Islamic Law of the Sea - Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought

This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Freedom of the seas; 2. Offshore sovereignty and the territorial sea; 3. Piracy and its legal implications; Conclusion.

About the author

Hassan S. Khalilieh is a senior lecturer in the departments of Maritime Civilizations and Multidisciplinary Studies and a senior research fellow in the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa, Israel. His publications include Islamic Maritime Law: An Introduction (1998) and Admiralty and Maritime Laws in the Mediterranean Sea (ca.800–1050): The Kitāb Akriyat al-Sufun and the Nomos Rhodion Nautikos (2006).

Summary

In this pioneering research, Hassan S. Khalilieh sheds light on the often ignored Islamic law of the sea, and customary practices that were influential in the development of many of the fundamental principles of the pre-modern international law governing the legal status of the high seas and the territorial sea.

Product details

• Authors: Hassan S. Khalilieh, Hassan S. (University of Haifa Khalilieh, Khalilieh Hassan S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781108481458
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48145-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Middle East / General, maritime history, Islamic Law, Legal History, Middle Eastern history, Law of the Sea, Islamic countries, Systems of law: Islamic law, Public international law: law of the sea