GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618378);Can the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds....

"This new edition examines how development in the Middle East is being influenced by global economic change. This comparative textbook focuses on the region's strengths, and highlights development success, especially in the Gulf, Turkey and Israel. The major structural changes in the economies...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Part one. Ideas, themes and measures -- Chapter 1 Economic philosophy from a Shari'ah perspective -- Chapter 2 Micro-economic morality: a theory of the firm enlightened by Islamic values -- Chapter 3 Fiscal policy choices to promote social justice -- Chapter...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of tables and figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Common law, civil law and Shari'ah -- 3. Terms and conditions governing Islamic bank deposits -- 4. Contracts for Islamic financing -- 5. Laws providing for comprehensive Islamic banking systems -- 6. Laws providing...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Reflecting on Islamic Banking and Financial Crisis: Risks, Reputation and Stability -- 2 Reshaping the Islamic Finance Industry: Applying the Lessons Learned from the Global Financial Crisis -- 3 Assessing the Resilience of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of different sukuk structures from a financial perspective. This examination includes murabahah and ijara ‐based sukuk , the former offering a fixed return, and the latter, the most popular form of sukuk , a variable return. The...

Economists usually try to avoid making moral judgements, at least in their professional capacity. Positive economics is seen as a way of analysing economic problems, in as scientific a manner as is possible in human sciences. Economists are often reluctant to be prescriptive, most seeing their...

The Handbook of Economics and Ethics portrays an understanding of economic methodology in which facts and values, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling to policy evaluation, this encyclopaedic Handbook is at...

Islamic Banking and Finance discusses Islamic financial theory and practice, and focuses on the opportunities offered by Islamic finance as an alternative method of financial intermediation. Key features of profit-sharing (as opposed to debt-based) contracts are highlighted, and the ways in...