in the islamic schools’ opinions, change of fatwa (legal ruling) is among the important issues that has been discussed about both in contemporary and earlier periods. all schools have accepted the permissibility for the muftī’s change of fatwa as a general rule. in those schools’ point of view, it is permissible for the muftī to withdraw his fatwa. therefore, following answering the question as...

This article is about the proof of Qazf in a comparative manner between Islamic Sharia and Afghan Penal Code, which can be summarized as follows: Proving consists special methods tools that distinguish this crime from other limits point view proof. Another way to prove judge person has accused another adultery. Therefore, according advanced Hanafi jurists, proved court by confession (accuser) o...

Paul Power’s new book, Intent in Islamic Law, is a challenging and welcome addition to contemporary scholarship on Islamic law and comparative law. Powers examines the way in which the classical Islamic jurists thought about motive, how they thought motive could be identified, and how they thought an actor’s “intent” affected the “legality” of his actions. To accomplish his task, Powers compare...

The community of jurists and philosophers of law recently lost an unusual figure in the person of Neil MacCormick. The longtime Regius Professor of public law at the University of Edinburgh and member of the European Parliament belongs to the ranks of those who have made profound contributions to renewing our approach to European law and, in particular, to the relationship between the European ...

in this article a part of the amendment to the iranian civil law, i.e. amendment to article 946, ratified in bahman/february 1378/1999, is analyzed from the legal point of view. this article, according to which a significant change has taken place in the way the wife inherits from her husband and the civil law has distanced from the views of the renowned majority of the shī‘a jurists and has ap...