Islamic Law and International

• Author: Dan Trevanian
• Position: Ashurst Law Firm; Program Director, The Institute for Migrant Rights
• Pages: 473-477

e Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law

ISSN: 2338-7602; E-ISSN: 2338-770X

http://www.ijil.org

© 2021 e Institute for Migrant Rights Press

islamiC law and intErnational law

Dan Trevanion

Ashurst Law Firm; Program Director, e Institute for Migrant Rights

E-mail: dan.trevanion@imr.or.id

INTRODUCTION

In Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes

(2002), Associate Professor Emilia Powell provides an expansive con-

tribution to the understanding of Islamic law states (“ILS”) and the rela-

tionship between ILS and international law. Powell’s work is expressed

as a contribution to the study of peaceful conict resolution in interna-

tional law. However, as Powell notes, her work is not easily categorised.

Her book covers comparative law and domestic law, international law

and political science, constitutional law and alternative dispute resolu-

tion, and secular law and religious law. It is also more than a literature

review. Powell’s research assesses characteristics of the legal structures

in thirty ILS, codes information from 172 constitutions and major con-

stitutional amendments, and is informed by indepth qualitative inter-

views with Islamic law scholars and practitioners of international law,

including judges of the ICJ, States’ Legal Counsels and United Nations

Legal Advisors.