The Islamic Law of Nations
Subtitle: Shaybani's Siyar
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 1, 1966
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780801803345
Subjects: Islamic law; Islamic studies; Government - Comparative; History; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Politics/International Relations; Politics / Current Events
First sentence: The modern law of nations presupposes the existence in the world of sovereign territorial groups gathered together to form a community of nations, each possessing its own internal or municipal law and exercising an authority subject to no restrictions save those provided by the law of nations.