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Researching Islamic Law: an Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2009

Sarah Spells
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Abstract

This article by Sarah Spells from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, focuses on the sources of Islamic law and provides a simple introduction to finding and researching this area, with suggestions of useful and notable resources.

Keywords

Islamic lawlegal research
Type
Islamic Law
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 191 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2009

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