LEX MERCATORIA: ISLAMIC LAW PAGES ********************************* ISLAMIC LAW =========== ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ----------------------------- TREATIES, DOCUMENTS AND LEGISLATION ................................... Organization of the Islamic Conference [link: ] Documents (Links to various treaties and agreements made by the Islamic states) Islamic Law [link: ] School of Oriental and African Studies * Commentary and Legal Rulings * Articles * Emory International Law Review * Constitutional Law * Constitutions from Various Other Sites INTERNATIONAL LAW ................. Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials on the Net [link: ] CIMEL - Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law THE ARAB LEAGUE [link: ] ARAB gateway League of Arab States [link: ] Arab League & IMF [link: ] The Charter of the Arab League, March 22, 1945 [link: ] Charter of the Arab League, 1945 [link: ] Security Council Resolution 687 (1991) [link: ] Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment and Protocol (1982) Implementation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) under Shari'a Law: Will Article 78 of the CISG Be Enforced When the Forum Is an Arab State? [link: ] T.S. Twibell [*] (Reproduced with permission from 9 International Legal Perspectives (1997) 25-92, holder of the copyright) Palestine 1916 - 1999 : A Documentary Record [link: ] Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School [link: ] 20th Century Documents [link: ] Pact of the League of Arab States, March 22, 1945 [link: ] The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School Arab League General Information [link: ] BAHRAIN ....... Bahrain Legislative Decree No. 6 of 1984 [link: ] EGYPT ..... LAW NO. 230 OF 1989 PROMULGATING INVESTMENT LAW [link: ] (In case of any misinterpretation, the Arabic Version of this law shall prevail) Information provided by the A.R. Egypt General Authority for Investment JORDAN ...... Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Law No (16) for the year 1995 [link: ] Investment Promotion Law Information provided by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Investment Promotion Corporation LEBANON ....... European models of freedom of movement, establishment and trade: The hurdle of Lebanese sole agency [link: ] Chibli Mallat A comparative critique of the arbitration process in the Arab world [link: ] Chibli Mallat (Attorney-at-law, Beirut) Lebanese Review of Arab Arbitration (Vol.1 issue 3, 1996, pp.5-7) by Professor Mallat, The Lebanese legal system [link: ] Chibli Mallat (Article providing general information on the Lebanese legal system) OMAN .... Foreign Business and Investment Law (Issued 1974) [link: ] As amended by decree No. 2/1977 and Decree No.16/1978 Information provided by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry PALESTINE ......... The Palestinian Investment Law Act No. ( ) of 1995 [link: ] Information provided by the Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Economy and Trade Ministry of Industry SAUDI ARABIA ............ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Arbitration Rules and Codes [link: ] Information provided by: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Eastern Province, Legal Department SYRIA ..... Law of Investment No. (10) of 1991 [link: ] Information provided by the Damascus Chamber of Commerce GENERAL INFORMATION ................... The legal profiles are organised country by country [link: ] (Links to general information on the legal systems in various Islamic countries) The categories included in the table and narrative versions of the legal profiles are as follows: * Legal System/History * Schools of Fiqh * Constitutional Status of Islamic (Law) * Court System * Relevant Legislation * Notable Features * Notable Cases * Law/Case Reporting System ? International Conventions (with Relevant Reservations) * Background & Sources ARTICLES ON ISLAMIC LAW ....................... International Law Establishes Arab-Islamic Rights in the Holy City [link: ] Al-Rebat - Middle East 1995 NOEL COULSON MEMORIAL LECTURE [link: ] The application of Islamic law in the English Courts by His Honour Judge David Pearl Hammurabi's Code of Laws [link: ] Translated by L. W. King Treaties and Legal Contracts from the Ancient Near East [link: ] Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and Contracts [link: ] Akkadian-Hittite Treat Human Rights and Islamic Law Are They Compatible? [link: ] By Dina Ibrahim Encountering Islamic Law by John Strawson [1] [link: ] Islamic Law and International Human Rights - The Case of Corporal [link: ] Punishment in Iran. The Jizyah Tax: Equality And Dignity Under Islamic Law [link: ] Walter Short Islamic Law Myths and Realities [link: ] By: Dennis J. Wiechman, Jerry D. Kendall, and Mohammad K. Azarian 1995 NOEL COULSON MEMORIAL LECTURE [link: ] The application of Islamic law in the English Courts by His Honour Judge David Pearl Islamic Materials [link: ] ARTICLES AND RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ ................................................ 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [link: ] Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2000 IRAQ IRAQ Human Rights Developments 2000 [link: ] Resolution 1284 (1999) [link: ] Adopted by the Security Council at its 4084th meeting, on 17 December 1999 Convention on the Rights of the Child [link: ] Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989 (World wide) RESOLUTION 1284 (1999) [link: ] Adopted by the Security Council at its 4084th meeting, on 17 December 1999 Convention on the Rights of the Child [link: ] Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989 (World wide) ============================================================================== Title: Lex Mercatoria: Islamic Law Pages Creator: Ralph Amissah Rights: Copyright (C) 2004 Ralph Amissah Subject: Islamic law Publisher: SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu (this copy) Date: 2004 Sourcefile: islamic.law.sst Filetype: SiSU text 2.0 Source digest: SHA256(islamic.law.sst)= 1dd85af40cd54c717c46d231d9f2dae15217bb3de991b9aba6aa3606c3e07b66 Skin digest: SHA256(skin_lm.rb)= 5acda64a9532f9ef6b71693da2b471d4efac2f23a8499e68de066eec8ea9b8e9 Generated by: Generated by: SiSU 2.6.3 of 2010w30/3 (2010-07-28) Ruby version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i486-linux] Document (dal) last generated: Wed Sep 01 14:18:02 -0400 2010 ============================================================================== Other versions of this document: manifest: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm//islamic.law/sisu_manifest.html html: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm//islamic.law/toc.html pdf: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm//islamic.law/portrait.pdf http://www.jus.uio.no/lm//islamic.law/landscape.pdf plaintext (plain text): http://www.jus.uio.no/lm//islamic.law/plain.txt at: http://lexmercatoria.org * Generated by: SiSU 2.6.3 of 2010w30/3 (2010-07-28) * Ruby version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i486-linux] * Last Generated on: Wed Sep 01 14:18:04 -0400 2010 * SiSU http://www.sisudoc.org/