Skip to Main Content

Muslim Personal Law: Online Articles

Muslim Personal Law is the branch of private law that applies to family life (marriage, divorce and maintenance) and the associated matters such as disposal of property inter vivos (gift, waqf and trust) or testamentary (will) or inheritance law.

Find Online Articles below

L Carroll, ‘Talaq-i-Tafwid and Stipulations in a Muslim Marriage Contract: Important Means of Protecting the Position of the South Asian Muslim Wife’ (1982) 16 Modern Asian Studies 277–309.
Davis, Martha F. ‘Child Custody in Pakistan: The Role of Ijtihad’ (1984) 5 BC Third World LJ 119.
Pollack, D., Bleich, M., Reid, C. J., & Fadel, M, ‘Classical Religious Perspectives of Adoption Law’ (2004) Notre Dame Law Review 693. See section III: Adoption under Islamic law, 732-53.
Werner Menski, ‘Uniform Civil Code Debate in Indian Law: New Developments and Changing Agenda’ (2008) 9 German Law Journal 211.
Fareeha Khan, Traditionalist Approaches to Sharī‘ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thānawi’s Fatawa on Women’s Right to Divorce
JR Bowen, Islamic Adaptations to Western Europe and North America: The Importance of Contrastive Analyses
SA Cheema, ‘Socially Abhorrent but Legally Acceptable: A Study of Alleged Conversions of Sunnis and Shias in Cases of Inheritance in Pakistan’
Lucy Carroll, ‘Application of the Islamic Law of Succession: Was the Propositus a Sunnī or a Shī‘a?’ (1995) 2 Islamic Law and Society 24.
Lucy Carroll, ‘The Pakistan Federal Shariat Court, Section 4 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, and the Orphaned Grandchild’ (2002) 9 Islamic Law and Society 70.
Lucy Carroll, ‘Orphaned Grandchildren in Islamic Law of Succession: Reform and Islamization in Pakistan’ (1998) 5 Islamic Law and Society 409-47.
L Carroll, ‘Life Interests and Inter-Generational Transfer of Property Avoiding the Law of Succession’ (2001) 8(2) Islamic Law and Society 245-86.
Giunchi, E. (2010). The Reinvention of Sharī ‘a under the British Raj: In Search of Authenticity and Certainty. The Journal of Asian Studies, 69(04), 1119-1142.
Anderson, M. R., & France) Femmes sous lois musulmanes (Grabels. (1996). Islamic law and the colonial encounter in British India.
Abbasi, M. Z. (2014). Islamic law and social change: an insight into the making of Anglo-Muhammadan law. Journal of Islamic Studies, 25(3), 325-349.
Kugle, S. A. (2001). Framed, blamed and renamed: the recasting of Islamic jurisprudence in colonial South Asia. Modern Asian Studies, 35(02), 257-313.
Layish, A. (1997). The Family Waqf and the Sharʿī Law of Succession in Modern Times. Islamic Law and Society, 4(3), 352-388.
Rahman, F. (1980). A survey of modernization of Muslim family law. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 11(04), 451-465.

Library Timings

Monday to Friday
8:30 am - 2:00 am
Saturday
10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday
10:00 am -10:00 pm

Important

Library remain opened around-the-clock during exams (mid-terms & finals)
Library Help Desk at both floors provides services from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm
Library remain closed (not more than two days) on public holidays.
Note: Library opening hours may be subject to change. Contact library for exact hours.

Contact Us

D.H.A, Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Phone: +92 42 3560 8167

Stay Connected

2023 © Lahore University of Management Sciences. All Rights Reserved.