Legal Maxims in Islamic Criminal Law ─ Theory and Applications

Using contemporary illustrations, Legal Maxims in Islamic Criminal Law delves into the theoretical and practical studies ofal-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyyah in Islamic legal theory. It elucidates the importance of this concept in the application of Islamic law and demonstrates how the concept relates to the objectives of Islamic law (maqa?id al-Shari‘ah), generally.

Luqman Zakariyah, Ph.D. (2009), University of Wales, Lampeter, is Assistant Professor of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh at International Islamic University Malaysia and a former Research Fellow of ILSP, Harvard Law School between 2012-2013. He has published in many reputable journals on Islamic Legal Maxims including "Legal Maxims and Islamic Financial Transactions: A Case Study of Mortgage Contracts and the Dilemma for Muslims in Britain", Arab Law Quarterly, Brill, 26:3, (2012).