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• Shariah, the Threat to America: An Exercise in Competitive Analysis (Report of Team B II; Washington: Center for Security Policy, 2010), ed. by Clare Lopez (PDF at centerforsecuritypolicy.org)
• A Summary of Rulings by Grand Ayatullah Nasir Makarem Shirazi: A Translation of His Original Work, Zubdah al-Ahkaam (second edition, c2006), by Nasir Makarim Shirazi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Fiqh and Fuqaha: An Introduction to Fiqh Containing Forty Four Life Sketches of the Great Past Masters (HTML at al-islam.org)
• Jurisprudence and Its Principles, by Murtaza Mutahhari, ed. by Laleh Bakhtiar, trans. by Salman Tawhidi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Jurisprudence Made Easy, by 'Abd al-Hadi Muhammad Taqi Hakim, trans. by Najim Khafaji, contrib. by 'Ali al-Husayni Sistani (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Questions on Jurisprudence (Masa'il Fiqhiyya), by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, trans. by Liyakatali Takim (HTML at al-islam.org)
• A Code of Practice for Muslims in the West, by 'Abd al-Hadi Muhammad Taqi Hakim, trans. by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, contrib. by 'Ali al-Husayni Sistani (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist, by Ruhollah Khomeini, trans. by Hamid Algar (multiple formats at al-islam.org)

• Muwatta, by Malik ibn Anas (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Muwatta, by Malik ibn Anas (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Recasting Islamic Law: Religion and the Nation State in Egyptian Constitution Making (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2021), by Rachel M. Scott (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• Recasting Islamic Law: Religion and the Nation State in Egyptian Constitution Making (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2021), by Rachel M. Scott (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• Sharia Law or "One Law for All"? (c2009), by Denis MacEoin, ed. by David G. Green, contrib. by Neil Addison (PDF at Civitas)

• Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory (1903), by Duncan Black Macdonald (HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• A Short History of 'Ilmul Usul, by Muhammad Baqir Sadr (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• A Divine Perspective on Rights: A Commentary on Imam Sajjad's "The Treatise of Rights" (original treatise in Arabic, with translation and commentary in English), by Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali ibn al-Husayn and Ghodratullah Mashayekhi, trans. by Ali Peiravi and Lisa Zaynab Morgan (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Methodology of Hizb ut-Tahrir for Change, by Hizb ut-Tahrir (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.se PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.se)

• Fatwas and Court Judgments: A Genre Analysis of Arabic Legal Opinion (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2014), by Ahmed Fakhri (PDF at Ohio State)

• Fatwas and Court Judgments: A Genre Analysis of Arabic Legal Opinion (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2014), by Ahmed Fakhri (PDF at Ohio State)

• Christians: Why We Reject Muslim Law (Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations v7; Belleville, ON: Essence Publishing, c2008), by Jan H. Boer (with other series volumes: PDF files at socialtheology.com)
• Muslims: Why Muslim Sharia Law (Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations v6; Belleville, ON: Essence Publishing, c2007), by Jan H. Boer (with other series volumes: PDF files at socialtheology.com)

• Christians: Why We Reject Muslim Law (Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations v7; Belleville, ON: Essence Publishing, c2008), by Jan H. Boer (with other series volumes: PDF files at socialtheology.com)
• Muslims: Why Muslim Sharia Law (Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations v6; Belleville, ON: Essence Publishing, c2007), by Jan H. Boer (with other series volumes: PDF files at socialtheology.com)

• Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook (2007), ed. by Philip Ostien (PDF files at sharia-in-africa.net)

• A Summary of Rulings by Grand Ayatullah Nasir Makarem Shirazi: A Translation of His Original Work, Zubdah al-Ahkaam (second edition, c2006), by Nasir Makarim Shirazi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• A Code of Practice for Muslims in the West, by 'Abd al-Hadi Muhammad Taqi Hakim, trans. by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, contrib. by 'Ali al-Husayni Sistani (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Jurisprudence Made Easy, by 'Abd al-Hadi Muhammad Taqi Hakim, trans. by Najim Khafaji, contrib. by 'Ali al-Husayni Sistani (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• Fatwas and Court Judgments: A Genre Analysis of Arabic Legal Opinion (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2014), by Ahmed Fakhri (PDF at Ohio State)

• The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Brinkley Messick (HTML at UC Press)

• La Doctrine Musulmane de l'Abus des Droits (Étude d'Histoire Juridique et de Droit Comparé) (in French; Lyon: H. Georg ; Paris: P. Geuthner, 1913), by Mahmoud Fathy, contrib. by Edouard Lambert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La Notion de l'Abus des Droits dans la Jurisprudence Musulmane (doctoral dissertation in French; 1912), by Mahmoud Fathy (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Sharia Law or "One Law for All"? (c2009), by Denis MacEoin, ed. by David G. Green, contrib. by Neil Addison (PDF at Civitas)

• Het Sumatra's Westkust-Rapport en de Adat (in Dutch; The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1928), by P. de Roo de la Faille
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• A Share of the Harvest: Kinship, Property and Social History Among the Malays of Rembau (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), by Michael G. Peletz (HTML at UC Press)

• States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco (2001), by M. Charrad (HTML at UC Press)

• Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics, by Ibrahim Amini (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• Temporary Marriage in Islamic Law, by Abu 'l-Qasim Gurji (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• In Their Own Words, Voices of Jihad: Compilation and Commentary (2008), by David Aaron (PDF with commentary at rand.org)
• Jihad Beyond Islam (Oxford, UK and New York: Berg, c2006), by Gabriele Marranci (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
• Jihad and Islam in World War I: Studies on the Ottoman Jihad on the Centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's "Holy War Made in Germany" (Leiden: Leiden University Press, c2016), ed. by Erik Jan Zürcher, contrib. by Léon Buskens, Mustafa Aksakal, Tilman Lüdke, Mehmet Beşikçi, M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Erol Köroğlu, Nicole van Os, Martin Gussone, Hans Theunissen, Joshua Teitelbaum, Umar Ryad, and Ahmed K. Al-Rawi
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
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• Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects (2008), by Ekaterina Stepanova (PDF with commentary at sipri.org)
• Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel (committee print; 2015), by United States House Committee on Homeland Security (PDF at govinfo.gov)
• Peace and Jihad in Islam, by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Holy War "Made in Germany" (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915), by C. Snouck Hurgronje, trans. by Joseph E. Gillet, contrib. by Richard J. H. Gottheil
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• The Rights of Women in Islam, by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Woman and Her Rights, by Murtaza Mutahhari, trans. by M. A. Ansari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• The Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Guide for the Perplexed (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1990), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• Leviticus: An Economic Commentary (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• Biblical Law: Being a Text of the Statutes, Ordinances, and Judgments Established in the Holy Bible, With Many Allusions to Secular Laws, Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Documented to the Scriptures, Judicial Decisions and Legal Literature (Portland, OR: Binfords and Mort, c1943), by H. B. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian Reconstruction: What It Is, What It Isn't (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1991), by Gary North and Gary DeMar (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• Tools of Dominion: The Case Laws of Exodus (1990), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)

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