Practitioners and academics dealing with the Middle East can turn to the Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law for an instant source of information on the developments over an entire year in the region. The Yearbook covers Islamic and non-Islamic legal subjects, including the laws themselves, of some twenty Arab and other Islamic countries. The publication's practical features include: - articles on current topics, - country surveys reflecting important new legislation and amendments to existing legislation per country, - the text of a selection of documents and important court cases, -...

The latest volume includes: - insightful essays on the Palestinian right of return, ' the Lockerbie trial, the Islamic law principle of just exchange, ' and special issues in Ismaili, Saudi, and UAE law, - country-by-country surveys, by resident practitioners, of recent legal and related developments in twenty countries, - the draft Declaration, in full text, of the World Conference Against Racism, - case summaries and book reviews.