Islamic Law Resources at the Gallagher Law Library
Updated Dec. 3, 2007.
Prepared by Jonathan Franklin. Updated by Carissa Vogel (2007).
Originally prepared for the April 23, 2003 “Day of Learning.”
Selected Books & Periodicals
These materials are located in the Classified Stacks of the Gallagher Law Library unless another library or location is indicated.
Islamic Law
Crime and Punishment in Islamic law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century. KBP3791.P48 2005
Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgements. KBP1610.D57 2006
Islam and Human Rights: Advocacy for Social Change in Local Contexts. KMC572.I84 2006
Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. KBL0.I84H4 1990
Islamic Law and Legal Theory. KBL0.I845 1996
Islamic Law and Society: An Introduction. KBP144.H87 1999
Law and the Sacred. K3280.L395 2007
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law. KBP55.H35 2005
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence. KBP144.K36 2003
The Role of Islam in the Legal System of Pakistan. KPL469.5.L38 2006
The Spirit of Islamic Law. KBL0.W45 1998
State Law as Islamic Law in Modern Egypt: The Incorporation of the Shari a into Egyptian Constitutional Law / Clark Benner Lombardi. KBP2102.L65 2006
Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. KBP144.A73 2001
Understanding Islamic Law: From Classical to Contemporary. KBP144.U53 2006 at Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
For other books, search Summit or OCLC WorldCat by the phrase "islamic law".
Periodicals
Journal of Islamic Law and Culture. Available on Hein Online (UW Restricted)
UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law. Current issues at Reference Area; bound volumes at Compact Stacks
For articles in law reviews and other legal periodicals, search these legal periodicals indexes:
LegalTrac. "Islamic law" is a useful subject heading.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals. This index also uses "Islamic law" as a subject heading.
Islam Generally
Links are made to the UW Libraries catalog records.
A Companion to the History of the Middle East. DS62.C63 2005 at Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. BP40.E525 2004 at Suzzallo Reference & online
Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. BP161.3.N54 2004 at Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Islam: The Straight Path. BP161.2.E85 2005 at Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
The Modern Middle East: A History. DS62.4.G37 2005 at Odegaard Stacks
For other books, search Summit or OCLC WorldCat by the subject "islam".
Periodicals
For articles from other disciplines, search one of the following indexes available from the UW Libraries list of Research Databases:
ATLA Religion Database: Indexes articles.
Expanded Academic ASAP: Indexes scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering all academic disciplines. Relevant subject headings include Islam and politics; Islamic countries; Arab countries
Index Islamicus: Indexes books and index of articles in periodicals on Islam and the Muslim world.
JSTOR Advanced Search: Select Middle East Studies and/or Religion.
PAIS International: Indexes articles, books, and government documents dealing with social and public policy.
Selected Online Resources
Islamic Law
Association of American Law Schools,
Workshop on Islamic Law
(2004).
Contains bibliographies, papers, and a glossary of Islamic legal terms.
Globalex
- A Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Legal System and Research
Lex Mercatoria, Islamic and International Law
LLRX, Finding the Law: Islamic Law (Sharia)
University of London, Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials on the Net
Extensive Islamic law bibliographies
- http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/cmenas520/IslamicLaw.html
- http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/cmenas520/IslamicLaw.pdf
- http://www.soas.ac.uk/academics/centres/cimel/studying/readinglist/reading-list.html
Islam Generally
Islam for Today
"For Westerners seeking a knowledge and understanding of Islam. A guide to
the religion of Islam, Muslim history and civilizations, the rights of women
in Islam, Islam in the West and around the world today plus Muslim schools
and family life."
Congressional Research Service
- Islam: A Primer (6 pp.)
- Islam: Sunnis and Shiites (6 pp.)
University of Southern California, Muslim Students' Association, Compendium of Muslim Texts and Other Sources of Information on Islam
UW Libraries Reference Tools,
Countries, Cities
and States
Lnks to free and licensed sources describing the history, government,
economy, and people in countries around the world. Includes the U.S. State
Dep't Background Notes, Country Profiles from the BBC News, the Europa World
Year Book, and other sources. See also
Encyclopedias.
Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Women in Islamic Societies: A Selected Review of Social Scientific Literature 122-page report with an extensive bibliography. Dated Nov. 2005.