Reasonable vs. Sound Natured
Legal theory blog: The Reasonable Person, compare with Islamic discussions on “Dhawu al-Fitar al-Salimah” (ذوو الفطر السليمة) of which I have an upcoming paper. 🙂
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Five Dangerous Assumptions
Whether speaking on the job, to the public, preaching to a congregation, or just talking to a group of friends, I found the info in this article by Larry Moyer entitled “The Five Most Dangerous Assumptions in Preaching” to contain some useful points.
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Future of Finance: Too big to fail? Just too big…
Does the future of finance have such a grasp on us that it is too big too fail or just too big?
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Binding Contracts – Formation of Islamic Financial Law
A question seldom asked when investigating the intricacies of Islamic Law is how Islamic law came to be. Sure we all can look to the legal compendiums and the minutiae mentioned therein; review the marginalia and the facets of edge issues and dimensions of a particular position
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Derivatives in Islamic Finance
Despite their importance for financial sector development, derivatives are few and far between in countries where the compatibility of capital market transactions with Islamic law requires the development of shariah-compliant structur
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Five Essential Tips For Every …
I found this over Shariq Ghani’s site today, good stuff, I think its applicable to more than just activism, here’s a summary:
No matter how noble your cause there will always be a group of people who will vehemently stand against you for no particular reason.
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Stilt on the Role of the Muhtasib in Medieval Cairo
This Article studies the legal position of the muhtasib in medieval Cairo, using the biographical information available about the individuals who held the position to understand the actions they took in office.
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For discussion: Substantive vs. Natural Law in Islamic legal theory
Given that for the most part most civil dealings in Islamic law are defined by the limitations placed on them, not the rights set out by them, would it be safe to say that primary sources of Islamic law set out boundaries for substantive law, while leaving the boundaries of natural law open to interpretation?
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Sukuk vs. Preferred Shares
If sukuk are equity based, yet with a periodic disbursement, why not model them on preferred shares and change the underlying disbursement structure?
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Disguised Security Interests: Two articles
Two articles I hope to get my hands on soon: Disguised Real Estate Security Transactions as Mortgages in Substance & Interest in Disguise: Taxing the Time Value of Money
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