The Concept of Islamic International Criminal Law:A Comparative Study

This book describes the principles of Islamic international criminal law and presents an exposition of existing Islamic international crimes. The purpose of this study, comparing the system of international criminal law with that of Islamic international criminal law, is to evaluate certain important regulations in both these systems and examine them in the light of the growing development of international jurisprudence, thereby establishing that conflicts and apparent differences between the two systems are not principal but political, ideological, procedural and, more importantly, a result of specific interpretations of both legal systems. This is important in the case of frequent international conflicts relating to the basic principles of human rights.

The book therefore serves as a prominent source regarding the juridical rights of those who belong to different minority groups. It represents an important facet of Islamic law for academics, practising lawyers, scholars of Islamic, humanitarian and/or criminal law and all those concerned with the essenceof international criminal law.

About the author:
Farhad Malekian is a leading authority in international criminal law and the founder and director of the Institute of International Criminal Law (Uppsala, Sweden).