proceedings of the Arab Regional Conference 43 (Cairo, 15-19 February 1987).
BAROODY, George M., "Shariah, Law of Islam", ARAMCO WORLD Magazine (Nov.-Dec. 1966); reprinted in 72 Case & Comment (March-April 1967), at p. 3.
EL-AHDAB, Abdul Hamid, "Interest in Islamic Law", in ICC, International Commercial Arbitration in the Arab Countries -- Special Supplement (May 1992).
EL-HASSAN, Abd El-Wahab Ahmed, "Freedom of Contract, The Doctrine of Frustration, and Sanctity of Contract in Sudan Law and Islamic Law", 1 Arab Law Quarterly 51 (1985).
GOADBY, F. M., "The Moslem Law of Civil Delict as Illustrated by the Mejelle", 21 Journal of Commercial Legislation & International Law 62 (3rd. Ser. 1939).
HABACHY, Saba, "Law, Bench and Bar in Arab Lands", II Journal of the International Commission of Jurists 47 (1959-60).
HABACHY, Saba, "The System of Nullities in Muslim Law", 13 American Journal of Comparative Law 61 (1964).
HABACHY, Saba, "Similarities and Common Principles of Western and Middle Eastern Systems of Law", 2 Middle East Executive Reports (July 1979), p. 2.
HABACHY, Saba, "Content of Sovereignty", International and Comparative Law Center, Rights and Duties of Private Investors Abroad 89 (1965).
HABACHY, Saba, "Property, Right, and Contract in Muslim Law", 62 Columbia Law Review 450 (1962).
HAMID, M. A., "Mutual Assent in the Formation of Contracts in Islamic Law", 7 Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law 41 (1977).
HAMID, M.E., "Islamic Law of Contract or Contracts?", 3 Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law (1969-76), pp. 1-10.
HAMID, M.E., "Does the Islamic Law of Contract Recognize a Doctrine of Mistake?", 4 Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law (1969-76), pp. 1-16.
HAMID, Mohamed El Fatih, "The Freedom to Make Stipulations in the Islamic Law of Contract", 6 Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law (1969-76), pp. 22-32.
HILL, D.J. and ABBAS, Abu Baker Sadiq, "Comparative Survey of the Islamic Law and the Common Law Relating to the Sale of Goods", 2 Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law 88 (1968).
ISLAM, Muhammad Wohidul, "Dissolution of Contract in Islamic Law", 13 Arab Law Quarterly 336 (1998).
KORAYTEM, Thabet, "The Islamic Nature of the Saudi Regulations for Companies", 15 Arab Law Quarterly 63 (2000).
KOURIDES, P. Nicholas, "The Influence of Islamic Law on Contemporary Middle Eastern Legal Systems: The Formation and Binding Force of Contracts", 9 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 384 (1970).
KOURIDES, P. Nicholas, "Traditionalism and Modernism in Islamic Law: A Review", 11 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 491 (1972).
MAHMASSANI, Sobhi, "Transactions in the Shari'a", in Khadduri and Liebesny, Law in the Middle East (1955).
MAHMOOD, Jamal Addin Muhammed, "Compensation for Damages and its Elements in the Islamic Sharia in Contractual Liability", in International Bar Association, Arab Comparative and Commercial Law - Proceedings of the Arab Regional Conference 43 (Cairo, 15-19 February 1987).
MALLASI, M. A., "Transfer of Rights under Islamic Law", International Business Lawyer (January 1992), p. 40.
MCMILLEN, Michael, "Islamic Shariah-Compliant Project Finance: Collateral Security and Financing Structure Case Study", 24 Fordham International Law Journal (2001).
NAZER, Ismail S., "Shari'ah Law and its Commercial Application (Saudi Arabia)", 2 Middle East Executive Reports 2 (September 1979).
REDHA, Abdul Rasul Abdul, "The Principle of Pacta Sunt Servanda and Liability for Hidden Defects", in International Bar Association, Arab Comparative and Commercial Law - Proceedings of the Arab Regional Conference 59 (Cairo, 15-19 February 1987).
ROSENTHAL, Franz, "Gifts and Bribes: The Muslim View", 108 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 135 (1964).
SALEH, Nabil, "Origins of the Sanctity of Contracts in Islamic Law", 13 Arab Law Quarterly 252 (1998).
SALEH, Nabil, "Remedies for Breach of Contract under Islamic and Arab Laws", 4 Arab Law Quarterly 269 (1989).
SALEH, Nabil, "Freedom of Contract: What Does it Mean in the Context of Arab Laws", 16 Arab Law Quarterly 346 (2001).
SALEH, Nabil, "Definition and Formation of Contract under Islamic and Arab Laws", 5 Arab Law Quarterly 101 (1990).
SALEH, Samir, "Some Aspects of Frustrated Performance of Contracts under Middle Eastern Law", 33 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1046 (1984).
SCHACHT, Joseph F., "Doctrines Peculiar to Islamic Law", Address to American Foreign Law Association (March 18, 1958).
SCHACHT, Joseph F., "Problems of Modern Islamic Legislation, 12 Studia Islamica 99 (1960).
SCHACHT, Joseph, "Islamic Law in Contemporary States", 8 American Journal of Comparative Law 2 (Spring 1959).
SEAMAN, "Islamic Law and Modern Government: Saudi Arabia Supplements the Shari'a to Regulate Development", 18 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 413 (1979).
SHIHATA, Ibrahim, "Some Observations on the Question of Riba and the Challenges Facing 'Islamic Banking'", Colloquium at University of Osnabruck (22 October 1998).
SLOANE, Peter D., "The Status of Islamic Law in the Modern Commercial World", The International Lawyer 743 (Fall 1988).
STOVALL, Howard L., "Arab Commercial Law -- Into the Future", in Ballantyne and Stovall (co-editors), Arab Commercial Law: Principles and Perspectives (ABA Publishers, 2002).
ZAHRAA, Mahdi, "Definition and Scope of the Islamic Concept of Sales of Goods", 16 Arab Law Quarterly 215 (2001).
ZIADEH, Farhat J., "Permanence and Change in Arab Legal Systems", 9 Arab Studies Quarterly 20 (1987).
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