Islam and Public Law: Classical and Contemporary Studies

Abstract

Part 1 Classical perspectives: consultation and the political process in the Islamic Middle East of the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries legal literature and problem of change - the case of Egypt appellate review of judicial independence in Islamic law the law and the Mufti - evidence from 15th-century Morocco. Part 2 Contemporary dimensions: the role of 'urf in shaping the traditional Islamic city Islamic law and state legislation on religious conversion in India Islam and public law in Malaysia - some reflections in the aftermath of Susie Teoh's case Majlis al-Dawla - the administrative courts of Egypt and administrative law the jurisprudence of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court contemporary reinterpretations of Islamic law.