Islamic law
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North African and Middle Eastern legal resources: quick start
Printed resources
Works on individual jurisdictions in this geographic area are shelved, under the name of the country, on the Lower or Freshfields IT Room Floor.
On this floor is also the Islamic law collection and the Bandar Collection of international trade law (the latter in Arabic).
Works comparing or surveying two or more jurisdictions are in the Wing of the main Reading Room Floor. Shelfmarks start General.
Works dealing with an international law dimension (eg conflicts, human rights, maritime claims, world trade, conflict of laws) are in the Wing of the Upper or Gallery Floor. Shelfmarks start Internat or Private Int.
Other libraries in Oxford and London
SOLO searches will probably reveal items of use in a number of other Oxford libraries: Middle East Centre Library, Oriental Institute Library, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Library, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and the Social Science Library. Their websites give details about admissions and hours etc.
Note. In the UK, the specialist library for this geographic area is the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. SOAS Library's admission policy can be read online - post graduate research students will probably find a visit essential.
Electronic resources
The following are some multi-jurisdictional sources:
- Arab law quarterly OU members only Hard copy is in LawBod at General 300 A142
- Factiva OU members only. Includes Arab news
- Codices: Infobase on Constitutional Case-LawFree resource. Part of the Venice Commission
- Doing Business Law LibraryFree resource. World Bank database
- ECOLex: gateway to environmental lawFree resource. ECOLEX is operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
- EPLex: Employment protection legislation databaseFree resource. From ILO
- FAOLEX (UN): Food, Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources Legislation DatabaseFree resource
- ILO's Natlex databaseFree resource. Drill down by country name. Take care: you are likely to get historic snapshot of the legislation not necessarily the current form/most recent legislation in that area.
- Lexadin: legislationFree resource. Drill down by country name. Take care: you are likely to get historic snapshot of the legislation not necessarily the current form/most recent legislation in that area.
- WaterLexFree resource. As of December 2011 Middle East corage is Bahrain, Jordan, and Oman; Africa is Mauritania, Morocco, & Tunisia
- SOAS: CIMELPartially free resource. Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
- Center for Strategic & International Studies: Middle EastFree resource. CSIS is led by John J. Hamre, former U.S. deputy secretary of defense ... 190 researchers focus on three subject areas. First, ... new challenges to national and international security. Second, ... maintains resident experts on all of the world's major geographical regions. Third, ... helping to develop new methods of governance for the global age; technology and public policy, international trade and finance, and energy.
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