Islamic medical jurisprudence, which is the subjectconcemed with the application of Islamic laws to the area of medicine, has never been discussed as an independent field of jurisprudence, although several selected topics, especially those concerning food and beverages, sexuality, death, wounds and injuries, and doctor-patient relations have been more discussed than others. The results of a...

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This article argues that, under existing jurisprudence, the disability insurance business will be harmed, not benefited, from broad access to the results of genetic testing identifying people with higher than species-typical genetic propensities for illness.

This article examines the practice of Ta'zir, a form discretionary punishment, within context Islamic boarding schools. Ta'zir holds significant place in jurisprudence, allowing authorities to determine penalties for offenses not explicitly addressed religious texts. However, application has raised concerns, particularly schools, where traditional practices intersect with modern notions human r...

Any study of standards is complicated by the existence of numerous meanings of the term, which are often used virtually interchangeably. A few of these uses are most relevant to this book. It appears that the term fi rst came into general use in English at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. According to a contemporary observer, Richard of Hexham ([1138] 1988, 67), in this battle between the En...