• ISBN13: 9780198063605
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: February 16, 2009
• Pages: 440
• Original Price: INR 760.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: N/A

This is the fifth edition of a classic work by a scholar, not just of Islamic law, but also of Islamic jurisprudence, Arabic and Persian. The present edition, revised by one of the formost scholars of Islamic law today, brings the reader up-to-date by adding more than 35 years of new statutory and case law within the format and intellectual design of the original book.

Asaf A.A. Fyzee was among the greatest scholars of Islamic Law in the world. He served in many capacities, including as Principal and Professor of Jurisprudence, Government Law College, Bombay and Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir. Tahir Mahmood is currently Jurist Member, Law Commission of India. Earlier he was Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Chairman of the Minorities Commission, and Member of the Ranganatha Misra Commission for Backward Classes among Minorities.