Publications

Harvard Series in Islamic Law

The new Harvard Series in Islamic Law at PIL is a selective book series, published by the Program in Islamic Law and distributed through Harvard University Press, for outstanding scholarship on Islamic law. All manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review, and are evaluated by the editorial board for excellence, novelty in scholarly contribution, and rigor of research and writing in ways that fits within the Series.

Current Publications (published through PIL)

3.  Hossein Modarressi, Text and Interpretation: Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law (2022)

Book Reviews

• Ahmad, Ahmad Atif. 2023. “Review of Text and Interpretation: Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (2): 478–81.

2.  Jocelyn Hendrickson, Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa (2021)

Book Reviews

• Colominas Aparicio, Mònica. 2022. “Review of Hendrickson, Jocelyn. Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa.: Cambridge, MA / London: Harvard University Press 2021, ISBN 978-0-674-24820-5, 424 Pages, USD 50,00.” Sehepunkt 22 (10).
• Marcus-Sells, Ariela. 2022. “Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa, By Jocelyn Hendrickson.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 90 (4): 1029–31. 
• Schriber, Ari. 2022. “Jocelyn Hendrickson, Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa.” Islamic Law and Society 29 (4): 495–501.
• Struillou, Ana. 2022. “Leaving Iberia. Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa, Written by Jocelyn Hendrickson.” Journal of Early Modern History 26 (6): 572–74.
• Olson, Caitlyn. 2023. “Hendrickson, Jocelyn, Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2022, 432 Pp.” Al-Qantara (Madrid) 44 (1): e14.
• Echevarria, Ana. 2024. “Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 144 (3), p.708-709

1. Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette (eds.), al-Muwaṭṭaʾ [Imam Mālik b. Anas], the Royal Moroccan Edition: The Recension of Yaḥyā Ibn Yaḥyā al-Laythī (2019)

Book Reviews

• Qaouar, Nour-Eddine. 2023. “Imām Mālik B. Anas, Al-Muwaṭṭa’ [The Recension of Yaḥyā B. Yaḥyā Al-Laythī (d. 234/848)], Edited and Translated by Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette, (2019).” Islamic Law and Society 2023 (3): 317–21.

Previous Publications (published through our predecessor,  ILSP)

7. Intisar A. Rabb and Abigail Krasner Balbale (eds.), Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts (2017)

Book Reviews

• Yarbrough, Luke. 2019. “Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts Edited by Intisar A. Rabb and Abigail Krasner Balbale.” Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford, England) 30 (2): 232–35.
• Chenganakkattil, Muhamed Riyaz. 2023. “Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts.” Insight (Türkey). Vol. 25. 

6. Asifa Quraishi and Frank E. Vogel (eds.), The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law (2008)

Book Reviews

• Islamic Horizons. 2009. “The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Family Law”. Plainfield: Islamic Society of North America.
• Azam, Hina. 2010. “The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law.” Journal of the American Oriental Society. Ann Arbor: American Oriental Society.
• Fadel, Mohammad. 2011. “The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law.” Journal of Islamic Studies. Oxford University Press. .
• Ghadikolaei, Samaneh Oladi. 2011. “Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law.” Journal of Law and Religion. Hamline University School of Law.

5. R. Michael Feener and Mark E. Cammack (eds.), Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions (2007)

Book Reviews

• Hefner, Robert W. 2008. “Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions.” Journal of Law and Religion. Hamline University School of Law.
• Shuaib, Farid Sufian. 2008. “Review of Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions.” Asian Journal of Comparative Law 3 (1): 11.
• Hamayotsu, Kikue. 2015. “Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions Ed. by R. Michael Feener and Mark E Cammack (review).” Indonesia (Ithaca) 99 (1): 113–18. 

