Shergill v. Khaira and the boundary of a civil dispute
A Sikh trust dispute supplies a comparative example of how a court identifies civil rights amid religious disagreement.
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Overseas divorce and the structure of the 1986 Act
Part II of the Family Law Act 1986 is a starting point for separating the place of a divorce, the process used and the question of recognition.
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Marriage registration: separate the steps in the 1949 Act
A ceremony, the preliminaries and the registration record belong to related parts of the statutory scheme. Combining them in one word can obscure the issue.
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The 2018 sharia review and the importance of its remit
The independent review’s remit and recommendations give it a particular place in the debate about sharia councils in England and Wales.
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Aleem v. Aleem: recognition, public policy and property
The Maryland judgment belongs to a particular procedural history. Its treatment of an overseas divorce cannot be understood from the word talaq alone.
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Dallah: who agreed to arbitrate?
The 2010 enforcement dispute concerned the identity of the party bound by an arbitration agreement and the court’s own examination of jurisdiction.
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What IFSB-10 meant by a governance system
The historical 2009 principles describe roles, competence and review. Their publication and their adoption in a jurisdiction are separate events.
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The asset in infrastructure finance
Lease-based financing becomes more concrete when ownership, use and payment are drawn as separate relationships.
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Islamic finance in the IMF’s 2015 overview
A working paper connects financing structures with monetary policy, regulation and stability. Its categories are useful; its historical setting also matters.
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The Cairo Genizah and the history of legal transactions
A Jewish documentary collection can illuminate a shared regional setting without becoming a single archive of Islamic legal practice.
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FIHRIST: Arabic script is not a subject category
A union catalogue offers a route across collections. Its organizing script should not be mistaken for a common language, genre or religious content.
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Princeton’s Islamic manuscripts and the history of a collection
The route from a collected manuscript to a digital image includes acquisition, cataloguing and selection.
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