The Islamic Law of Nations
Subtitle: Shaybani's Siyar
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780801869754
Subjects: Islamic law; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; History; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Middle East; Islam - Law; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Middle East - General; Islam - General
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.