4. Maya Shatzmiller, Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada (2007)

Book Reviews

• Norgren, Jill. 2008. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Law and Politics Book Review. American Political Science Association.
• Arrizabalaga, Marie-Pierre. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Continuity and Change. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Behrend-Martínez, Edward. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” American Historical Review.  University of Chicago Press.
• Constable, Olivia Remie. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Islamic Law and Society 16 (1): 98–100.
• Peirce, Leslie P. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” The Economic History Review. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Puente, Cristina de la. 2009. “Her Day in Court. Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Al-Masaq. Abingdon: Routledge.
• Safran, Janina. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada . Maya Shatzmiller.” Speculum 84 (1): 219–21.
• Silleras-Fernandez, Nuria. 2009. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada (review).” JMEWS: Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies. Durham: Duke University Press.
• Ruggles, D. Fairchild. 2010. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Journal of Women’s History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Glick, Thomas F. 2011. “Her Day in Court: Women’s Property Rights in Fifteenth-Century Granada.” Enterprise & Society. Cambridge, MA: Oxford University Press.

3. Peri Bearman, Rudolph Peters, & Frank E. Vogel (eds.), The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress (2005)

Book Reviews

• Lombardi, Clark. 2007. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress.” Journal of Law and Religion. Hamline University School of Law.
• Ellian, Afshin. 2007. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. The Netherlands: Brill.
• Melchert, Christopher. 2007. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress.” Journal of the American Oriental Society. Ann Arbor: American Oriental Society.
• Fadel, Mohammad. 2009. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress.” Journal of Islamic Studies. Oxford University Press.
• Lohlker, Ruediger. 2009. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress.” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
• Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. 2009. “The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress.” Islamic Law and Society 16 (1): 101–6.

2. Nurit Tsafrir, The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism (2004)

Book Reviews

• Yanagihashi, Hiroyuki. 2007. “The History of an Islamic School of Law. The Early Spread of Hanafism.” Islamic Law and Society. The Netherlands: Brill.
• Melchert, Christopher. 2008. “The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism . By Nurit Tsafrir. Harvard Series on Islamic Law 3. Cambridge, Mass.: Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, 2004. Pp. Xv + 199. $36.50.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 67 (3): 228–30.
• Yılmaz, Ömer. 2016. “The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism.” İlâhiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (İzmir, Turkey), no. 44: 247–247

1. Gideon Libson, Jewish and Islamic Law: A Comparative Study of Custom During the Geonic Period (2003)

Book Reviews

• Berg, Herbert. 2004. “Jewish and Islamic Law: A Comparative Study of Custom During the Geonic Period.” Islamic Law and Society. Brill.

 

Occasional Papers

The Occasional Papers Series provides a forum to deepen and amplify excellent scholarship in Islamic legal studies. The series seeks to promote discussion about Islamic law scholarship in the twenty-first century, with contributions from authors who comment on contemporary debates, historical trends, and policy aspects of Islamic law. The series is peer reviewed and open access; it is available for download free of charge. 

Current Papers (PIL)

1. Will Smiley, The Other Muslim Bans: State Legislation Against “Islamic Law” (January 2019)
2. Nathan Brown, Comparing the Religion-State Divide in the Arab World: Constitutions (April 2017)

Previous Papers (ILSP)🛈

1. Kilian Bälz, Sharia Risk: How Islamic Finance Has Transformed Islamic Contract Law (September 2008)
2. Nimrod Hurvitz, Competing Texts: The Relationship Between al-Mawardi’s and Abu Ya`la’s al-Ahkam al-sultaniyya (October 2007) 
3. Hisako Nakamura, Conditional Divorce in Indonesia (July 2006) 
4. Mitsuo Nakamura, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Observations on the 2004 General and Presidential Elections (December 2005)  
5. Wilfried Buchta, Taking Stock of a Quarter Century of the Islamic Republic of Iran (June 2005)
6. Jeanette Wakin, Remembering Joseph Schacht (1902-1969) (January 2003)
7. Nawaf Salam, Civil Society in the Arab World: The Historical and Political Dimensions (October 2002)
8. Parvez Hassan and Azim Azfar, Moving Toward an Islamic Financial Regime in Pakistan (September 2001)
9. David S. Pearl, Islamic Family Law and Its Reception by the Courts in England (May 2000)