Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 20 (2018)

Special Issue: Islamic Banking and Finance
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42844-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 788 g

Reihe: Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law

Volume 20 of the Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law will comprise a Special Edition of collected contributions in the field of Islamic Banking and Finance. Combing the work of established practitioners and academics in the field, the Special Edition charts the development of contemporary issues in Islamic Banking and Finance practice including the regulation of crowd-funding and Sharia-Compliant Fintech.

The publication's practical features include:
- articles on current topics,
- the text of a selection of important case judgments,
- book reviews.

Please click here for the online version including the abstracts of the articles of The Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lau, Martin

Nasrallah, Faris

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

PART 1: Articles

The Role of Environmental Tribunals in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects

Martin Lau

The Economic Independence of Married Women under Iranian Law

M.A. Ansaripour

Palestinian Citizenship Law: A Proposal

Mutaz M. Qafisheh

Part 2: Special Edition: Islamic Banking and Finance

Preface to the Special Edition

Hatem Elliesie

Islamic Finance and Fintech

Recent Developments in the Middle East

Murad M. Daghles and Philipp Kynast

Sustainability in Islamic Finance

Regulatory Developments and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices of Islamic Financial Institutions

Osman Sacarcelik

International Regulatory Standards for Islamic Banking

From Diversity to Harmony?

Volker Nienhaus

Practical Observations and Challenges in the Implementation of Islamic Finance in Segments of Microfinance, Mortgages and Agriculture

Natalie Schoon

Adapting Tax Laws to Islamic Finance Instruments in Western Jurisdictions

A German Perspective

Martin Bünning

Regulation of Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings

A Challenge for Islamic Finance?

Matthias Casper

Approaches to Islamic Finance and Banking

Between Islamic Legal Theory and Economic Practice

Hatem Elliesie

Part 3: Country Surveys

Iran

M.A. Ansaripour

The United Arab Emirates

Gordon Blanke

Oman

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Palestine

Osayd Awawda

Malaysia

Ummi Hani Binti Masood

Part 4: Documents

UN Security Council Resolution 2254 (2015) Regarding the Syrian Arab Republic

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019

Part 5: Cases

Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan) – International Court of Justice, Case No. 168 of 2019

Part 6: Book Reviews

Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2018, 985 p.

Faris Nasrallah

Maria Bhatti, Islamic Law and International Commercial Arbitration, Routledge: Oxford and New York, 2019, 290 p.

Faris Nasrallah

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Lau is the Dean and Professor of Law at the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law of LUMS in Lahore, Pakistan, on leave from the Law School of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) until 2018. As a Barrister at Essex Court Chambers, Dr. Lau regularly advises on South Asian, Middle Eastern and Islamic Law.

Faris Nasrallah is an international arbitration lawyer and Arab laws specialist. Having obtained an LLB from SOAS and a Masters in Law from the University of Cambridge, he qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales (2012). In 2018 Faris was a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.