Legal Practice Areas
Islamic Finance Law
Last updated 3rd June 2019
Working in Islamic finance law is an opportunity to see how religion informs law - for Muslims, financial trading must be carried out in keeping with Sharia law. This may be the area of law for you if you're interested in both finance law and Shari'a law, and how they interact. Get up-to-date on Islamic finance law in the section below.
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Islamic banking has grown significantly in recent years, particularly since the banking crisis in 2008, and consequently, the area of Islamic Finance Law has too. It is the role of lawyers who operate within this area to ensure that the financial transactions of their clients comply with Shari’a - often termed ‘Shari’a Law’. Shari’a is the body of law derived from the Quran and from secondary religious sources known as the ‘Hadith’. What is unique about Shari’a jurisprudence is that it is not confined to a specific country or state. As it is a body of law drawn from religion, it resides within the individual as religious faith does; a Muslim is expected to abide by Shari’a wherever he or she lives in the world. So, with 1.6 billion Muslims trading and travelling around the world, that’s a lot of potential clients!
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